The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-20
TRAPPER BEATEN
BY TWO LONG SHOTS
Hot Favorite in Two-Year Old
Feature Is Never Able to Keep
r Up With Leaders
DE REsZKE BEATS GAY BOY.
Two Eastern Handicap Horses
Have the Second Race Between
Them-Au Revoir Gallops
Over Careless.


REPUBLIC SPE1-lAl- -
N.uv Orleans. La, Dec. l9-T nat lrap-
per Is long way from invfnclbie was
-,rovea to-day. when he succunoeo 10
ryit.ie pfatt and Moorish Damsel- hll1ie
r,1att who won the race, Is more than d
faf- sort of mare She was a nice morse
., .be Fast and has gradually improved
s,noe she began racing here. She was ca :
wing hut 100 rounds 10 liS on SAEAer !
Derhv candidate to-day. and Master PM
,,ps did not ride nearly SO well-1uose1
race or, Trapper as had been eNpec'el' aiio
h,s defeat can be understood
-rapper was No. on the prosra
md while the going was better 'o-oaS
,bsn II has been in couple OF Weeks IL
was still a disadvantage TO ne on tis AZ
side Trapper was moored IN the w"iS'
,,ninr- and, being rather SLOW oesiiliie.
ATHEIST. he was beaten before an eiS"'ii Vi
4, mile had been run. The best OF soI'S
1,,s hoe, taken by the shorter-stEioihS
I,,,sns and he had to be content Win
what was left. That vas poor indeed anu
,,e,,s5 materially to bring about ms oe
+a,t He came stoutly enough at the emu
hut could never get up. and even losl lhe
Hoo +o Moorish Darnsel. who ran a most
|orrn ae deyeIored in her previous starts
DE. RES KE'S SLOW TINE
,r,,e real feature of the days racing was
tho victory Of De Reszke in the second
race De Reszke was the favorite, though
o,,ite =, lot of sarguinc people played tie
other Eastern nominee. Gay Boy, VINO
looked like the contender. Gay BOY "ds
q fair sort of horse in the East. yet IN
Vnk
o,,trsn him something over dozen
lengths. From time standpoint the race
was miserable. and taken In comparison
with Autolight's showing in the last race
would make Autolight and even Afao.
who finished second to him. look ike ooos-
on choices over either De Reszke or Gay
Boy. should they meet at even. weights.
Yet It would be really foolish 10 pay
Arab to best either. because, should they
meet In a race, Arab would never hHoM
where the two went unless someone loto
him about 1t.
The first race was easy for Jake san
DDS after Pawtucket. the apparent con-
tender, had thrown his rider at the start
sAU REvOIR BEATS CARELESS
with De Reszke and Rams Horn with
drawn from the fourth. speculation rested
between Au Revoir and Careless. Au Re-
voir Was never in danger and won easily
The best finish of the day came IN the
NTH race seven horses hnishlng heaus
apart George Perry, neglected at ~ TO |.
won BY a nose from Glendon, at . to L
SW1ftwing, the favorite, off badly ana Sc
Tiously interfered with. was fourth, beat
en- three noses. Autolight, even-money Ia
Sorite in the last, was an easy winner
from Arab.
CRESCENT CITY SUMMARIES.
Weather clear; track good. Summaries;
First race, Ave furlongs-Jake Sanders, io9
,C.JtcoD I to z. won; Shock the Talent, leo
lMunroe). II to !, second: Harpoon no tMor-
rison), to l. third. Time. l:4. Vic zies.eI
Lionel Hannibal Bey Oh i Hal, he Msrshsm sisa :,
Prince. Tulla tuskee and Charlle CelLa aiso fan-
sPawtucket lost rider .,,>
second racs. mile-De .;eszks , s;, Im q. Martini,
10 ;oeGnd th,f 1ak' Time M Miss II Betty Mauser
..lsen MacDhui and Annora also ran; 80,
II Tnird race, seven furlongs-kiity Platt; 10
aAubuchonD. s to 1 won: Moorish DaInsei y
sl'hiIIips). 70 s, third Time. 1880 IS. Mata-
soor. Fruit, Tom Shelly. Girl from Dixie. Tar
spcn Judge saufiey and Bob Mosson also ran.
Eou Ksse Ssse mi H Neo SIC ig Ts caGe
thank. lOs (cocoIo). is to /. third Time. l:iI
sI'rfhce Salm Salrn also ran
Firth race. seven furiongsG.soTge 5. Fe{ry' e IS
sanWsyl, % to !. second:- Flora Leg. 50 o..
;oharie.. swift Wing, Miladi Love. sIgmunt
Sixth race. mile and seventy yards-Auto-
light lis tH Phillips. to > won: Arab 112
aRheinheimer). 80 to !. second; Topic, los Cal
lahanl, to /: third Time - l-S Main
ffrd Rod, Fiamboyant ana Winesap also ran
To-DAY's CRESCENT CITY ENTRIES