Evening star., 1908-01-17
TWO FAVORlTES
WIN AT NEW ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS. January 17-Lady
Leota, chestnut flly by Voter. won the
first race yesterday at the Fair Grounds
track, much to the surprise of her owner,
Louis A. Celia; who did not bet dollar
on her.
1t was her first start and she proved
to be much faster than her private trials
indicated, for she got away poorly at
the start, was interfered with and then
beat Tom Holland. tried performer, in
a driving finish.
Celia missed a golden opportunity to
win fortune. for there was plenty of
3 to ! against Lady Leota. She had be-
haved badly in her work and had not
shown any great amount of speed. He
thought that as this was her first race he
would permit her to run unbacked.
The remarkable potency of the Voter
blood In transmitting speed was shown in
Lady Leota. Under the excitement OF a
contest all her latent desire to race was
aroused. and the speed that had been hid
den In the early morning gallops came to
the surface with rush. She Joined
Tom Holland, the pacemaker soon after
the start, and clung to his head tenacious
ly. Even when carried to the outside
fence and bumped several times she
fought inch by inch for the. lead.
Won on Her Courage.
Tom Holland into defeat and in the last
ten yards he quit. This gave the fine
looking fllly the lead, and she. won on
the post by head.
Celia made amends for his lack of con-
fdencs in Lady Leota by backing his geld
ing Tivolini to win the fourth race. He
was richly rewarded at odds of to
when the son of Mirthful went to the
front on the first turn. made all the
running and won ridden out by two
lengths.
Edward Corrigan was another western
turfman whose colors finished in front
twice during the day. but who failed to
profit thereby except through the me-
dunn of the purses.
Creel. horse schooled to the jumps,
won the third race, a dash Of a mile and
a sixteenth on the fiat.
As the Master Of Hawthorne did not
think Creel fast enough to win he per-
mitted the 10. to l against the old geld
ing to go begging.
John CarrolFs victory in the fifth race
was practically a barren one for Corri-
gan, for the topheavy odds of l to
was the best offered. In order to win
Corrigan would have been forced to put
up many hundreds to win small amount.
The Summaries.
First race, three furlopgs-Lady Leota. 1o7
q. Iee). g to !, won: Tom Holland, 10 Is.
Flynn. to !. third Time. o.ss 10. Serylcnce,
Nasturita. Brougham. Gloriole. George Guyton
second race, six furlongs-yariety, 1o5 Not
teri, to =. won: George II. White. 103 Dyer.
30 to l, second; Maize Fletcher, 1O8 tkoerner) )
to l.. third. Time: LII. Banrida. Prince Bowl
ing. Bitter Gold, Albert NJ. Margaret r., Sweet
ener, Elder. Louise X. Risk and Estella c. also
ran.
Third race. one and one-sixteenth miles-Creel,
1O6 &C. koerner,. IS to 1, won; Jack Witt, los
u. Lee, to l, second; st. Noel, no u. Hogg).
y to !; third. Time; 1S1 As. Horseradish;;
Hyacinth, Bob May. Jack Dolan. Water Dog.
Minot and knight Of Ivanhoe also ran.
Fourth race one and one-slxteenth miles
Tiyoini. 1903 (McDanIeD. to !. won; Grenade,
l05 tNotter), 4 to !, second: Terms Rod, 100 tW.
Egan,. 20 to /, third. Time. Isl; Gull. Bes-
terling, Denrgre, Envoy Cock Sure. crafty ). u.
Dunn BIennenworth and Canopian also ran
Fifth race, seven furlongs-john Carroll. 106
&C. Koerner, to g. won: Heine. l09 tv Pow
ers,, ii to :. second; Land Breeze. lo5 !Mindsr,.
30 to l. third. Time. LIS 4-5. Ismalian. Helen
Lucas and Lucky Nose also ran.
Sixth race, one and thrce-siNteenths miles
Donna, lO6 ". Powers), to l.. won: Fiavgny
Flynn 10 to second Lansastrs1, a aa.s.n ilo
lilo Grande. Grenada and Dociie also ran.