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COUGHLIN HORSE WINS Camp Douglas Outstays Sandwrack by Nose at Jefferson. Weidel and Sir John K. Triumph t Long Odds in First and Second Races. V ORLEANS, La., Jan. 7. A condi-ice for three-year-olds, the Al Tauzier one mile, featured todays racing over t track at Jefferson Park. It brought x starters and had a popular result wnen Camp Douglas, J. J. Coughlins Camp-fire Wawbeek colt, was the winner. Sand-wrack, the unsexed son of Wrack, which races for C. Januska, finished second only a neck back, but with the commanding margin of four lengths over the Jackson Park Stables Crystal Prince, which saved third from Prince Farthing, Chicon and The Whig. The latter trio finished as named. Sent to the front immediately after the start, the victor set a fast pace over the dull, cuppy track and, after racing Prince Farthing and The Whig into submission, continued in determined fashion as Sand-wrack threatened in the last furlong. Sand-wrack met the winner of his two previous engagements here at even weights of 111 pounds, and the contest he gave the Chi-.cago-owned colt was the hardest of his three consecutive winning efforts. PRINCE FARTHING TIRES. With Prince Farthing and The Whig tiring badly after three-quarters, Crystal Prince accomplished little in outstaying them for the minor honors. Crystal Prince was far back in the early stages. Camp Douglas was ridden by Harold Thomas and the track timer caught him in 1:41 for the mile. He ruled at odds-on and his triumph was the second for the favorites in the first five races. Early winners included Sir John K. at 5.60 and Bob Weidel at 9.00. The latter took the opening race and the former the second race. Although the coolest weather of the winter prevailed, the attendance was good. A poor start, one of the few starter Wing-field has made during the meeting, sent the twelve older maidens that visited the post away in a bad tangle for the opening race, and Bob Weidel, among the luckier ones at the starting point, and a rank outsider, raced home the winner. He defeated Big Blue, another away fast, by two lengths, and Drury, one of the chief sufferers at the starting point, finished third. The latter raced as if best and, closing much ground, lost second place by only a neck. Must Hurry, also fortunate at the start, was fourth with Indian Legend, which had a tough time getting Under way, fifth. Mad Finn, joint second choice with Indian Legend to Big Blue, turned in a dull effort. Another outsider raced home an easy winner when the neglected Sir John K. took the second race, also at three-quarters of a mile, in decisive fashion and with no strings attached. Solus, which also soared in the betting, was second and St. Jim, favorite, led the others in the field of twelve. After following in close pursuit of Brink-ley and Polyfon during the early racing Sir John K. came on stoutly through the stretch and, drawing into command was not seriously threatened by Solus rush, the latter along with St. Jim, closing considerable ground while racing wide through the final quarter. L. Whitacre rode the winner in the colors Continued on second page. COUGHLIN HORSE WINS Continued from first page. of Mrs. E. Hoffman and the victory was Whitacres first of the winter. A change from the inexperienced J. Hlad to B. Elston brought considerable improvement in W. J. Palmers Miss N. Conlan, and she showed far too much speed for Cotton Time, Hasola and nine other three-year-old fillies in the third race. With the leaders from the start, but restrained for a half-mile, Miss N. Conlan readily drew away from her rivals when Elston made his move entering the stretch and the last three-sixteenths found her in safe command of the situation. After being pinched back on the turn, Cotton Time saved ground entering the stretch and, standing vigorous pressure gamely, quickly attained second place, which she held by a good margin in the final eighth. Finishing strongly after being outpaced to the stretch, Hasola and Fortuna Mia fought it out to a close finish for third place, which went to the former, while Sporting Maudie and White Toes tired after racing to the stretch in encouraging fashion. Irish was unlucky to lose the fourth race, fourth of five decided over three-quarters. When leading into the stretch turn he bolted and, forced to ease him up almost to a canter, Harry Roble was unable to get him back in the lead as he rushed through the stretch close to the outer fence. The race fell to Stop Gap, which won by four lengths, and Robot took the runner-up honors by a nose from Irish. Stop Gap and Robot came through close to the inner rail entering the stretch. When Irish ran out he took Shackelford, favorite, with him and it eliminated the latter, which W. Garner had to pull up sharply as a collision with the outer rail impended. With Club House left at the start and : Jack B. sacrificing most of his chances by refusing to run kindly, Edward Haughtons Bill Looney raced to victory in the sixth " race, which brought out a field of eight. Downpour finished second and Wise Seller third. The latter two found the winner far too fast for them when H. R. Riley called on him in the stretch, yet Downpour came to the finish in determined fashion as Wise Seller tired badly. Largely as a result of repeated efforts to bear out, Jack B. could not be hard ridden and did not threaten eriously at any stage. 1 i I 1
