Evening star., 1908-01-15
FORM STUDENTS
HAVE WINNING DAY

NEW ORLEANS. January 15.-Four fa-
vorites, all heavily backed. won yester-'
day at the Fair Grounds track and added
| materially to the joy and the bank rolls
of the followers of form. The faithful
first choices were Sea Swell at , to I,
Belle Strome at 3 to ). Comedienne at 3
to and Docie at to =.
The biggest winning was made on Sea
Swell. good-looking chestnut colt. two
years old. by Caesarian He started in
the first race. The bookmakers offered
as high as to- against him at one
period of the betting. but at post time
y to was the top price against him.
Louis A. Celia. his owner. led the plunge.
1t was his money that forced the odds
down. The commission here was not the
only one the millionaire turfman placed
on the colt. as his agents. it is said bet
big sums in the out-of-town poolrooms.
Cella's bets were never in danger after
the first furlong. Sea Swell broke quick
ly. rushed into the lead made all the
running and won by length. Tom
Holland. % to 1 chance passed Patriot
in the last fifty yards and beat him
home for second honors.
Two Bad Tips.
There were two tips out on rMique
o Brien and Hammock Boy Both were
beaten many lengths. The excuse of
fered for the formers defeat was that
he was in such i'll health that he had
recently refused to drink water. HAM
mock Boy was slow at the start to catch
his stride. got caught in a jam and never
mad a chance to show his best form
The New York delegation of horsemen
were SO sure that Comedienne would win
the NTH race that many bet all the
money they had-some even mortgaged
tnelr return tickets-on the daughter of
MO ole
end but for six furlongs Rebe Queen kent
their hearts In fiutter by displaying
speed of high order. Coincidence chased
the pacemaker, and eventually wore her
down. and won by length
Belle Strome, another good thing of tho
ODDS on variety, opened up a big gan in
the early stages of the fourth race and
Just managed to stagger home winner
by neck.
She. was leg weary at the finish and
MISS Strome would have beaten her out in
two more strides. -
Docile. backed from 5 to l to to .
was the best priced favorite of the after
noon to win. He had the foot of III.
opponents and after racing in third n,ans s
10 the stretch passed to the front and
won romplng by length.
Summaries.
1HiliihaGr,' Haida,' to l, won: Tom Holland. Ito ,s
heidel. % to ]: second: Patriot. 10 q. Lee,
tniiu. Lime, U.3I 10. Intervene Dirk
Cogniii. Douglas, Joe Stowell Misforfunate
1alDorne Tony W.. Eustacian, Geo. Guyton
Mique oBrien and Hammock Boy also ran w.
r,, Second race. fve and one-half furlonps-|
Fletcher: ITO ". Powers,, to 2, won: Donafdo
1Io ss.i g. heidsl to 5, second: Joyful Lady. iio
~. BAKER,, 20 to l. third. Time 11O 25. NV
koye korer Speed 5o Marvel Fashion GlenvIle adelaide
belle belle Tinker Bell. Detection. Client and Eliza
Rosen,. 8 to !, won: Fire Opal. 100 e. Me-
Gahey). @ to !. second; C0nstantia. ito "
Powers, Pow s,., to z third Time, Iii Rose Of
kins. Sulu. Cut Glass. Mazonia and Lady Frunk
Fourth race, six fnrlongs-Belle strome. 100
y. Meeaheyl to 8. won: Miss Strome los
sDearborne,, to l. second; Black Mantilla, los
W. Powersl, to 1, third. Time. III Is Zin,
fandel, Anna Scott, Algebra Helen Lucas.
kiamesha ,9.s II. Tyrolean and Tres Joli also ran
FHth race, seven furlongs-Comedienne 1l3
c.la e.; Powers, 3 to .. won; Teo Beach, 100 "a.
nageD, to 2, third. Time. 1.31 3-5. EVELYN s..
Poetry. Bitter Miss. Tilekilns and Golden Pheas-
ant also
sixth race. one and one-eighth mIles-Docile,
los (V Powers), Z to 2, won: Ivanhoe. 1O4 a.
Mccahey,, IS to 5. second; Fiavigny. 1o2 j.
SUMTER, 16 to 1. third. Time, 1853 Is. Rio
Grande, Lord Stanhope and Tribes Hill also ran.