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BILOXI HANDICAP FURNISHES A DECIDED UPSET Patrol Scout Captures Race From Michigan Flyer and Hope Diamond Torch Stick Finally Beaten After Four Straight Triumphs Butter Beans Outlasts Cosmic Prince in Spirited Contest NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 3. The stable of Mrs. C. C. Winters of Detroit, which sent Catomar out to win the Thanksgiving Handicap here on opening day, accounted for another of the more important features at the Fair Grounds when the juvenile, Patrol Scout, ridden by Jose Mar-rero, captured the six furlongs Biloxi Handicap this afternoon. The son of The Scout, shouldering 110 pounds, two of which represented overweight, covered the three-quarters on a fast track in 1:13, and won by a length and a half, as the top-weighted Michigan Flyer, carrying 117 pounds, ran second and Hope Diamond ran third, two lengths farther away. Two reputations fell in this ,500 feature, for Michigan Flyer had established himself as one of the best two-year-olds on the grounds through a pair of victories he scored since the meeting got under way, while Torch Stick entered the contest with an unbeaten record, having accounted for each of his four starts prior to coming to New Orleans. Michigan Flyer, which was the favorite in the betting, turned in a creditable enough effort in viewr-of his steadying impost, but Torch Stick was never a serious factor. HIGH PLACE GIVES WAY. High Place showed the way for a half mile and then she gave way badly and ; Patrol Scout, which had been racing in second position, took command and held sway to the end. Michigan Flyer saved j ground and, upon reaching the stretch, ! moved up boldly on the inside but simply was unequal to the task cut out for him. j Hope Diamond, far back until reaching the ! stretch, made up a lot of ground in the drive and got up in the last stride to be third, a nose before Linger Awhile, which had been well up from the start. Patrol Scout, which earned ,000, paid 4.60 for .00 in the mutuels. The half-holiday program, presented in ; ideal autumn weather, drew one of the largest crowds of the season thus far and among those in the grandstand and clubhouse were many prominent baseball folk here for the minor league convention next week. The sport was uniformly good and a majority of the winners were well supported by the public. PRINCE SAD OR FIRST. Offered in chief support of the Biloxi i Handicap was the fifth race, a contest of a j mile and seventy yards, named in honor of Miss June Preisser, young New Orleans i dancer of considerable prominence. This event fell to Mrs. Floyd Wests Prince Sador, ! another of several strongly backed horses j which got home in front during the after- noon. With Edward Robart in the saddle, i Prince Sador crossed the line of finish in front by a length as Morris Griner defeated Swift Spot by two lengths for the place. Only three others accepted the issue here and Woodlander, one of the choices, led them across the line of finish. Prince Sador showed the way for about a quarter and then Ozark assumed command. The latter held sway until reaching the home stretch and then the West four-year-old once more forged to the front and stayed there. Morris Griner, well back for about Continued on twenty-second page. BILOXI HANDICAP FURNISHES A DECIDED UPSET Continued from first page. three-quarters, closed boldly but could not quite get to the winner, while Ozark gave way badly after reaching the drive. Woodlander trailed the field to the last quarter and then rallied only mildly under the urging of his rider. Miss Apprehend, which bore out badly on the first turn, was the only other starter. SANCTITY BY HEAD. Closing with a fine burst of speed, C. E. Davisons Sanctity got up in time to score I I a head victory at the end of the first race. When Maleman drew into a long lead approaching the last eighth, he looked a sure winner, but a little later he weakened and Sanctity got up in the last strides to be adjudged the victor by a narrow margin. Male-man clung to the place, while Adolf was third, just a little less than a length farther back. Adolf came from last place in the final, quarter to get into the picture. Larry S. was fourth. Good Omen was a sharp factor here to the last eighth, and then she dropped back, while Sadie F., which had been in front for a quarter, quit so badly after that display of early speed that she wound up last in the field of ten. The latter was the favorite, the winner paying 11.20 for .00 in the mutuels. Powers Gouraud, owned by J. E. Church arid guided by W. L. Johnson, proved himself much the best of a band of twelve three-year-olds which met in the second race, at a mile and seventy yards. The son of Sweep All, made the favorite by the crowd, did not loom prominently until he reached the last quarter and then, setting sail, got up near the end to score by the margin of his own length. Imperial Jean enjoyed a big lead most of the way here and still was in front by about four lengths an eighth mile from the wire, but he weakened then and ultimately had to be content with second honors. ZAT SO EASILY. The third race, a sprint of six furlongs, which engaged another capacity field of twelve, saw Mrs. R. S. Hampshires Zat So dash to a one-sided victory. With Willie Page at the reins, Zat So forged to the front after a quarter, drew away after reaching the stretch and completed the distance with a lead of five lengths. Idolatry, well up from the beginning, responded to pressure in the drive, but could not reach tho winner. He. was able, however, to take the place a I length and a half before Polante Seth, which came from a good way back in the final quarter to get a share of the purse. Firm Hand was fourth. Scoring her second victory since she was acquired by Clyde Troutt, the nine-year-old Butter Beans raced to a hard-earned victory in the fourth number, a run of a mile and a quarter. Jockey Sammy Williams sent the veteran daughter of St. Henry to the front a furlong out, and she stuck to her task the rest of the way and won, finally, by a neck. Cosmic Prince, which had made all the pace, hung on stubbornly in the last quarter and was not quite able to stall off the winner, but took second money, however, two lengths before Laura Kiev.
