The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-26
M'CHESNDY WINS HANDICAP.
REDFERN LANDS HIM IN FRONT
WITH I2s POUNDS UP.
Liberal Price Of . 10 ! Against the
Crack Three.Ycar.Old. Who Defeats
Old Hutch IN the Final Strides
Redeem Rides Two Other winners.

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NEW ORLEANS. Dec. The biggest crowd
that ever attended the races at the Crescent
City Jockey Club track saw McChesney win
the Christmas Handicap to-day. lie took up
i2s pounds and ran the mile In IA i-5. over a
track that was at least n second slow. The
performance OF Durnell h Here's horse was
excellent and the finish OF the race was sen-
sational McChcsney appeared to be beaten
until the last furlong pole was reached when
Redfern got to work in earnest. Then lie
moved down the leaders and catching Old
Hutch in the last seventy yards hung him
and won by half length, II was a splendid
victory and won by a gallant horse. ridden
by "A great jockey. and the seven thousand
people gave both a royal reception when they
returned to the stand.
McChesney was always the favoritc but
only an Indifferent one his odds were
around 3 tot Charley Ellison s Harry New
was the supposed good thing in the race and
the blonde plum ger and his friends backed tho
colt from to to .. Twelve started and
starter Fitzgerald kept them at the post Ave
minutes before he released the barrier on a
send on which was good for all except
Brief. who was practically left Cambran
was the first to show at the start aud
cut out a lead Of two lengths around
the first turn. but Whi>key King passed
MIN before the backstretch was reached and
raced him OF his feet Harry New moved up
at about the half mile and va con ender TO
the stretch but he died away when the pinch
came and Old Hutch with Buchanan on his
back made his bid after coming w from next
to last place. McChesney and Federal also
moved up then and challenged the leader
about the same time. The trio had warm
argument from that point TO tho end and in
the last twenty yards under Red fern : per-
suasion McChesn'v gradually got to The front
~ la hal
length while Old Hutch beat Federal ridden
by, Van Dusen. by the same margin.
Reifern distin gu she'd himself by plotting
finished second u couple of times, In each
instance behind Bucl an, His first winning
Andes. the tayorte. by n neck through su-
perior jocksyship Fuller had the mount
on andes and was apparently winning when
kedfern brought Scotch Plaid up and nipped
him IN the last twenty yards Redfern's
ride on CoRswell in the final event at one
IT, s Hna was ne bs
the fnal sixteenth and then brought CoRs-
well up with rush and won nv length and
n hall.
Buchanan stole away with wnalth in the
first race. which was al six furlor ", and led
al the way. Jane Holly with Redfern up
and easily beating Epidemic for second
mone".
Redfern 5 mount W. J. Deboe. wa favorite
in the seven -fIrlonv event, although there
seemed TO be no good reason for IL. and John
Peters. ridden by Buchanan, led all the way
and won by three len gthS with 10 | again -
him. The colors OF Edward torriean finished
in front for the first time In the flve-furlonv
dash FOR all ages, LEtrennc, ridden BY
sash, SpreadeaRled her field and won bv
four len gths while Golden Rule, the odds OF
favorite, did not finish inside OF the money,
tho start and that was fatal TO the big
sprirter's chances NJ II Tichenor and
j. VI. Newgass arrived this afternoon and
got 10 the track in time to see Cambrian and
Waswift beaten in ~. handicap
First Race-SiS flrlongs-Weath, ITO tBu-
chsn,n. II tioand tb5. won: lane oily. i07 (Red.
fcrn.3tl and IS. s"ronI: Enidrmic, o. (Harrkl.
St1 I ana IS I, |. third Tine. ia, Msrie Bell.
Soc md Racc-Selllng: one mle--Scotch Plaid.
Fuller. / 81 I, and out second OHasen. 100 o. e.
Ec1rre. B,unte9us, Joe Doughty chopin. Paul
Crcyt'n and Bluebiase also ran Judge Durell left
THIRD Rscc--seven furl,ns,-Jonu Peters. 10
tBuchenanl, - and I, 5. won: W. J. Deboc,
rs OTIS. I, and ! - 5. second Ant,nlus, %
!Helxcrs,n', 70 and - !. third, Time i:2s 5,
Fourth Racc-Chts,nas Handicap one mno
--McChesnsy is Redtem,. =, ! and even.
second Federal. lis Wan Dus.ni. 10 /, and ~, /,
sr,rd IT,; ~ TO- nv Wa.wft Whiskey King,
F''th Receive furl,nRs-lmp. L'Etrenne. lO7
tMlnkfeldl. 40 and g. S. won: Ben Mora, 1903
90 Phns s. I, and Is !; ,Sipd NE TsSe M1 fo,
kHasa. Glend>n. Okla Golden Rul. and Capt
CAST also ran.
,o7 CRcdfcrn,, 81, and ~, 5. w1n; idcisnte. ioi
[Reanor. st, and {, Z. second; Gin Spray. 10,
". Murphy. 20 t. and - I. t1Ird Time. ?:iO
Pay the Fiddler. Hattie Davis aud Rasius ais, ran.