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OLD HONESTYS GOOD RACE. EASILY DEFEATS TEMACEO AND OTHEES IN THE OLD HICKORY HANDICAP. Warner Giiswell Takes a Race — Miss Delaney Continues Her Winning Way — Docile in Front. i New Orleans. I.a.. January S. — A. J. Coreys oon-Ristent horse, old Colony, added at the last minuet, won the Old Hickory Handicap, worth .»,«;o Hit to the winner, from a small, hut select band of opponents. Old Honesty was slightly considered in a speculative way and drifted to 10 to 1 in the lictliiig at i»ost time, hut won in the easiest kind of m.iiicr. Temnceo. the favorite, taking second place and riantland third. The race was marred by withdrawals, the tiad state of the track causing owners of the better horses entered to keep them in their stables. The condensed history of the Old Hickory Handicap i- as follows: Year. Winner. A. Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. liMHi Alma Dufour. .."» 122 D. Hall . . . .,300 2:llj l!Hi7*.laiues Keddick4 10.", Mountain .. 1.390 2:08; MM Old Honesty... 4 108 J. Lee l.BCO 2:12J Run at City Park in 1907. The sprint handicap at six furlongs went to Miss Dohin y. which showed a good iierformance by coming from a Ions way hack in the last quarter to win drawing away. Platoon, the early leader, tired badly after sprinting into what seemed a winning lead, liut held on in the lone stretch drive . »iiv secure UUrd place from the poorly ridden Keator. There were good things galore in the third race. tin winner turning up in Pedro, which, ran a good race. Higginhotham. after a iwor send-off and forced to go all around the others, tired iu the stretch, hut took second [dace handily enough from Coonev K. The judges were displeased with the riding of Sally lreston by A. Martin and had him up iu the stand to explain. No action was taken. Pat Dunne won another purse when his Warner Griswell. the favorite in the second race, beat a good band of selling platers. Grenade and J. I. Ihiiiii, both badly outrun in the early part of the race, came with a rush anil fought it out for sec ond place in the last furlong, the former getting it in me closing strides. Tli" iiening race went to .Tavottc. backed smartly by l lie sharpshooters. She was never in danger of defeat after going a quarter and near the end was cased to a canter. l»o ilc. favorite in the closing race, won easily after standing a drive for the first three-quarters 1o 11 VMM of Javanese. The latter quit all over ill Me stretch run. which enabled John McBride to secure second place from Sister lolly. : Bright, sunshiny weather was instrumental in bringing out a large attendance. The thirty-two layers reported improved business. The victories of Warier Oriswell. Miss Delaney and Docile gave the latent a slight advantage in the exchange of money. Jockey Molesworth was suspended for six days by 4be ■tartar for taking back No Quarter at the start in he third race. Prince lortunatus almost had one of his hind 1- - cut iu two when he was jumped on while rounding the first turn iu the second race. Then is a possibility that the American Turf Association meeting, called for January lo. may have to be postponed. Mr. Corrigan will be. at the time, in Kentucky ind W. O. Parmer will be occupied with busbies" matters in Buffalo. N. Y. It is said that Mr. Parmers mission to Buffalo is to try to secure a lease for next year on the Kenil-•rarth track, for the Paruier-Heudric syndicate. K. A. Smith has sold jockey Finn his contract and the rider will in future in? a free lance. The first consignment of horses that will race at Tain; a, Florida, will be shipped there next Tuesday by beat. About forty head will be shipped, anions thei several jumpers which will participate in the hurdle races to be given at the track. fee Blum, who has been making book here for several weeks, will leave tomorrow for California. W. It. Freeman was the purchaser of Constantia yesterday. He will ship her to Tampa. Florida. There is absolutely no truth in the reports that P. M. Civlll and his stable is the ■abject of a judi rial investigation. Ill- am-ieiit trick of pasting a number over a ticket to make it correspond with a winning one. was anaiii successfully operated today and the Harlem Club, presided over by Eugene Austin, was the suiter, r lo the extent of 5o. The "phoney-" ticket was on Warner Oriswell. After it hail been paid ihe genuine ticket was presented and it also had to be paid.
