The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-29
JOE LESSER RAN
VERY BAD RACE
Crescent City Stewards Not at All
Satisfied With 1-to-2 Shots
Showing.
RIDE TO BE INVESTIGATED.
Jockey Munro Is Accused of De
liberately Taking His Mount
Across Track From Good
Going to Bad.

REfI Bf.it SFEIlAl-.
New Orleans. La. Dec. 2.-Jockey Nun
70 and Joe Lesser. the horse Of many SEN
safions. gave players. layers and Judges
shock to-day by finishing third when
played at ] to 2 to win. Whether the
horse or Jockey was 10 blame the judges
are now trying 10 determine. Judging
from appearances and corridor gossip. Ii
Is no. unlikely that they will place the
Indian sign on the jockey.
Munros instructions were 70 keep Joe
Lesser about two lengths out from the in
ner rail. where the going was good. and
let him run along. The trouble began
shen the barrier was opening. Tho horse
lay back on his launches. then spranG in
the air thus getting of a bad last. He
ran along and got to his field in the back
stretch, and had he stayed there and been
beaten there would have been nothing
said. But Murro took Joe Lesser off the
leaders, then. turning for home. went
clean to the outside, and. according TO the
ofiicial view pulled on the outer rein and
LET the inner che hang loose. This cir
cumstance makes 1t look bad for the rid
or. as his explanations were not satisfac-
farv He will be given Il further chance
TO explain to-rnCrrow.
The tail end of the northern blizzard
which reached here th!s morning carried
enough of she reminders of winter with it
10 make attendance at the races nything
but a pleasant recreation. The track had
dried out remarkably well. and except for
a few bad spots in the middle the going
was good and excellent time was made In
The different events.
LURALIGHTER REWARDED TALENT.
Luralighter. who few days ago, when
she fell right after the start was so sore
that she could scarcely walk to the pad
dock. was well-played favorite for the
handicap at a mile and a sixteenth, and
daughter of Lamplighter and Lura F. was
almost as sprightly as year old and ON
track not to her liking she ran an ex-
ceiient race She raced Arch Oldham. the
around the far turn, went to the front
with a lead of two lengths in the stretch,
and. though tiring at the end. had enough
left to stall off the challenge of Extol
and win by q length.
W.. II. Walkers much-sold Lady Fonse
Won the mile-and-a-Quarter selling race
in a canter from the I-to-o favorite. Bes-
Sie Mccarthy. who beat Swift Wing
head for second money. Lady Fonse is
sway backed, misshapen little thing that
no horse fancier could like on her looks
alone. but when ii comes to winning cheap
races she Is a wonder.
1AAhFSNJEN NoN Al lAaG1.
Lampoon, who has been played in her
fayt two or three starts and beaten. was
I'm among lust about her own kind in the
opening event. and with Romanelli up
the Is TO l offered against her was an eS-
travagant price. knowledge started out
10 MAKE az hs, aozsn race Of It opening
stretch. In the stretch. Lampoon, who
was away badly. and made up much
ground. rapidly oyerhauied him, and at the
U-nY a ell hN~ N tary
Queen Rose was a strong overnight tip
for the condition race for 2-year-oIds al
~. nxs ,,f fsrlengs for which she was heavily
front. but Dsterr had the speed T to q 10 ri right m
TO her. snd entered the stretch with a
clear lead, winning as she pleased by two
cnd and BeIlendian. an S0-to-i shot. beat
her neck for second money.
q G. Bennett's Fannette. ridden bv
,,,,ssh m,sGi an and % second choice at TO ., was
race Tor maiden 3-year-olds. She was of
Poorly. but overran her field and easily
Tm1.sesaed m,r,p co them II the stretch. beating
CRESCENT CITY SUMMARIZES
clear. summaries:
First race. one miie-Iampoon ,o7 ,por,,,-
.si second: Grashne, los tMecsrer,T,sk T,S,ek.'n, =,
Moun,ebanR anne Rob 1s MarpbR Ksnxood
ton and Merry Acrobat also ran "of'hns
a, second race. mile and quarter-I4sSv Fo,s.
tSaird), to l. won: Bessie Mctsarthy :;
pstI,,,n,.,' 70 second; Swift wing. 10i III
nnY,vian. lee King. Mainrprins Atheola' Nal
p1nmh ano Aurumaster also ran ~
Third race, fye furlongs~Fsterr. 1os fc.
non,. to ]. won: Bell indian, iOs fConwnv1
sto j.; second; Queen Rose. 10 CRomaneiiD. ii
u 3. sthird Time, Ell 4-5 Tarpon E-aIIona
HaIpoon. Swedish Lad. Shock IN. TSIent
snarp Hoy. Ben Lothian and Old Hal also ran
Fourth race. mile and a sixteenth. bandicao-
LsprAfshter. 1o4 tRomaneIlD. Is TO 10 ~nn
Exf9L 80 tDtcksonD, 8 to ], second; Rankin p
.McIntyrel, to Z third. Time. Ito IL. Judge
Hmes and Arch Oldham. also ran
Fffth race. five furlong.-Fannette 100