New-York tribune., 1921-02-03
'Tippity Witcllet
Takes Feature
AT New Orleans
Beats Tailor Maid and Col
umbia Tenn ON Muddy
Track; Resist Wins First
speciaI Correspondence to The Tribune

Special Correspondence 10 The Tribune
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2.-Tippity
Witchet, the six-yearold bay colt
from the Bauer stable, running true to
her past performances at both the
Southern tracks here, proved that she
was at home in the heavy going and
disposed of Tailor Maid and Columbia
Tenn, j. the New Orleans Handicap,
the feature race on the card to-day.
Pietor was the only other starter, and
was second best in the betting, but
failed to finish in the money. The
purse was for 81 500 to the winner and
at a distance of one mile, which was
run in / ID.
The players and layers about
divided the honoTs, with the former
| having a shade the better of matters,
as four out of seven of the frs1
}choices finished in front. In the open
ing event, Resist, one of the best mud
GERS in training, had no trouble IN
winning from Marmite and Serbian
Flibberty Gbbet came back to life,
and at the odds Of Is to / was re-
turned the winner of the second race,
with Herald second and Green Grass
| third.
Ranzaf, an odds-on choice, carried
| off the honors in the third, followed
/ by Johns Umma and Beg Pardon,
following in the order named. Another
outside choice surprised the talent in
the fifth, when Honolulu Boy, who was
quoted at Is to l at post time, came
down the stretch in front Of Master
Bin and Romeo, who divided the purse
IN the order named. Rustler, Louise
| Wynne and John Arbor was the order
in which they flashed past the judges
! stand in the sixth and BluesBannech,
] % ir,J Nd ;araA
the finishing line as named in the
oeventh race. The results:
First race (purse, $1,000; claiming
| three year olds and upward; six furlongs)
Resist 109 (Garner). 2 to l, even and /
tc won; Marlnite. 109 (Robinson). 8 TO
1Lyke), to /, to q and to s, third.
Time. l;16 10 Burgeyne, Lady Mildred,
Loys; Phiianderer Double Van, Kirah,
Second race (purse, $1,000; claiming
three year-olds and upward; six furongs}
.-Flibberty Gibbet, III tRoberts), 10 to l.
to and to /, won: Herald, ia (Gru-
ber), to /, 2 to l and 4 to s. second;
Green Grass 1913 (McDermott), 10 to / 4
10 and TO L. third. Time, 1:15. Jago,
Ragazza Phantom Fair, Meliora and
Trooper also ran.
Third race (the Hyde Park Purse; purse,
$1,000; three-year- allowances; five
and holf gs)-Runzaf. 10S (Bar-
rett), TO 20, to and out. won; Johns
-
to 5, second; Beg Pardon. 104 (Mooney),
IL to /, to / and . to /, third Time
1909 1-5. Roseclif. The Moor. Tan Son,
Chevalier and Ras also ran.
Fourth race (the New Orleans Purse;
purse, $500 three-year-olds and upward;
one mile)-Tippity Wttchet 1l6 tRowan).
to 5. to and out, won; Tailor Maid.
96 (McDermotD, 20 to l, 3 to and 1 to 2,
second Columbia Tenn. 96 {Jarvis). 10 to
/, to and out, third. Time, 1:44.
Pictor also ran.
Fifth race tpurse, $1,000; claiming; four
year olds and upward; one mile and six
teenth h)-Honolulu Boy, 10S (Barrett), Is
to 1, to l and 30 /, won; Master BILL
103 (Mooney), 8 TO S. to 10 and l to s.
second; Romeo, 40 (Romaneili) to l.
to 1 and to 8, third. Time, 1851 Is.
Albert A, St. Germain and Ettahe also
ran.
Sixth race Claiming: three-year-oids
and upward one mile and seventy yards)
-Rustler, 1l3 u. Connolly, to 2, to
and even, Won. Louise Wynee, 1O2 (Rob-
John Arbqr, lo7 ESPaaD; 90 to 1. to and
Mary Head, VIII O. the Wisp, Montillo.
Sea Mimica Machine Gunner, Charles A
Byrne. lonia and Mary Erb also ran.
Seventh race (purse, $1,000; claiming;
three-year- -olds and upward; one mile and a
sixteenth)-Bluebannoc 112 (Rodriguez)
] to 5. to 5 and to s. won; Thunder
bird, 95 (McCoy). 7 to /, to 2 and to
s. second; Light Wine. 100 (Shelepets), Z
to 2, to and 5 to 5, third Time, i So
2-6. McAdoo. Joe Whipple, Warlike and
Christin also ran,