Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-05
CORR|GAN' STABLE
WINS TWO RACES
Jockey Koerner in Good Form.
Nicol Again Set Down for
MiSbehavior at the Post.
Third 0ffense.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW ORLEANS, La. January A.
Jockey c. Koerner brought home two win
ners for the stable OF Edward Corrigan
today at City Park. In the opening event,
for maiden two-year- olds. Annie MCGEE,
backed from IL to to 10 to ]. had the
inside position at the post. and Koerner
got her away flying with all the best of
the start. That advantage allowed her
10 win. Holy Mass. filly that showed
good speed in her previous effort, raced
up to her In the stretch. and at the fur
long post looked like the winner. but the
Corrigan FLY was game. and standing
hard drive lasted 1t out in front to the
finish. Smart was a fast closing third.
Roseburg. Nicol up. was favorite, with
slight call over Broughm. These two got
away too poorly to have chance.
The Corrigan stable made it two
straight when John Carroll won the sec
ond race. and this time the betting ring
felt the force of the double header. With
good to 1 to be had against the
old Splinter he was backed to ) to . and
under Koerner's handling he won in
romp. OFF we'll with the first division he
was always close up with the fast pace
set by Green Seal. and. moving up with
a rush on the outside entering the stretch,
drew away in the last furlong and won
about as his rider pleased Green Seal
was another heavily backed horse. nearly
all the paddock division falling in with.
the play. Escutcheon one of the quickest
away from the barrier. landed in third
place. The judges did not appreciate the
rough work of Jockey Cashin. who was
aboard of Escutcheon. and disqualified
the son of Gold Crest and placed Fronte-
mac third. The disqualification did not
come as a surprise.
Orly II Defeats the Best.
Orly ii is again the good horse he was
two years ago. He won the ne-and-one
quarter-mile handicap in a hard drive
from the best horses in training here.
paying ~ to 1. In a driving finish be-
tween. three horses that contested it to
the. last jump Orly II won, beating Old
Honesty and Tileing. both of which were
much stronger attractions to the layers
than the winner. Orly III was badly out
run as usual in the early stages, but ran
around his field in the last half and. under
strong ride from Powers got up just
In time. while Tfleing, firing after losing
the lead. lost the place to Old Honesty In
the last stride
st. Ilario proved to be easily best of the
thfee-year-olds engaged in the seven-fur-
long handicap He was first choice in
the betting and attracted strong fol-
lowing. WOODLAND outbroke him and stole
a lead of several lengths in the first half
mile. but after that st. Ilario gradually
wore down ibis lead. and under a snug
hand ride passed him out in-the last fur
long without great effort. WOODLAND fin
ished gamely under "a drive. and had no
eSnt sht.t for the PLACE Meange getting
Killdoe Wins Hurdle Race.
After about as fluky race as was the
other hurdle race run here this winter,
Killdoe won the Cosmopolitan Hotel hur-
%le nal<Iicap. He was at long price In
the betSS<> and won lin a driving finish
with Boz Murphy. that the finish wa:
close wA4V1ue to the fact that. Killdoe
[ tried to- RIP out at the last jump, Just
WHEN I've was drawing clear of his field
Bob N1rshY was best of the others and
lapded-rysfc seq ond, ST. volma, the
sAort-priced fsvorite, was sore going to
n post. fenced poorly and was weakly
handled Dsspite all this and the loss of
grog5 hS-bearing out at the last hurdle,
he arishe1 third. Woodside fell at the
first lump and seriously injured Jockey
JockA Dave Nicol, @the premier rider
here. gas set down for three days by
Starter Cassidy for misbehavior at the
post in the first race. This is the third
time that Nicol has been set down. G.
swain was also set down for three days.
Twenty eight bookmakers were unable
~ TIE money tndI was WdSereQI
with them. The betting at all times was
brisk and the sport first-class. Summaries:
First rsc>. three furlongs-Anna Magee. 100
&C. koerner1+ 10 to l. Won; Holy Mass. 100
lloyd. . I. second Smart. 100 "a. Martini
~ to 1, third. Time. o.36 as. Mrs. Sewan
Prosper. Rosehurg H. Tony G.. Cunning, Mar
suerite Hayes. Broughsm. Gloriole. Ny Lady
Frances and Lightning Flash also ran.
Second race. six furiongs-John Carroll, 40 &C.
koerner), to I, won: Green Seal. 1O2 &C.
Henry. to ], second: Frontenac 103 Fair
brother, 20 to ], third. Time, lib 2-5. Dr.
Mack. Robin Hood, French Nun, Fay, Hooray
Crafty, Charlie Eastman and Miss Ferris also
quaiined - '1 D''S-e' 'H''' '"' was us
Third race. seven furlongs; handcap-St
1llario, 107 ". Powers), to =. won: Woodlane
I1S u. Lem, 10 I. second; Meiange, 81 Is.
Flynn, 10 TO 1, third. Time, IS. Blue Lee,
Albert Star, Evelyn. Infapta. Gold Quest, Lis
terine and Yankee Rose also ran.
Fourth race. one and quarter miles; COsmo
poiitan hurdle handicap-Killdoe. 14S 90. Chan
dlerl Is to l, won; Rob Murphy. 1is tMcClainl,
10 to l. second; ST. yolma 16i tArchibad), to
s. third. Time. 22l A.. Profitable. Rip Bank
Holiday, Sam HoIheimer, Aues and Woodside
also
Fifth race. and one-sxteeuth miles; han
dicap--Orly III. 100 u. Powers. to l. won:
Old Honesty. 1oI u. Lee, 3 to l. second; Tile
ing 10 u. SUMTER. 10 10 .. third. Time
La 3-5. Carthage, Gid, Lotus Eater and May
Rowe also
Sixth race, one mile and half selling-Doubt,
10T u. Lee, to l, won: Ffavigny. 80 ~. Sum
teri, y 10 l. second: Rio tirande, 107 ". Pow
ers, IL to 1, third. Time, 2.26 2-o. DR.. Nc