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BONABT SCORES A YICTOKY GAMELY TAKES HIS PUNISHMENT AND BEATS LITTLE GEORGE A HEAD. Judges Request Owner Peters to Leave City Park Gold Enamel, Under Proper Handling, Wins Crescent Park Feature. r; New Orleans, La., January 4. The two-year-old race at. City Park this afternoon carried the most interest. It. produced a .stretch duel between Bonart and Little George that drew full applause from tbe spectators. These two took stride for stride after turning for home and both held on gamely under the punishment they received. Troxler, by hard riding, managed to keep Bonarts head in front and he won by that margin. When the race was practically over Chamblet began to run and displayed a fine turn of speed. He was. in the vernacular, running over horses in the last sixteenth of a mile and got up in time to beat Mclntyre a head for third money. While there is no intention to discredit the races of Bonart and Little George, itr was evident to close observers that Chamblet was the best colt In the race. He f-eemed to like the going and ran much better with blinkers on. This colt has by workwatehers been considered the equal ot Baleshed, but In his first two faces he did not run to expectations. The blinkers were used to experiment with and in the future he will wear them. His stable companion, Edward Wilder, is a gelding with speed, - He was-Tldently -Tiliortr" The time" the winner, .TSJ, was good for the going. Seven horses, the property of George Hendrie, of Detroit, arrived here this morning from Cumberland Park, Nashville. They are in charge of John Walters and among them are Nat B., The Gleam and King of Troy. Sir Andrew, the heavily backed favorite In the fifth race, burst a blood vessel just before the three-quarters was reached and Hall pulled up. The horse bled so profusely that jockey Young, who rode Mattle H., was covered with blood. L. Peters was ordered by the Judges at City Park today to vacate the stalls occupied by his horses and to take his charges from the grounds forthwith. About a week ago Peters claimed Gambler out of a race In which his horse Reveille started. Peters sold Gambler to O. G. Parke, who is racing a string at Crescent Park. It developed, the officials say, that Peters was acting for Parke when he claimed Gambler. The judges took the view that it would be unfair to other horsemen racing at City Park to permit one of their number to act as an agent for some one racing at the rival track. When a horse is claimed In this manner the man from whom the horse is taken has no means of retaliating, unless he should have an agent at the other track and it Is not believed that the officials at Crescent Park would permit this sort of thing. A program of fair quality, which included a handicap at one mile, attracted a good attendance to Crescent Park this afternoon, despite the chilly weather. In the feature race the biggest upset of the afternoon occurred. Formaster, the heavily backed odds-on favorite, was ignominiously defeated by Gold Enamel, ridden for the first time here by a good jockey, clearly vindicating the belief of critics that under capable handling he would have won previous races lost solely through the incompetency of Hollander. After Paul Cliffords victory, he was bid up to 00 by P. King, owner of Mart Gentry, which had finished second. Tills was an advance of 00 over his entered price. He was retained. Ingolthrlft, the beaten 4 to ,1 favorite iu the second race, was claimed by E. Trotter, owner of J. W. ONeill, for ,100, and was later resold to J. Powers, hiSjformer owner, at an advance of 00. Jockey Mcjnifijewas suspended for one week by the starter forJHtebedlenee at the post Iu the first race. . For a slmftar offense yesterday Crimmlns was also suspended for the same period. Jockey Freeman complained to the judges after the fourth race that ONeill, on St. Valentine, struck Iilin.vltli his whip during the running of j the race. ONeill stated that bis whip had broken-ami he may have struck Freeman unintentionally. The judges dismissed the complaint. Jockey McLaughlin, who has been riding at City Park, lias signed to ride for W. II. Snyder and Co. and had his first mount at the old track today. Jockey .Milton Henry, who is at present in Paris. France, writing to jockey Mclntyre, expressed his belief that the French Jockey Club at Its next meeting will restore him to favor and grant him a license to ride.
