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OLD HONESTYS GOOD RACE. PREVAILS OVER FAST AND GAME OPPONENTS IN NEW ST. CHARLES HOTEL HANDICAP. Goldproof Wins Through a Disqualification — Jack Atkin Again Displays His Great Speed — Al Muller Defeats Woodlane. New Orleans. La.. February 8. — Old Honesty. A. .7. Joreys i-onsistoiit | erformer, furnished tin- nn-i ■xpooted by loading home :i gixxl. but sm:ill lianil "■t handicap horses in the New St. Charles Hotel Handicap, which f- aim -U U exceptionally good card this jiftfriiix.ni it the Fair Grounds. .T. I.ee. his rider. ctnplov ed hustling tactics and sent him into a Ions; lead from tin- start. ■ During the early running he maintained his advantage and shook off the challenges in masterly sty].-. Toward the end. however, he hrm tiring, hu! standing a liard drive in |UM fashion, held on long enough to outstay Yankee BtrL This filly and Tcmacco. BMHtttMai the Flli-on entry and Were hacked to the exclusion of tie- others. Yankee Ctrl ran a PWl race and would have wo:i at a longer distance. Juggler, after running in a contending i ositiou. tired slightly under his heavy impost, hut was good enough to land in third place. Old Honesty was held at U to 1 at post time and the net value -of the stake to his owner was ,040. The tahulated history of the New St. Charles Iloiel Handicap is as follows: Year. Winner. Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. HMfQllt Ornament ..1*8 Brennau . . ..I«5 :48 lNCttP.tunia 115 I Inter j 1.02r. :5li HHirtrRainland 123 Crawford .. 1.120 1 : 18* !0M Young ....148 Criinniins .. 1,540 1:05* 1905 Discontinued. IHm; 1hil Kinch ...S 130 Perrine .... 1.560 2:09$ 1!M7 Missouri I. ad. 4 MB Farrow .... 2.1:50 2:13? PHIS Old Honesty.. I 111 .1. I.ee 2.040 2:09? -Half mile dash far : wo year-olds. -Run twice this year, in January at 12 mile and in December at :;-4 mile, iPisinneo 5-S mile, tailed St. Charles Hotel Handicap until IMS. Jack Atkin was asked to concede much weight to ■ good hand of sprinters in the fifth race at seven furlongs, and proved his superiority in decisive style. Kllison altempted to retrieve the losses iie sustained by the defeat of his entry in tin stake, by hacking J. . Core extensively. After racing into a contending imsition from a | oor start. .1. C. Core tired and failed to finish in the first three. Iedro taking second place and Lad of Lang den third. A disqualification in the third race, in which a speedy lot of sprinters met. gave Goldproofs hackers a chanc to cash winning wagers that should have been lost, as he was clearly beaten. and did not even suffer by the fouling. Teo Beach was the offender and John Carroll the principal suf fercr. Teo Beach was best and had McCahey, her rider, kept her straight in the last sixteenth, she would have won by a safe margin. She closed up a tremendous gap in the stretch and was going fast near the end when she swerved over and impeded MM Carroll slightly. The latter was in third place ■ad apparently beaten, but his rider complained, and as the interference was plain, the officials promptly set Teo Beach hack and gave the race to Ooldproof, second money to John Carroll and Lady Anne was moved up into third place. There was a money duel between the Cella and lorrigan forces in the opening race, in which Eliza -belli Harwood and Marse Abe. both good youngsters, inc!. Marse Abe had slight difficulty in leading for the entire distance and winning handily from Cunning and the outsider. Poi-otaligo. Elizabeth Harvxmd. off from an outside position, was forced t pa wide and this practically eliminated her as a sharp factor. orly. the favorite in the sixth race, was much the Ixst. and won easily despite his pulling up :ilmost broken down. He ran today in the name .f J. M. Oorman. the Cincinnati broker. Al Mulhr displayed his customary high sp. I j nn.l stayed better than heretofore, which enahlu! liim to gain the victory In the second race over Wexxllune and Severus. Dr. McCluer showed a return to good form by running forwardly in the closing race for three-quarters, and then taking a long lead to win with plenty to spare from Donna. The good card and splendid weather brought out a big attendance. Speculation was the heaviest i i ■ a long time and most of the thirty-nine layers reported profits. Starter William Murray received word today of liis appointment to wield the flag at the Butte meeting which begins June 27 and will last sixty days. I*. J. Miles arrired today from Little Rock. Ark.. Willi three horses which he has had in training at Clinton Park. Mr. Miles staled that opinion pre vails that acting Oovernor Pindall will call a special session of the Arkansas legislature shortly am among the laws to be enacted will lie one to legalize lacing for a certain period each ear. Robert Tucker arrived from Louisville today and will remain for several days lx-foro he leaves for th. mat « i While being schooled through the field at in Park yesterday, the jumper Ilarting fell and Mceplecbase jockey Garic, who had the mount, feuslaiucd a dislocated collarbone.
