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SOMETHING ABOUT THE NEW TW0-MLLER. Moseowa by the Sire of George Smith and Won His First Race at a Mile. Moseowa, the five-year-old gelding beluiging Q£ J. O. Keene. which has been tile long-dfatsnec rac ing sensation of the New Orleans lieeiing. is by Out of Reach the sire of George Smith, by the great Persimmon. Moseowa has not been a frequent winner, but has always shown more or less of a partiality for races over a distance of ground, although it is doubtful if even his stable connections were prepared to see the striking superiority in this particular which he displayed in his three long-distaiice victories at the Fair Grounds. Previous to the New Orl ans uniting Moseowa had been in retirement for almost a year. His last previous start had been in a race at a mile and seventy yards at Havana on Eebruary 22. 1016. when ho fell and three other horses fell over him. The report at the time of the race said that all of the Jockeys and horses escaped Injuries, but the long letup given to the Keene racer indicates that he may have sustained some strain as a result of the accident. Moseowa was the hotting favorite in the race in question, and his mishap was due to a jam that occurred on the first turn. Developed a Tendency to Sulk. Previous to that time Moseowa had run half a dozen races at the Havana meeting, winning once at a mile and twenty yards. At other times In-spoiled his chances by sulking, a tendency that be formerly displayed on several occasions. In his race two days previous to the accid-nt he swerved badly, doubtless due to the jockeys efforts to get him in the humor to run, and it was probably a similar sulking that led to the accident itself. Moseowa ran fourteen races as a two-year old without getting out of the maiden class, belonging at that time to Cloher and Taylor. His first vict ry was in his fifth race as a three-year-old. when. 011 February 19. 1915. at Juarez, he won a mil., race. Therefore, when he won the Martin Behrman Handicap at two miles at New Orleans Monday, he was celebrating the anniversary of his maiden victory. This maiden victory, incidentally. was achieved with an eight lengths margin and in tiie surprising time of l:427f, on a slow track. His next victory was scored at the Fort Erie track, where, on August 5. 1915. he as a three -year-old took some older horses over the mile-and-an-eighth route and beat them h. ndily. A fortnight later he figured in a mile-and-a-quarter race at Windsor, bucking against some older bsrsea again and finishing third. In the fall of iiis three-year-old career he was started in a mile-and-a-quarter race at Latonia, but sulked and finished in the ruck.
