The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-30
MORONI WON HANDICAP.
Tom Kingsley and Charlie OBrieu
Among the AlsOs.

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New Orleans, La. Dec. s.-Jupiter Plg-
vius contihuvu to reign at the Fair Grounds
lhis afternoon, ana. consequently. tny
course was "A qCagmire. OnIy II handiul Oh
spectators witnessed tn" races,
Four Of the races resulted in close ana
exciting finishes. and the winners were IN
doubt until the official placing.
The featur" of the AFTERNOON was ,is
New Orleans Handicap. at seven furlongs.
for all ages. Seven accepted the issue. OF
which Alpaca was the favorite at lS to .
while Charlie O Brien was a heavily pl;;yen
second choice. After a two-minute deiay
, at the post the field was sent away. with
Alpaca showing the way. and the others
close up. Alpaca led the way until the
stretch was reached. when Moroni chal-
lenged her and the two fought 1t out To
the wire Moroni winning by a half length
and all out. Old Fox was third, four lengths
away.
The steep,echase resulted Ia a victory for
ex-Jockey Tom costelios lsen. the tavorits.
The daughter of Ludwig went to the front
at the first jump. and won. eased up, from
the sixteenth pole by six lengths. Cal Ga
roba stepped into hole after taking the
second jump. and went down.
The nth: for aliases: al a mile produced
Senator Beveridge. the 2-year ODDS who were
the two choices. Donna Seay managed to
t;racious. a 2-year-old nIy. stood "A hard
drive all down the stretch i'm the second, a
! selling affair at six furiongs, and won In
the final strides from Scrivener. the second
choice. orion the heavily backed favorite,
was shy on speed and finished in the ruck.
bright Night WAS iltin'il but tiie
to beat Nearest. who was at a fancy price
( in the betting.
Belle of Orleans. the odds-On took the
closing event i'm "a gallpp-
starter Fitzgerald arrfN ed here to-day anu
will resume his duties Monday.
The suspensions against Jockeys Tip
| Walsh Bob Flick and spike" Weber
have been raised.
summaries:
First race. and one-sixteenth miles. selliilg
-Brignt Night. 20 I'D. Shaw, d" {" l. won by 'ali
? a length: Nearest. l0i UtiCharls,. TO / ana )
10 /. second. Jack Martin. 100 Miles. 4" l.
third Time. 1879. Banquo III; Bishop Rect
: trystaliinc Jerry Lee. onoto and Tom Cromwell
| Second race. six furlonGs seng-tirscious. %
| u,adei To .. won: ScriVener. ilS MITCHELL, 4
\ to and TO =. second. Sir Christopher u" ~ IL
Eers.,n, - to l. third. Time. 1913 Pirates Queen
| Trird race steeplechase short coUrso-Isen, I4s
! uawiess,. eVen won: Harve e. l35 tW. VIII
lisnss. > 10 and t. .. second: Jack Haze.
ke.ne and Bristol also ran. Claroha fell early IN
| Fourth race New Orleans Handicap. seven fur
| lones-MorOni. l93 "a. Weber,. to !. won: Al
paca 81 tWonderlyl. L. to and even, second;
did Fox 81 ,cochranp. to =. third. Time. I:S2is
Charlie q Brien. Jessie Jaiboe. Tom Kingsley
and Weidemann also ran
Fifth race. miie-Donns Seay. % 'Wnker-
som, >. won; Senator Beveridge. IS tC"ch-
ranp . TO ; and TO 10 second: Gray Daily. ss
Choice and Matchim also ran
sixth race. selling. one and one-siNteenth miles
-I!elle Of Orleans. 10f walsh. to 10. won,
Ida Ledford 50 Wilkerson,. ; TO l and TO ).
/ Time I:.sl@ Albert Vaie. Joe Shelby and Belle