Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05
ONLY THREE FAVORITES WON

NEW ORLEANS. January 5.-Dick Rose.
q small but quick twO-year-oId by Sorcerer.
came to the front yesterday at the Fair
Grounds track as a claimant for champion
ship honors among the youngsters. Well
ridden by Jack Martin, he won the race for
the babies by a neck in a driving finish.
The winner, although he showed great
deal of speed. was lucky to finish in front
OF Blue Lee. The latter slow to catch
his stride at the start. but closed with a
great rush in the last quarter of mile and
was rapidly overhauling Dick Rose at the
finish. In another stride he would have
caught and passed the winner.
Blue Lee made his first appearance of the
season in this race, and with Sabado rep
Iesenting Burlew < O'Neils entry. mis-
pair closed a slight favorite in the betting
at IL to .. but many of the eastern plungers
bet on Dick Rose, believing that his pre-
vious experience gained in a race would
enable him to beat out the green colt
when it came to a finish.
Orbicular Beats Missouri Lad.
Orbicular, the colt that beat Minnie
Adams last week, checked the winning
career of Missouri Lad yesterday by Leaf
ing the latter in the fourth race. Before
they met opinion as to which was the bet
Ter COll was ABOUT evenly bui
among the professional bettors Orbicular
was the choice, and he went to the post an
odds-On favorite az to TO- He easily
proved his superiority by waiting on his
rival during the early stages OF the contest
and then beating him out in the squirt to
the finish.
Missouri Lad was lnterfered with at the
start, but he more than made up for this
by gaining the inside position after the hrst
turn. Thereafter he had clear sailing. Or
bicular was at all points his master and
sprinted away from him at the end.
COlloquy was the second favorite of the
afternoon to land her hackers money. She
had "a fair lot of sprinters to meet in the
third race. a handicap. and was made the
choice in the betting in spite of the fact
that she was asked to give away Dig
lump of weight. Her 115 pounds did not
seem to trouble her in the least, and she
sprinted away from her opponents at the
start, opened up a. gap of three lengths and
maintained 1t to the end.
The Summaries.
First race. maiden four.year-9lds and upward d.
Won paesss. loo a. Williams, is to /. second
knighton. 119 o. Hennessey) 2 to l, third. Time
boro, Eta NJ Fast Mate, Miss Willie. Country
Lad Wild Indian and Flagstone also ran.
los ~
TIM. 5 10 /. won; Blue Lee, rs (Neop, 10 to 5.
:*?d rE Ss1h ysn 10 Huns snFs Them
knight, Sahado, Jennie s., Baue, Liberty lilo,
Count RainfOrd and Water Cooler also ran ~,
Third race, three ear-olds, six furongs-Col-
loQuy 115 tNicol, S to .. won; Judge Davey. 109
O. Martini. to /. second; De Orc, los tMoun-
tain & to l. third. Time, 1.13 1-5. Voting, Sweet
Kitty and Lucy Marie also
Fourth race four-yea r-olds and upward. one
mile Orbicular. 10l lMountanl to 10. won;
Missouri Lad. 105 QIloydl. TO 2, second st.
Valentine l13 o. Martin. to 2, third Time.
Ito Terms Rod. Lady r li-On, Besterlng, Dromio
aud Merces also
Fifth race, threeyear.ods, one mile-Imperti-
nence. 81 wan DusenJ. to /. won; Fire Alarm.
90 uloydi. 10 to /. second; Lady Vimont, 90 "a.
Morgan - to /. third. Time. 1.41 Is. Western.
Schrocicr's Midway, Ksiserhof, Associate, l.. 8.
b, Glad Pirate. Henry Bosworth, Gargantua.
Nancy Hart, Broken Melody Drulen Royal Bond
and (IoldmiRe King also
Sixth race. three year-olds and upward, one and
one six eeuth miles-Adben. Ill u. Martini, to
J. won. Lemon Girl 1o3 tNoonel, to l. second
Sralpock, 10 "a. MARTINI. u to l. third. Time:
la 30. Omar khayyam. Delphie, Iangford
James Agile Lewis Merrick. Delestrome. Happy
Jack Green Crest Tied Light, Maize O'NeIl and
Safety Light also