Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-24
MONTGOMERY WINS
CRESCENT CITY DERBY
Yankee Girl, the Favorite,
Never a Contender and Fin
ishes in the RuCk.
MoIIie MontroSe Shows Her
Class by Cutting Track Rec
ord in HaIf-MiIe Event.

special Dlspatch 10 The Star.
NEW ORLEANS, La, March 23.-Mont-
gomery. the colt of Chinn & Forsythe. to-
day captured the $4,000 Crescent City
Derby, beating out Temaceo by length,
with loads of strength to spare. Gargantua,
which captured the short end of the stake,
was an extreme outsider in the betting.
Yankee Girl, which was made the favorite
the strength of her winning the City
Park Derby two weeks ago. was never a
contender and finished in the ruck.
Montgomery, with Schilling up, demon
strated more than once during the running
Of the Derby that he was of better class
and in better form than his eight competi-
tors. He was sharply cut off at the first
| turn by Sir Toddington and Morales, Sir
| Toddington being the pacemaker in the
! early stages.
Schilling let his mount out just on enter
| ing the stretch and crossed the wire In i'm
| preSsive style.
The winner had been quietly prepared
| for months at the track In Memphis, Tenn.
| and was shipped here only three days ago.
! He was as good as to l In the betting at
one time. The mile and one-eighth was
covered in 1.59 3-5.
Mollie Montrose. the unbeaten flly Of
George Holly, again demonstrated her
class today when she won the second event.
at four furlongs, in Al 3-5, clipping a fifth
of a second from the track record.
Charlie Eastman in the third race, n sprint
affair at five and a half furlongs, showed
that she is the fastest Splinter OF the pres
ent meeting.
DIR. Young, favorite in the two-mile event.
was beaten a length by Gamester, steadily
played at IL to 8.
Donna Elvira hot favorite at 10 to 5.
captured the opening race in gallop.
After permitting Fancy Dress and Bos-
serian to show the way until well into the
stretch Donna Elvira came on and won by
two lengths from Bosserian.
More than $1,000 spectators witnessed the
running. of the Derby. The grandstand,
with its boxes of galy bedecked women, re-
sembled huge flower garden. The weather
was torrid and the track lightning fast.
The summaries follow:
First race. six furlours; selling Donna Elvirs,
a2 "a Martini. IL to 8. won; Bosserlan, %
IOweD. to !, second; Posing l0I o. lee) to
j, third. Time lib 80. Bitter Hand. Mono.
Player GIamor. Belle of the Bay. J. W. o'Neili
and Dry Dollar also ran.
second race. four furlongs- Molle Montrose, ll9
(IIogg,. I, won; Montbert, 100 uowe), TO
|, second; Bitter Sir, 's "a: Martini 90 to l.
Cora Dusant, Frcscati and Briteson also
Third race. five and one-half furlongs.Colloquy;
NO. enrh.,'i T., 10 second: %, Charlie Eastman liz
tIloydD, to /, third Time LOG. Ida Jones,
War Eagle, Lidwina, Joe Fallert and Margaret
Fourth race. two miles: selling Gamester, 1o2
Garner. Is TO s., won; Or. Young "a a Mar
5, third. Time. $50 3-5. Talbot, Potheen, Glen
care Horse Radish and Eta NJ. also
Fifth race, Crescent City Derby; $4,000; mile
and an eighth Montgomery II CschiingD. s to 2,
won; Tcmaceo. 100 U.loyd), to J.: second: Gar
Hnlbard sir Toddington. Morales, Pink Star.
Yankee Girl and Tileing also ran.
ROW. to L. Won; Layson. ioS Mountain, . to
$, second; Mae Lynch, 80 Gallabyy, 30 to !.
ment. Long Bright. Happy Chap, Glisten and
Twenty Shot also ran.