Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-25
ONE FIRST CHOICE WON
Columbia Girl at 8 to l, Captured The
Gentilly Stake Event.
PLAYERS HUNCH ON TOY BOY
How Big Foot Ball Teams Will Fare
Fatalities Due to Sport-South-
ern League Batting Averages.

NEW ORLEANS, December 25.-The
hopes of many racegoers to win enough
money Yesterday at the Crescent City
Jockey Clubs track to purchase Christ
mas presents went glimmering when all
the heavily backed horses in the Cen
tilly stakes were beaten. Columbia G1ri
proved to be a complete surprise, and
at odds of to l won in a romp.
The horses that comprised the field
for this stake We're made up of the best
that have been racing here the past
two weeks. Such horses as Glamor. To-
boggan, Rebo, Monet and Belle Strome
started. All were heavily played. But
when it came to racing. Columbia Girl.
cheap selling platter. Won by three
lengths.
She beat the field without completely
extending herself. Belle Strome, the
pace maker to the stretch, was second.
Glamor, Toboggan and RebO. the erst-
while fast horses of the meeting, were
Their poor showing was undoubtedly due
to many hard races through heavy mud
in the past two weeks. These contests
took the edge off their speed
Toy Boy appropriately won the first
race. Because of his name and the close
proximity of Kris Kringle's yearly visit
many of the racegoers who are inclined
TO be superstitious and to look for
ers, backed the youngster at Is to l..
He seemed possessed of some of the
credited speed of the Santa Claus REIN
deer team. From the start he assumed
the lead. In the first furlong he opened
up a gap OF three lengths and held it to
the end.
The first gun in the turf war against
the Fair Grounds and City Park tracks
by the Suburban Racing Association will
be fired today. The new club will hold
meeting every Sunday at a little track
in Agiers. which is located just across
the river from this city.
Meetings will also be held on holidays
and Saturdays. unless the stewards of
the big courses repeal their orders which
ticipate at the Sunday merry o-round
The Algiers track has signed eleven
bookmakers to cry the odds today The
Crescent City officials are certain of
Law track claim they will ;njure the re-
eeipts of the old course a great deal. as
they will only charge 30 cents admission
to their course. 1t costs three times as
much to enter the Fair Grounds gates.
For the first time in nearly three
weeks the races will be run today over a
fast track. The Fair Grounds track has
dried out considerably in the last twenty
four hours and dust should fly from I'm
der the horses feet.
This change in the track conditions
VIII u1do4 abs bring tSat around ori
dence during the long spell of wet
weather and heavy track.
Summaries.
First race. four and one-half furlongs; selling
Toy Boy. IS (Bilacl, Is to l. won: Spider Web,
lo2 Martini to l, second; Gargantua. ITO Hen
nessey) IL to 5, third. Time O55. Coltness.
Seamless, Earl Of Leicester, Duchess OF Montebello
Windfall, kaiserhof. Belmence, Joe Davis Jack
Hardck, ]. j., Jr., Malalca and Apprise also ran.
Second race, six furlongs-PallOday, lib (Smithl.
to 2 won Frontenac. 10 lMountain), to 5,
second: Tyrolian, 1oI (MitchelD, 80 to l. third.
Time, LA l-5. Gentian, Calabash, Grevilla, Dap
pie Gold. Wood Claim, Babe B.. Sidney F., Mer
rick. II Dottore and Silverskin also ran.
Third race. mile and seventy yards-Missour
Lad, 10l tGarner) to 4, won: Jacomo. SO (Mor
GAM TO l, second; Debar 107 (Troxler). 10 to 1.
third Time LA 3-5. knight of Ivanhoe, Ternus,
Onisro and Joe Lesser also
Fourth race, six and half furlongs-Coumbia
Girl es (Van Deusen), to l. won: Belle Stromc,
102 MARTINI, Is to l. second; Hannibal Bey, 106
Mountain, 10 to l, third. Time, l.20 is. Pom
padour, De Orc, Monet, Rebo Glamor and Tobog-
gan also
Fifth race six furlongs-Spion lO4 uAoyd). 8 to
I. won: Anna Ruskin. 1O4 MARTINI. 10 to l. sec
Ond: Lucy Marie 1O6 tNoone), IL to I, third
Time. ia 2-5. Judge Burroughs. Frank Fleshcr
Dele Strome, Hyperbole Paragon, Sally Preston
Giendover. Druien and Nedra also ran.
Sixth race, mile and one-sixfeenth-Florizel. 10
tPerretp. Is TO 5, won; Bitter Brown. los Gold
stein, % TO /, second; Laupadrome, los tKeyes)
II to 1 third. Time. Las 3-5. Henry WattersOn
Gladiator. La Cache, Sanction. Marvin Neal Lena