The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
MONTGOMERY TAKES
NEW ORLEANS DERBY
Memphis Horse AnneXeS
Richest Stake Ever Run
Over Southern Course.
MolIie MontroSe Wins Four
FurlOng Event and Breaks
Track Record.

NEW ORLEANS, La, March o.
Class told in the running Of the eleventh
renewal Of the Crescent City Derby this
afternoon, and when the race was over,
Montgomery, the Memphis-tTained
horse. had annexed the richest stake
ever run over a Southern track.
1t was no fiuke victory either, for the
game son of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Cooper waited on the pace until round
ing the home stretch, and then drew
away. winning easily by one length
from TemaceO. who just nOsed out Gar
gantua, the long shot in the race, for
the place.
Yankee Girl, who won the City Park
Derby a week ago, could do no better
than finish fourth
Montgomery Takes the Lead.
Montgomery started of in the lead,
closely followed by Sir ToddingtOn and
Gargantua. The Memphis colt. however,
dropped back tC fourth position at the
half, allowing Sir TOddington 20 set the
pace, while Tneing jumped up to second
position and Morales 10 third. After
the half-mile Montgomery gradually
moved up until at the mile the Memphis
colt jumped into the lead with Sir Tod
ding ton in second position and Yankee
Girl third. As they rounded into the
stretch, Montgomery gradually in
creased the lead and was going away
al the end. while the other horses in
the race had driving finish for the
second and third moneys, TemaceO I'M
ally uOsing out GargantUa for the place,
while the latter finished a mead in front
of Yankee Girl.
Mollie Montrose added another to her
LnbrOken string of victories today, max
ing her eighth consecutive race In
Cidentally MOllie smashed the track
record for four furlongs, going the dis
lance in 50 seconds.
The Summaries:
First race-Sellng, three-year-olds
and upward; six furlOugs. Donna FL
vira, 90 (MarIin), l3 70 3, won; Bosserian,
50 tLowe) 5 to !, second Posing, Ig7
Leo, 8 70 l, third. Time, l.lG 80. Bale
shed, Belle or the Bay, Fancy Dress,
Bitter Hand. J. w. O'Neill. Baneful,
Dry Dollar, GlamOr. Good Player, and
hUnuChOTd also ran.
Second race-Two-year-olds four fur
longs MOlIic NOnJrOse, Il6 tHOgg), l 10
:, won: Montbert, 100 Uowe), I to l,
second; Bitter Sir, 80 "a MARTINI, 90 20
1, third Time, 9-41 30 Pat Ornus,
Jimmy H. PresCati, Cora Dusant, and
Briteson also ran.
Third race-Three-year-ol and up
ward five and half urlOngs. Colo
guy Jos Garner, 3 10 5. won; Southern
Cross, 106 (MOuntain). 9 70 .. second;
Charlie Eastman. 112 lloyd, 3 TO /,
third Time. los. Lidwina. War Eagle,
Margaret NJ, Joe Fallert, and Ida
Jones also ran.
Fourth race-Selling. four years. Gam
steT, IQ2 (GaTner), IS 10 5, won, Dr.
Young, ~ (AfartiR1, 8 TO ., second, Sane
ton. 1914 Camel, . 70 I, third. Time
$3.50 3-5. HOTseradish, GlenCare, Eta NJ,
TOlbert ana POthen also ran.
Fifth race-Crescent City Derby; three
year-Olds; mile and one furlOng.
Montgomery. III (ShilHngl. 70 ?, won;
Temaceo, IL (Lloyd), g to /, second;
GargantEa. 10 (FOy), % 10 /. third.
Time, 1:53 %. Yankee Girl, Pink Star,
Sir ToddinEton. Tileing, Morales. and
Halbard also ran. Pink Star and Morales
coupled.
Sixth race - Selling: fOUT-year-olds
and upward, two miles. AmbeTjack, IO4
UoweJ G 10 I. won; Laysou, JOG (M0uu-
talu), 9 10 .. second; Mae Lynch, 90 CDe-
lany), 7 TO I. third Time. 3:32 Is. Long
Bright. DisCcTnment, Sonata, Ranger.
Happy Chap, Twenty Shot, and Glisten
also ran
Seventh race-Selling: three-year-olds
and upward, mile and q sixteenth
Agra. 80 (Bilas). % to l, won. Bye Bye
II. 90 Q.uwe), . to !, second; Delmore,
l05 (Hennessy). 10 10 1, third. Time,
l.4l 10 Foreigner. Bonart, Doubt,
Kemp Ridgeley, Adbell, and DrOmio also
ran,