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EDDIE RICKENBACtlER WINS 1 i : . ..J I Stays a Mile in Game Style and Fast Time. i 1 Close and Exciting- Finishes Again ; the Order Marmite Beats i i Jock Scot by a Nose. . , 1 1 iiY .t. l. df.mpsf.y. XHW ORLF.AXS, La.. December 25. The speedy : Kddie Riekonbncher, regarded ns :i sprinter only, 1 sprung :i surprise in the Christmas Handicap fur a purse of .,500. at a mile, when lie galloped home by :i comfortable margin in advance of Dancing Spray, with Master Kill heading the others in third place ami Sterling, the favorite, anions the unplaced ones. F.ddie Riekonbachers high speed en- ahletl him to race into a loin; lead in the first half mile and had his nearest pursuers in difficulty. The fast pace, however. licgnn telling on him in the stretch and Dancing Spray, under her light impost aiid running in much improved form, was able to force him to a hard drive to retain command. Sterling ran disappointingly and shows a loss of form since his arrival here. The time of the race. ItSU-Ji, was the fastest mile of the present meeting;. More pleasant conditions than which governed this afternoon could not he desired and it resulted in a record attendance being on hand to witness the most exciting sport tiiat has been noted at the course. Finishes were of the sensational order, with the winners in most instances in ifcmht nntil the official placing. The big crowd was speculatively incliied and kept the "exchange" in a ferment of activity. TJie layers, however, had by far the better of the speculative argument, for favorite were beaten steadily, several outsiders succeeding in giving the oral-izers a distinct advantage. The thrillers began in the inital dash when Marmite just managed to last long enough to beat Jock Scot home by a nose, with Tort Light the same distance back. Sweet Liberty, the favorite in the rate, showed the most speed until reaching the last eighth, where she collapsed suddenly and finished far back. ARCHIE ALEXANDER A WIHIJER. Archie Alexander, l.obby Allen and Title lauded in that order at the finish of the second race heads apart after a sensational stretch struggle. The start ill this race was a wretched one. Vouneed and Charlie Leydecker being caught in the. barrier and left at the post. Waukeag. at long odds, just managed to have a nose the best of Golden Dawn at tiie end of the mile and a sixteenth race, with Nolle Yorke a nose . back of the pair. Golden Dawn, in this, gave a sensational flight of speed through the stretch in coming from far back and had the race been a few strides longer would have been an easy victor. Merchant anil Rnr One were favored here, but any chance the former might have had went glimmering when he fell lame and Bar Ones nice was below a previous one. lolythia made her debut in these parts and proved much the lx-st of the highly regarded youngsters starting in the fifth race and led all the way to win easily from Rungti Ituck and Madeline Lillian. lolythia was the first favorite of the afternoon to score. X. Freemans colors were carried to victory in a double during the afternocn when War Club, an extreme outsider in the sixth race, duplicated Wnukongs winning race, l.oth horses were making their initial starts in the colors, the owner only recently having acquired them by the claiming route. The finish in the sixth was also a close one. "War Club just managing to outstay the favorite. Dark Hill, with Kimpalong presitig the pair hard. Jockey Lyke will not be seen in the saddle during ilie remainder of the Jefferson Park meeting, as a result of reporting to the scales in an unfit condition to ride. He was to have ridden Rrothcrly Love, ami McAtee was substituted for him. Dr. William Parker of Hot Springs, an ardent admirer of racing and brother of liovernor Parker of Ijouisiana. was among todays visiters. He .stated that all the horse wintering at Oaklawn. Hot Springs, are in Hue condition, particularly Eternal, The "Wanderer and Leonardo 11. in Edward Simms string. Fifty-one layers, the largest number that has quoted odds on any. one day at this track, wore in line this afternoon. Starter A. 1!. Dade, who will do the starting at the Fair Grounds, was among todays visitors at Jefferson Park and witnessed the racing from the stewards stand. John W. Considine and lhil llyams were among todays Xew York arrivals. Great, interest is being taken in the trials of the yearlings at tins Fair Grounds, which are to make their racing debut as two-year-olds after the first of the year. There are quite a few of the youngsters ready for the colors and it will be no hard matter to fill the baby races.
