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• . j . : ] • I VETERANS IN FIERCE STRIFE ♦ Pullux and Bringhurst Furnish Excitement in a Great Finish. 0 War Mask Confirms His Present Good Form — Woodtrap First in the Main Race of the Day. NFW offfans. La., February 25. There was considerable snap to tbe racing at Jefferson Iark today, a fast track, plea-ant weather and a big gathering of spectators helping. An episode as much enjoyed as any was a rousing Finish between two old timer- Fullnx and Brusghurst in the third race, which both were heavily backed to win. Bed--tilt- bd for ihe first half, but suddenly gave way and Bringhurst wna first in making in- dn-li for the surrendered lead. He was out bar when half w-a.v down tie- stretch, to the l,,u.!l. rolced approval of bis followers. But Pullux was 1 I after him. and challenging in tie- last sixteenth got tin- beat of an exciting struggle by tin- almost invisible margin of a -.-ant none. Bixle Carroll. which had some backing, ran well and finished third. War Mask i- a good race horns just now, .-.ml in the fourth race -cored his third consecutive victory. and did it ea-ily. Sands of Flea-ure was fancied and was made the post favorite, but after being •■aved caee up War Mask rushed into a long bad in the -I retell and won pulling 1111. Trollus made the pace fast, and in a game finish outstayed Sands of Pleasure for second place. it was a fast ma race and good to look al. He- fifth was the chief race of tbe day. being for an ssuo purse, with some good horses contesting. It was an open betting affair, with Prospector and Chief awarded preference, bin Woodtrap was 1 11 good terms with himself, and taking Ihe lead soon after ihe start won all tin- way without ever being under hard pressure. Chief wns lop weight and ran a good race in outstaying Matinee Id1 1 in a sharp struggle for second place. Oniond. naturally much the beat horse in the race, made a poor showing, but it was a good one compared with that of Prospector, which won like a race horse test Saturday and ran like a mule today, finishing a bad last, although the favorite. However, he did not have U-iwreiice I.yke up today. CHANGE OF RIDERS HELPS BAR ONE. Fyke was on Bar One today, and that made a vast difference in the running of Far One. His bad running la-t Monday got little CoMHettl Into trouble, but today he hail no great trouble in defeating i;oblcre-t Boy by a collide of lengths in the sixth race. The latter raced consistently and wa- a good -ec mil. xm-11 in front of Counterbalance. Two newcomers curried off tic- honors in : he race for two-year-olds, Mogens running a good race and winning by three length- from Fluribii- Public form was best represented by Baby Grand and be ran third. MogesH showed much speed and is likely 10 b.- beard from fav-rabh again. The seventh race was marked by an unusual finish, tin- eight starters finishing in a line across the track, with 110 more than a head between .iiy of them. Sky Film grabbed the spoils, with Contestant second and .1. c. stom-. which should have won. third ami in close Quarters, Soeb-ty in force let it- presence be known at tin- Jefferson iark track during the afternoon and collected a handsome sum for tin- Armenian Baby Fund, tin- race track folk responding gener ously and nearly SS.SSS wa- subecrlbed 1-. the worthy cans.-. A haml-ome floral horseshoe wa- presented io the winner of the handicap by .Mr-. W. II. Holme-, president of the women- suffrage for tin- southern sectloa, and Mr-. William A. Fort. -on-, chairman of the Armenian F.aby Fund in these parts. For a ten-year-old horse. General, which races in the colors of T. II. Wilson, i- -bowing a lot of ability this year. He won two rue- at the Fair Grounds and finished, third in two others. Tin- .-id borae never fails to pay bis waj and be generally "pays it ill adv.inee" each y.-ar. by taking down a few purses in lanuarv and February. Track conditions make no difference to him. nee does weight, as he won onee on a fa-t track and tin- other tine- il w.is muddy. IF- carried liJ pound- upon the occasion of hi- fii-l win. and IF", the second tine-.
