Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
DAINTY BELLE. WINS,
HEAVILY PLAYED
Exciting Finish of the Fifth
Race at New OrIeans-Pre- Z
Iiminary Derby Won by
AngeIus. Z,


NEW ORLEANS. La. December 21.-
With stiff track. a dismal day and the
two cracks. Chaputepec and Pinkela.
withdrawn from the running of the Pre-
liminary Derby today at the Fair
Grounds, that event proved to be withouHs
feature or interest. though the tremen-
dous crowd present found fair sport.
Good racing luck gave the Preliminary
Derby to the Burlew & O'Neill stable. |
represented by Angelus. This colt was
one of the lucky ones at the start. went
to the front took the track from E. T. !
Shippand. and, drawing away in the first :
half. managed to last it out to the end. |
Miss Delaney finished second. and with /
better luck in the early part probably |
would have won easily. She got away in
the rear division. made up many lengths
on the leaders, and. taking the outside all
the way, was fast wearing the winner
down. The winner had just a neck adj
vantage over her at the end. Bankrdge
ran good race to land in third place.
In the third race the two-yeaT-o old Raw
Thompson was given preference over the
cider sprinters he was meeting and was
held at the short price. The undert aking
proved too much for the Tex youngster.
Having the worst of the break by being
placed on the inside of the field at the
post he broke slowly and was mired in
the deepest going. Coltness and Ralbert
on the outside. had the best of it, and
Following closely the pace set by Platoon
and Bertha E., were coming on when the
leaders tired. and Coltness being best in
the last furlonS, went by his field without
trouble, and won, golngeaway with some
thing in reserve. Bertha f. lasted IL out
Tor the place and Ralbert was an easy
third.
An Exciting Finish.
The fifth race produced very exciting
finish, in which Dainty Belle. the odds-on
favorite, managed to secure the decision
by short head on the post from Morti-
boy. During the early stages Of the race
1t looked as though Mortiboy would make
runaway affair of it, The Goldblat colt
showed the way until well in the stretch.
when he was challenged by Dainty Belief
This pair fought il out to the finish
Dainty Belle winning in a desperate drive
The winner was heavily played both hero,
and throughout the country.
Ihe players guessed the first one wrong,
when they took the Goldblatt two-year-
Old Cuernavaca as best of field of fif.l
teen. That colt is naturally slow be-.
ginner, and in his effort today never wasi
near enough to the leaders to cut any.
inquire in the running, Rick Rose a 40 to II
shot, and Tealeaf, one of the well-backed
long ones had it between them from the
start They raced head and head all
through the race, and in a ding-dong An
ish Dick Rose got the decision by a nose.
Sainesaw stood a drive all the way Ia,
land in third place
Easy for Laseour.
Laseour made showof the company she
met in the second race. Well suited by;
the going, her early speed counted enough
to let her get going out in front to a big.
lead while the others were laboring, and
with Bounding Elk to help in the pace
making, shortly raced into a lead that
carried her into a winning advantage.
She was not challenged in the stretch and
won off by herself. Bounding Elk, a
by to Shot stood a drive to get the place
from Pat Ornus, another of those over
looked in the betting. which was third.
Marbles, the even money favorite, was
shy of speed, and never was a factor
The injuries to Jockey Mountain, which
were received when Lghtnote ran into
the fence with him yesterday, are more
serious than thought. The right leg is
badly bruised and lacerated, while the
right hand is also badly bruised. Noun
tain will be out of the saddle for several
days.
Carrie Nation Causes Sensation.
Carrie Nation, the woman who has made
herself both notorious and famous with
her Ratchet in breaking up booze empo-
RUINS, put in her appearance at the Fair
Grounds this afternoon shortly before the
Preliminary Derby was run. AS soon as
the fact became known that Mrs. Nation
was on the ground the crowd in the
grand stand fiocked around her. The pad
dock and the betting ring were also de-
serted for the time being, very nearly every
one forgetting that the richest stake of
the season for two-year-olds was about
to be decided. Mrs. Nation, while the
horses were going to the post delivered
one of her famous temperance speeches
TO the crowd that blocked the grand
stand. She was both cheered and guyed
by the crowd. Summaries:
First race, five furlongs; sellng-Dick Rose e5
CDelaby). 30 to |. won; Tea Leaf. 1O4 (Notter). 8
to /. second; Sainesaw, 1O3 (ffnn) o to 2. third.
lime LOS 80: Gqaernayaca. Florida Glen. Blue
s STOW nsy d SteT c Hsa L aI shilling Dr.
and Knight Head also
Second race, tve furlongs; .sellipg-La Soeur
(koehn,, 80 to /. third. Time, LOS 2-5 Ethel
Carr. Brown Thistle. Marbles. Padrone and
Third race. six furiongs-coltness. 1O7 DeIaby,,
10 J. won; Bertha F.. 1os tNotter?. o to q
1.2l. Glamour, Platoon. Himalaya, Ray Thomp-
son and Russell T. also ran.
Derby hahdicapeAngeius ,O ioi CAcDapieD. 70
l. won; Miss Delaney. 104 QDelaby), to l.. sec
l:2l %. Tartar Maid. Hanbridee, Gee WIKI.
Woodland Listerire. E. T. Shipp, Lormer.
Buket Brigade and Dew of Dawn also ran.
Dainty Belle. I04 (Notterl, to 8. won; .Morti.
boy. Io4 MCDANIEL: 8 to 4 second; Grenade ioi
Polly Jungle Imp and Monacodor also ran.
Sixth race. mile and a quarter; selling-Dr.
Rod 81 (Sumter. 20 to 1. second; Agile. ITO
lHennessy,, 5 to /, third Time. 2,2l as. Fon-
souea beeyeM padSa and a%eriacS ais
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