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FEATURE TO REVENGE Wins George Washington Handicap for H. P. Whitney. Mah Jong a Failure in Secondary Attraction Old Sands of Pleasure Again. NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 22. Harry Tayne Whitney added another stake to his credit by the victory of Revenge in the George Washington Handicap at a mile and seventy yards -with a value of ?2,000 and featuring the holiday program. Only five started in the race with Best Pal and Barracuda, representing the S. N. Holman stable and coupled in the betting. Revenge, despite Parkes supposed inability to handle him advantageously, was installed favorite and regarded best judging by the extensive support for him. He did not race encouragingly in the early stages of the contest for he was back in last place, with Romany and Best Pal forcing a stiff pace considerable distance in advance of the others. Revenge, however, got to going fully after covering half the distance and he moved up steadily and began decreasing the distance separating him from the leaders. He passed Setting Sun before reaching the stretch and then gave stern chase to the others. Best Pal and Romany were both showing signs of weariness from their early effort and gave Avay to Barracuda. The latter seemed the winner a sixteenth out, but Revenge, coming steadily, overhauled him near the end, to win by a short half length. Romany was in third place, half a length in back of Barracuda. IMMENSE CROWD PRESENT. An immense crowd witnessed the racing under ideal conditions. There was increased activity as the result of improvement in at-1 I I tendance and it kept the forty-two price I quoters at top speed to take care of the! I speculative wants of the crowd. The three-quarters handicap, in which Derby aspirants took part, brought in its , wake the outstanding upset of the afternoon I I by the defeat of Mah Jong, a pronounced favorite. The filly showed a dull perfor- mance and barely saved third place. The winner turned up in King ONeill II., which ran in his best style and came from far back in the stretch to head the leaders. Blotter, another outsider, finished in second place, with Mah Jong just beating Frederick-town. The latter might have won with more capable riding. He was going gamely j and fast in the stretch when suddenly his jockey took him next the inner rail, where there was no possible chance of getting through, and he had to race hard restrained during the last eighth to avoid jumping on Mah Jong. The usual two-year-old dash, this one for maiden fillies, occupied the opening place on the card. It resulted in a victory for Neat Girl over Spanish Name and Help. There were a dozen starters in the race and the usual mishaps and interference attended most of them. Neat Girl and Spanish Name were favored by racing luck. Help and Wild Wing were sufferers and probably with equal racing luck could have fought it out for the purse. BANKER BROWN NARROWLY. S. N. Holman finally managed to win a purse with Banker Brown. He secured him here last year from E. R. Bradley, but this marked the initial victory that he has scored for his present owner. His success! I was by a narrow margin and he was ex-! ! tremely lucky to win, for Sister Josella and Palmetto should botli have led him at the finish. Palmetto was the best and hiii failure was chiefly due to the inability of his rider. Lily M. in the fifth race, favored by a light impost, showed a handy Aictory over Shamrock and Llewellyn. Red Arrow began as if he would make a runaway race of it, lut Lily M. displaced him from the lead after going three-quarters, but in turn was threatened for a period by Shamrock. The veteran Sands of Pleasure continues his winning ways despite old age and infirmities. He appeared sore going to the post and during the early part of the mile and an eighth race was far back, but he began moving forward with big strides in the last eighth and, circling around the others, wrested the lead an eighth from the . finish and won well in hand. It marked the second winner of the afternoon that John Goode saddled, having previously sent Lily M. to the post. Probably the poorest field that could be mustered here engaged in the closing race and resulted in a hard-fought struggle between Humboldt, an outsider, and Water Girl, favorite. Humboldt won by a short head, overhauling Water Girl in the last few strides. Kirklevington finished in third , place. I Among the late nominations for the Ken-; tucky and Latonia Dcrbys is Starbeck, a colti belonging to John Lowe I
