Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
BIG ENTRY FOR
CHRISTMAS HANDICAP

NEW ORLEANS, La, December %
For Christmas week the race-going pub
lie here will have to depend upon the
horses whose undermining qualities are
known, but as the program book has two
stakes in it and several overnight handi-
caps. the sport should bring out the
best of this class. Today's card starts
off WELL and if it's standard Is kept up
the result will be satisfactory.
Racing switches back to City Park this
afternoon. and form followers will dis
cover that there is quite difference be-
tween the mud of the tracks. City Park
will be decidedly deeper and more hold
ing than the newer track. and dopesters
should bear that in mind in figuring
form. The soil is far from as sandy
as that at the Fair Grounds.
Racing at City Park will have steeple-
chasing the spectacular feature A
hurdle event is scheduled for Tuesday
over the mile-and-a-quarter course and
Thursday and Saturday more events
through the field will be run. AS there
are now about one hundred jumpers here
these events should bring out big fields
The two stakes for the week are the
Christmas handicap and the Planters
stakes, at seven furlongs. Saturday
for the two-year-olds. The Christmas
handicap. to be run Wednesday, closed
with seventy-one nominations, and of
these Glorifier is assigned top weight of
12S pounds. Jack Atkin is asked to pick
UP 127. Tokalon. 119; Juggler. III. and
Lotus Eater lie. None of the above will
likely face the barrier.
OF the likely starters, Pasadena, with
lis pounds. is top weight. Carthage
with 112. Lad of Langden with 10,
Hyperion II with los, Temaceo with 1o7,
Zipango with 1O5, Faust with 104, and
Yankee Girl with 1o2. stand out as best.
In the lightweight division Little
Lighter with 100 pounds, Besterling with
9S, La Jeunesse with SO and Listerine
with Sc, seem to have possible chances.
In fact. Little Lighter is given royal
chance, for he likes this weight and the
going will be to his order. If anything
aside from the first five get the money,
it will be this colt.
y Pasadena Is Favorite.
Without question, this will be about the
best handicap offered to date; at least. it
should furnish a good race. and there is
no telling just which trick will be re-
turned winner The horse that beats
Pasadena, however, will be that one, ac-
cording to close students of form. 1t
would surprise no one to see the Vincent
horse come home well in front.
Starter Mars Cassidy will be here in
time to perform with the barrier this
afternoon. He wired early last week
that his wife was improved, and to ex-
pect him for the first race. He will be
given a royal welcome. for he is very
popular, and his walk-up style of start
ing long ago made hit in New Orleans.
Starter Dade will go to his home in Ken
lucky until Hot Springs opens. providing
there is racing there at all this winter.
Startling form reversals during the past
week were the subjects of gossip. and
the blindness of the officials also caused
talk. The performances of La Jeunesse.
Ray Thompson and Marbles caused the
most tank. Tuesday La Jeunesse won
very easily at seven furlongs, but
Thursday he was badly beaten at mile.
a distance he was supposed to like bet
ter than any other. He was a 1 to .
favorite in both races, which were prac-
tically against the same horses. On
Tuesday Ray Thompson galloped home
in front of an all-age field of crack
sprinters, but Saturday failed ignomin-
iously. Marbles ran an incredibly bad
race Saturday.
Today the fourth race will be an
attractive feature. Pasadena. which won
nice race the other day, will meet a
good field with weight up, and an ex-
cellent race Is sure to result. Okenite,
formerly a Belmont star, will make his
local debut, while Faust and other east
ern horses will contend with the western