Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16
RED GAUNTLET WINS
BUSH CUP HANDICAP
Jockey Notter Suspended for
! Ten Days for Rough Riding
at New Orleans Fair
Grounds.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
NEW ORLEANS. February 15-Under
a clever ride by Jockey Willie OFT and
despite the fact that the horse was fouled
repeatedly all through the last sixteenth
Red Gauntlet. at ) to ., running in the
colors Of T. p. Hayes, scored a notable
victory in the Bush Cup handicap today
at the Fair grounds. The stake had an
added value of $500 and was at two and
quarter MISS. OFT gave Red Gauntlet
well-judged ride, holding him unuer
restraint to the last half where he moved
up and beat out Yankee Girl by a lenE.N
Jockey Notter on Yankee Girl roughed il
and carried Red Gauntlet wide all
through the stretch. Notter after the
race. was suspended for ten days Yankee
Girl and Temaceo were coupled as the
Ellison entry and were made the to 10
fayorite.
The Celia colt Marsabe had another
outing In the two-year-old race. He was
an odds-on favorite despite the fact that
he was asked to carry l2l pounds and
was meeting a rather shifty lot of young
sters. a quick breaker he flashed into
me lead from the start. opened a COM
manding lead in the first furlong and
sprinted 10 the finish in front without
ever being seriously challenged. Ham
mock was easily second best and but
Tor running out at the head of the stretch
he might have given the winner an argu-
ment. Roseburg III got third after a hard
drive from slow beginning
Foul Claimed, But Disallowed.
In one of the most spirited finishes OF
the week Queens Souvenir was returned
the winner of the sixth race. When the
half dozen leaders were fighting it out
in the last sixteenth there was consid-
basis for a claim of foul against the
winner 1t was not allowed however,
and tho placing of Queens Souvenir
first. Albert Star second and Blue Lee
third was allowed to stand.
+. T. Ship and ketchemike were
equal favorites for the third, and the
finish found them fighting il out, with
Shipp the winner. He was unlucky at the
start. and got away poorly. but had speed
enough to pick up his field by the time
the stretch was reached. and taking COM
mand in the last furong, lasted il out to
the finish. ketchemike closing strongly
and with a better ride than Notter gave
him might have been tlhe winner Finan-
cier. contender all the way. was third.
Warner Griswell proved to be the best
in the fifth. The wise money went in on
him at the last moment. and his price was
knocked down from IL to : to 8 to ,.
Hawkama was the opening choice. but
under the plunge on Warner Griswell
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time Warner Gri>well. when ready,
picked up his field and won in a gallop.
With Notter replacing Glasner the 8 to
1 Katie Bower won the sixth race I'm a
hard drive from the Ii to / good thing
Denigre. Creel. at to I. was third. the
three finishing a half length apart. Not
ters strong finish got the money for the
winner. he outriding Mulcahey in the final
sixteenth.
The First Mason Scandal.
The scandal that cropped out at the
running of the last race yesterday regard
ing First Mason. which. it is alleged.
wore battery" has taken turf folk by
the ears. That the officials are prosecut-
ing rigid investigation into the perform
ances of the horse as well the stable
connections is borne out by an interview
obtained from Judge Mcdowell. I'VE
were advised just prior to the running
Of First Mason in his previous race here
that the .horse had been worked with a
battery" said Judge Mcdowell. Our
informant also asked that in the event
the horse won we investigate the fact.
Since that time we have had the stable
under surveillance. and yesterday we had
two men watching Jockey Burton, who
was believed to have used q battery at