Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12
GREEN SEAL EASILY
BEST IN STAKE RACE
Wins New Orleans City Rail-
way Handicap in Presence
of a Great Throng.
Winter Meeting Ends.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW ORLEANS. La. April 11.-Dave
Eicol returned To his old form today.
and, astride Green Seal the second choice
in the betting at S TO :, made A runaway
race of the New Orleans City Railway
handicap at one mi and a sixteenth. the
feature of getaway day at the Fair
Grounds. when the curtain was run down
on the winter meeting.
With the exception of Derby day the
largest crowd that has visited the Fair
Grounds track this season was present
this afternoon.
Horsemen who have raced here all win
ter have practically arranged TO leave.
There will be several special trains out
Of New Orleans tomorrow morning and
night to Louisville. Lexington and New
York.
The close OF the meeting here finds
Marse Abe, from the Darn OF l.. a. Celia,
the champion in the twoyear-old division.
Ten times this season has his number
been hung out as the winner. with only
one defeat TO his credit. and then by his
stable companion. Sea Swell. Angelus.
Pinkola. Meelick and Chapu tepec lead in
the three-year-olds.
Spectacular plunging has played a prom
inent part In the winter sport, and to this
is due IN part all the unfavorable criti-
cism brought to the surface. john j.
Ryan started the ball rolling, and the
result was that l.yan was forced t" quit
this latitude by The stewards. Recent
instances OF spectacular plunging on the
part of Charlie Ellison have caused the
blond one to have his wagering criti-
rised. This was very pronounced on
the recent Temaceo-Jack Witt hippo
drome: also on the Hannibal Bey. ROBIN
Hood. Hold Proof races, all of which have
contributed to giving the iag-end of the
meeting a very black eye. and one that
will remain stigma for many moons.
Green Seal Easily the Best.
Green Seal proved to be easily best Of
The four starters in the stake event today.
With his early speed he was able to get
clear Of his field while Pickens was
messing Carthage about, and carrying his
field along al a merry clip for the first
six fu-longs he had them dizzy when the
real time for racing came. Carthage
and Royal Ben raced together in the
chase OF the leader. and both We're all out
when the stretch drive began The result
was that Green Seal was able to gaiop to
the finish with Nicol taking stout hold
all through the last hundred yards. and
he still had an advantage of five lengths.
Carthage saved the place with little trou-
be.
weight to his field. Brougham was held
favorite al short price for the five-fur-
ongs sprint for wo-year-oids that opened
the card and he won after fashion that
justified the price. Away poorly, he ran
around his field to get up to the pace
making Transform and after racing head
and head with that colt to the last fur
long post drew away to win easily.
Transform had no serious challenge for
the place and Alice got third. Lena Lech,
Ia
after being left at the post. but weakened
from the early effort and wound up last.
Masquerade Wins Easily.
Nee affertys smart flly, Masquerade.
was an easy winner in the second race.
She was d favorite at short price and
to get to the finish I'm front she had to
run the five and a half furlongs in 1 .o6 So.
which was close to the track record. +.
Il. Shipp, with his usual early speed. out
footed her 10 the stretch turn. but there
Masquerade took command and had little
trouble in holding her field safe in the
last quarter. Escutcheon outclassed the
others and finished a strong second. with
Deuce third. Shipp having stopped to
nothing In the last furlong.
The third was figured twO-horse af
fair between Charlie Eastman and Hannl-
bal Bay, but neither of these two got any
part of the money. Birdslayer went out
for pace-making. but Yaddo chased him
down after entering the stretch and drew
away to win with q comfort able distance
separating him from Bertha F., and Bird
slayer a tired third. Charlie Eastman
broke we'll but was Outrun from the start,
while Hannibal Bay greatly improved his
position from slow running.
Blagg. the second choice. took down the
fifth race after hard struggle with Al
Muller ali through the stretch. AL Muller
was the odds-on favorite and the pace
maker. but tired in tie run home. KIa-
CiNo 1yt Ifci6
Summaries.
First race. FIVE furlongs -B-ougham 1lc War
reu,. 4 TO 5. wou: Transform 9s IL. Hpuardl.
10 20 /. second Alice, lo4 IF. Burton'. 8 10 !.
third. Time. Loo 35. IrrigatOr. My Lady Fran
ces and Lena Lcech also ran;
Second race. five and 0ne-ha!f furloags-Mas-
querade. 9s IF. Burton'. to 10, won: Escutchc-
IL" Ncoh ,S,rs to sse"nd Is Dsnee no1 1o
and X: r. Shipp also ran.
Third race. six furonss Yaddo. 1913 tSrhesin-
e to 10 second Rra ssye ,o g. Hisssns
to !. third. Time. 1.13 As Hannibal Rey.
Charlie Eastman Alenron. Meadow Breeze. Miss
Delaney. Orlandnt and Toscan also
Fourth race. mile and sixteenth: New
Orleans Railways hanaicap-Green seal II"
, to 10. second; Royal Ben 81 g. Henry, to
1. third. Time. Las 4-o Banrdge also ran.
To %ss SIX Mn:a %. n% s s F sa
third. Time, l.ls Is. Cooney X. also ran
Retd, 16I tSlPmons, 10 to I. won: Wise Hand
90 M. Mctieei 10 TO l. second Bcwitched 81
(BranDou,, t" /. third. Time. 1.5S. MishOra
You Win. Jennie Beau. Ever Our Boy. Florence
". knight OF Ivanhoe, Judge Treen. Vanse Gee
Whiz and Condo also ran.
Seventh race. mile and a sixteen.h-The
Thorn 93 &C. Henry. ) To >, won: Blue Lee. 30
tSchelsinger,. 10 1. second: Gold Way, 100
tNicon. to I, third. Time, 1.4T As. Lady
Esther. Clifton Forge. Melange. Punky. Pin
sticker and Mr.. Peabody also ran.