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SURPRISES AT JEFFERSON t Rustler and Hidden . Ship Fail Their Confident Backers. . Pizer Captures the Main Race Through Lykes Good Horsemanship Youneed Wins. : BY J. Ti. DEMrSEY. NEW ORLEANS. La., December 9. The veteran racer Fizer and Lawrence Lyke proved a formidable combination in the mile and seventy yards ,"000 handicap featuring todays card, and scored easily from some good opponents that included Muster Hill. Tantalus, General Haig and Hendrie. Although Fizers margin at the end ever Master Hill was almost a length, still the result left some doubts of Fizers superiority at the weights, for Coltiletti gave Master Hill a misjudged ride and took him far back in the early running and the horse closed up gamely in the stretch to finish fast after making up a world of ground. The stewards were not altogether satisfied with the jockeys ride and questioned him about it. The early pace was made by General Haig and Tantalus, and both were considerably spent as a result of their exhaustive efforts. Tantalus, however, proved good enough to land in third place. Improved weather was responsible for the largest midweek day attendance of the present meeting. The track was still in a bad state and extremely trying to other than the moit sturdily built racers. Early speed was also a factor in Hie, results.: foi it enabled the speedy, horse to get to- the . strllf"oi "firmer "footing, nbig advantage over the uneven conrse. uneofthe worst disappointments that came with the racihg was the failure of Rustler, an outstanding favorite, due to his bad post behavior, resulting in liis being left at the post. This race was won by Mary Head, which led for the entire way to outstay Tom Roach and Sea Court. After the race jthe stewards handed down the following ruling: "The stewards have .notified racing secretary Campbell not to accept the entry of Rustler until further notice. "Starter Tribe has been instructed to report to the stewards when lie and his assistants are satisfied that the horse has been sufficiently schooled to insure him leaving the post." Another jolt that the talent suffered from came with, the running of the second race, in which Hidden Ship was a pronounced choice, but she finished a badly beaten last, the purse here going to Miss Kr.uter in easy fashion from an outsider in Enos and with Foreclosure following. The opener resulted in a victory for Madam Byng, owned locally and ridden by Josiah, a beginner under contract to C. Buxton. Youneed, meeting a supposedly better band of sprinters in the fourth race, made a show of his opponents and dealt the layers a severe jolt, for he had been supported to the exclusion of all the others. Hidden Jewel, also a favorite, scored a lucky victory in the sixth race, in which she led for the entire way and won from The Nephew. The latter was best, but lost because of being taken all over the track. KinirA widenwake tactics enabled him to secure the path on Captain Burns in the last race and, favored by the firmer footing, he managed to. race into a good lead at once, an advantage he retained for the entire contest. Lady Ward nosed N. K. Beal out in the final stride for second place.
