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RENAISSANCE TRIUMPHS Lucky Toms Stablemate Accounts for Valuable Rex Handicap. Six Start in Fair Grounds Feature Stewards Disqualify Nell Kuhl- man Adsum Gets Purse. NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 6. Renaissance, another of the three-year-olds in the Stable of J. J. Robinson, eastern owner, which harbors the crack Lucky Tom, a late withdrawal from the race which attracted only six three-year-olds, was a driving winner of the Rex Handicap, the stake feature at the Fair Grounds today. S. W. Labrots Springsteel, favorite, and which the winner met under equal weights of 116 pounds, finished the three-quarters in second place and third fell to J. Leiters Prince Farthing. Sazerac, Volta Maid and Sarietta completed the field and the latter, good daughter of Stimulus, greatly lessened the victors task when she crowded back Sazerac and Spring-Steel before reaching the end of the opening quarter. The handicap headed an excellent program and with pleasant weather prevailing, the sport attracted to the Louisiana Jockey Club bourse the largest crowd of the meeting. At the starting point Sarietta was on her worst behavior and after causing a long delay, was ordered to a point outside the Stalls, from where she started. At the start Renaissance, Prince Farthing and Sazerac left slightly in advance of Sarietta, Volta Maid and Springsteel, but after three-sixteenths Sarietta was second to the victor, and in approaching the turn she swerved to the inside, blocking Sazerac and Spring-Steel so sharply as to require their being pulled up to prevent an accident. C. MEYER INJURED. Sazerac was crowded into the rail and his rider, C. Meyer, was limping when he dismounted. On the stretch turn Renaissance quickly increased his advantage, while Springsteel, which G. Arnold brought to the outside after getting him clear, was moving up rapidly at this stage. In the stretch Springsteel continued to make up ground on the winner and but for swerving might have been closer to victory than the three-quarters of a length by which Renaissance defeated him. Finishing with a great rush, Prince Farthing outstayed the unlucky Sazerac, while Sarietta, tiring badly, was decisively beaten. The winner, ridden by A. Pascuma, ran he distance in 1:14, which marked a very mediocre performance over the fast track. Broad Meadows, E. R. Bradleys homebred son of Black Servant, qualified for his engagement in the Mardi Gras Handicap, to be run Tuesday, when he defeated Silver-dale, Wotan, Spanish Play and Playtime Over the one mile distance in the Louisiana-Mississippi Purse, the secondary feature. Excepting only Silverdale, those that opposed the Bradley five-year-old are also expected to accept for the Mardi Gras Handicap. SILVERDALE ERRATIC. Swerving repeatedly, Silverdale somewhat bolstered his chances through the interference he gave the winner, Wotan and Spanish Play, but Broad Meadows triumphed with no strings attached, as he was forced wide by the erratic Silverdale on the stretch turn. Later Silverdale bore over on Spanish Play and Wotan and they lacked room in the last fifty yards. Pool, who rode Wotan, probably failed to remember the mile distance, for which the start and finish is at the sixteenth post, and rode out the Haughton gelding an additional sixteenth. The second disqualification in three days Came with the opening race, when Nell Kuhlman, racing for W. F. Lutz, was disqualified from any part of the purse after racing home winner by a head over Adsum, which she carried out during the last three-sixteenths of the one mile and a sixteenth and for which the action was taken. The two horses came to the finish far out in the course, while Verity Ballot and Beauty Secret, which finished third and fourth as named, rushed to the end on the inside. Continued on thirteenth page. RENAISSANCE TRIUMPHS Continued from first page. Through the disqualification, Adsum was awarded first money, while second went to Verity Ballot, third to Beauty Secret and fourth to Donna Dear. Cotton Time, which ruled a slight favorite over Adp? was beaten decisively, the defeat being xicl first in four engagements. In the second race, which brought together twelve of thelplater sprinters of the ,500 to ,000 scale, Chimney Sweep, an even money choice, was a decisive winner, with Grand Prince second and Wild Child third to complete the three-quarters. Much crowding marked the race. Abdel was returned a decisive winner over Weideleen, Justinian and five oihers from among the top flight sprinters in the Momus Purse, or third race. The triumphant four-year-old crushed his field with a phenomenal turn of speed after reaching the closing half of the distance and, drawing into decisive command before the final eighth was reached, dominated thereafter. Handicapped by a dangling hind bandage, which became unfastened after he had traversed an eighth, Angry dropped well out of the real running and did not-threaten in the later stages. He was installed favorite, with Fiddler second choice. Supreme Sweet, which led in the small field for a half mile, quit badly in the stretch run and led only Babble at the finish.
