The Washington herald., 1922-02-05
WINNER RPAYS6TOl. /.
4OUTSIDERS GET.
70 WIRE m FRONT.
i9ckey Lang Pilots Pair
Ut Winners, Both Be
ing Long Shots

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 4.-sands
OF Pleasure. cieverly ridden by the
utnini Lang. romped to victory in
tn race. the Comus Handicap
1synile and a sixteenth. distane-
ins both Costigan, which finished
seeond. and United Verde. which
tf down In the remaining money
zoe The players went to the two
lsteer starters heavily. the majority
OF them passing up the eventual
winner. who paid g to to win and
tter than even money to show.
Bysone Days and Bunga Buck, both
or whom were figured to run we'll
seemed not to like the going and
wsre never near enough to the lead
aiter the break to be considered.
On 70 a good start Lang handled
rs mount cleverly. guiding him
through the heavy going with q
steady hand. At the half the little
ri6er went to the outside slightly
order to get hrmer footing.
rounding into the stretch United
verde challenged. but the effort was
s9ortlived. Costigan came up from
the rear and raced United Verde
igto submission. but was unable to
qSfrtake the winner.
Lang captured his second straight
victory Of the day when he piloted
walnut Hall. to 1 shot. home
In the sixth race. The players went
TO The Wit here, but were again
oEnssed. They should have bet the
Jockeys. II was Lang's work which
enabled the winner to romp in as
ths0eoy had sense enough to route
f5s' mount away from the rail where
the going is sloppy and piloted him
near the outside until near the
hnash where the entire track Is IN,
fair shape. ..
nToday's card. was about evenly
split between the form players and
the star shooters. although the lat
tsrShad a slight edge. -Four events
were won by better than 5 to 1
shots. while three public choices
got down In front. The results:
AFfrst Race-The Rosebud Purse:
$1,000; 2-year-olds; 3 furlongs:
Doster. 112 (CoItIletti). , to 2. , to
5r1s to g.: Prince X. 121 (Zoeller).
8 to 5. 1 TO 4; Peter Brown, lis
eAooney). to 2. Time. 81.
Scratched: Rosie H, RoelIia. Also
ran: Daniel. Miss Lady, Prince OF
Urfbfa. Leslie.
Second Raee-For 3-year-olds and
up; claiming: purse $1,000; 6 fur
lpugs: Marie Maxim. 1O7 (Meri-
mee), 5 to 2, even, to 2; Lady
Longfellow, 105 Uang), 6 to 1, 3
To I; Jago. III (Zoeller), 4 to 5.
Time. I;1. Also ran: Huonec, Lit
tls Patsy, Baby Evelyn. cacambo,
Ticklish.
Third Race-For 3-year-olds; al
lowances; purse $1,000: 6 furlongs:
omnipotent. 100 CBurke), ) to 2. 2
TO 5, to .; Knot Grass. ia
(Ponce). 7 to, 10, / TOD; Billy Dunn
log Cwilson), to l., Time. 1:17 As.
pcvonite.
Purse: sI.8oe: for 4-year-olds and
up allowance: So furlongs: Ell
ncrs n. 110 Mooney, 9 to 5, Z to
;, to 5: Mulciber, 104 (horris),
Gsto 5. to 2: Mercury, 1oS Gang),
eAcn. Time, 1:1O 1-5. Also ran:
high Cost. wynnewood. Tableau
FHonneur. Merrimac. Courtship.
Firth Race-The Comus Handi-
cap: 3-year-olds and up; 1 lis
mites: purse s2.5O0: Sands of Pleas
rfte. 1O9 CBurke). S to l. 5 to 2, s.
to- 5; Costigan. ss Lang), 8 to 3,
geo 5s United Verde. 119 (Garner4
; to 5. Time. 1851 is. Also ran:
Isunga Buck. Pit. Veto, Wade Nc
Eetnore. Bygone Days.
sStxth Race-Four-year-ol and
up:- claiming purse; $1,000; 11-1S
miles: Walnut Hall. 113 Q-ang), z
to l, 5 to 2. even; Balance Wheel,
I0T. CGarner), 2 to l, even; The Wit,
11e "a. wilson,, 1 to 4. Time.
1:52 3-5. Also ran: Quito, General
HAig, Our Birthday. Barry Shannon.
seventh Race - Three-year- -olds:
claiming; purse $1,000; 1 mile and
7B'yards: Bin's Luck, 100 "a. Will
sofa). s to l. to 1. s to S; Hermis
Kemble, 106 (M. Garner), to s, 8
to s: Yelled Colleen. 1o7 &C. Ponce),
Fto 5. Time, 1850 is. Also ran:
Pfunella. Spinning, Lucky Girl,
Prfnter's Devil and Consul.