The New York herald., 1922-02-28
MANOEUVRE BEATS
FIELD OF MUDDERS
Takes Pontchartrain Handicap
in a Gallop-Gray Gables
Scores.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YoRK HERALn
NEW ORLEANS, La. Feb. 27-Manoeu-
vre. the stout son of Sweeper-Herodia
and one Of the most capable mudders
tho local season has produced. found
the rough going at the Fair Grounds
just to his liking to-day AMI galloped
home the easy winner Of the Pontchar-
was totally unworthy of the banner
carnival crowd which attended despite
variable skies and the deplorable track
conditions.
The lightly weighted Barracuda at
tempted to supply the early iace, but
Manoeuvre quickly replaced him and
went off to a wide lead while Slippery
Elm moved into second position. De-
spite hard urging entering the stretch
Slippery Elm was unable TO reduce
Manoeuvre's advantage materially and
the Riverdale candidate had daylight
to spare at the end. Slippery Elm found
the going bit too rough. but was good
enough to save the place by eight
lengths.
Gray Gables again proved himself a
superior mudder by taking the Ever
green claiming handicap over Gain de
Cause, Tantalus and four other capable
representatives of the high grade plat
ing division. Garner gave the winner
a perfect ride. saving ground on the
turns and nursing him carefully through
the stretch SO that he had a length to
spare at the end.
Jockey Weiner has been signed by
the Foreign Stable.
The results:
lowances: purse 81 900: four furlongs
Dearie. 100 (PooD, 7 to Q. 7 TO 8 and to
10. won. Lilac Time, 100 CWeiner). to !,
Time. 30 IS seconds. Also ran: The
Ulster. Illusionist. Athlete, Elizabeth Brice,
Dentaria. Dardanella. Lady Vennie and
SECOND RACE-For three-year-olds and up
ward; claiming; purse 81 900; six furlongs:
and to @ won; Roy c.. 1o3 (Weiner). y
70 !. TO and tn 2. second Brown Check
iSrs iSS MaTinS rmo to 12 to Also and t9
torle NJ. Fleer Morgie. Back BAY. Charles
J. Craignie, Doris, Goodhart and Lady
Zeus.
THIRD RACB--For three.yenr-oids and up
ward; claiming; purse 81 900; six furlongs
Monastery, 112 (Buyton), IS TO 3. TO . and
TO 10. won; Bristow. 1o7 Lang}, to to !
10I (Wallace). TO ], TO and to 8
flage, Red Leaf. Hidden Jewel Grayson
Mickey Moore Rising Rock and Smart Guy
FOURTH RACE-The Poatchertrain Handi-
cap; for three -year.olds and upward purse
81 500: Manoevre, 107 a.. McDermott. e
3, to and out, won; Slippery Elm, 10t
(Mooney), 2 TO !, ! to 2 and out. second
Rep 104 (Zoeller), TO 1. TO 3 and out.
third. Time, ! ~ 1-5. Also ran: Barra-
cuda.
FIFTH RAcE-Ths Evergreen Ciaimins
Handicap for three-year and upward
purse 81 600; one mile and an eighth: Gray
Gables, 112 on. Garner), TO 10, to and
out won Grain de Cause, 103 (Lang), > tc
/. s TO and 7 to 10. second; Tantalus
10s CA WILSON,. 10 TO I. : 10 and 20 5
third. Time, 1.b7. Also ran: Attorney, DARK
Hill wadsworth Last and Pimlico.
SIXTH RACE-For threo-year-olds and up
ward; claiming: purse 81 900; one mile
and 10 yards Marie Maxim, 105 (Gantnerl
10 1, 3 10 and to 8. won: : Natural. OF
(Owens), to 1, 3 TO 3 and to 5. second
Kate Brummel 50 (Wallace). 20 to !,
to and TO /. third. Time. 40 2-5
Also ran: Herms KernOle and Sister Flo.
SEVENTH RACE--For three-year-olds ant
upward; claiming; purse 81 900; one mile
and a sixteenth John Arbor. JOS Crhomasl
is TO 3, 8 TO and TO 10. won: She Devil
los (yvison), 7 10 l. 3 TO Q and to ;. sec.
ond; Nordeck, JOG (Ambrose). Z TO 2. 7 10
and 10 10. third. Time. :52 2-5. Also
ran: Anna Gallop, Black Watch H., Paula
", Homeward Bound and The Colleen
Bawn.