New-York tribune., 1920-12-04
FavOrites Have
Miserable Day
In Southland
Richard V. Captures Feature
thew Orleans From Jack
straw; Burke on2Winners
From Special Corresponaent

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 8. = For the
ilrs1 tme since the season opened here
the bookmakers cleaned Up. Not one
OF the norses that went to the most
a cholce was able to come home on the
DIT. In the fifth race, the feature event
on the card, Richard V, three-year-
Old brown gelding from the Snyder and
Holmes stable. showed the way homo
10 Jackstraw, who went to the post q
well-played favorte, with Kirstie's Cub
taxing down the show end of the purse.
SIX starters went to the post. The
weather was cloudy, but the track WAS
fast. II. Burke carried off the jockey
honors by riding two winners.
In the opening dash of five and a
half furlongs Celtic Lass, with odds
as good as 7 to /. finished in front Of
Segurola and Dr. Howard. Winchester,
another outsider in the betting, came
through i'll the second, followed by
Charles A. Bryne. Salesman, Bengali,
Normandie and Murphy were the order
in which they passed the judges stand
in the third race, while Blue Jeans,
Lovers Lane II and On High divided
the purse in the fourth event.
Judge Price, the longest shot of the
afternoon to win. caused much sur
prise when he finished under the wire
in the sixth race at odds of 40 to l
quoted arainst his chances at post time
and again in the last event Pastoral
Swain, fizcr and Dancing Spray showed
the way home to q field Of eight. In
this race Hindoostan was a hot tip.
The summaries follow:
First race (2-year-olas; claiming; purse
s7eO 5ia furlongs) Celtic Lass. lO4
Gpuxton). : to J. to 2 and even. -won,
to a. second; Or. Howard. lo7 Gfoin!schD,
to |, even and to .. Third Time
1:C7 2-5. Mary Erb, Brown Bill. high
Wave and Big Son also ran.
Second race {2year-olds claiming;
purse $500; 61a furlongs) Wirchestcr 1os
a. Hurke> $ to l 3 to and to s. won:
and to s, second Salesman. l15 tRod-
rlsnez>, to !. to and T., 70 TO- third.
Walk Up and Noormel ALSO ran.
Third race f4-year-olds and upward;
san ios crhurber5 to l. to and to
8. won Normandie. III ,StaclD. to / 2
to and to 4. second Murphy. ~
r%e G"'e 20 sarnno nc Da9d s@q V49 G9as s'" ana
Fourth race (a-year-qlas; claiming;
(H BurlSe). IS to 5. oven and to >. Won;
Lovers Lane. 107 ORuxton). I to .. to
,,Ts end to . s"cond' on Hieh. lo7 Glop- .I5p2
4iinSe' 4imee,' 1i5. ridden sAip. SANDY Mac. &C.
indian. Yaphank. Annette Teller and Day
Fifth race (3-year-olds and upward;
claiming; purse $500, mile and 70 yardsl
Richard v. SO (Jarvis). . to /. TO
and | to 4. won Jack straw. III OH
l3urke), to 3 to . ana to 5, second;
Kirstic's Cub, 1o5 (Roberts), 90 TO to
and to !. third. Time. 4G. Captain
Burns, Ihilistine ard Lad also ran.
Sixth race (3-year-olds and upward
caimns an pqrse s7go on; NM ana 70 y@rd5}
to l ana TO !. Won; H. c. Basch. 10
tGarner). to 8. to ! and out. second
Sen Hampson. ia (Murphy). Is to l. 6 to
and 5 to =. third. Time l:46 is. quito
Harvey Smarr She Devil and John r.
Roche also ran.
Seventh race (Evsrgeline Purse: s-year-
olds and upward; purse $500. l milo and
70 yards)-Iastoral swain; 100 (Babin),
to l. to and 7 to 5, won, Flxer, 1is
Ponce) to /. TO and2 to s. second
Dancing Spray. JOG Or. Davis) { TO J.
3 to . and to s. lIindostan. Irothcrly
Love, Filter Patter, Barry Shannon and
Royal Duck also ran.