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BUSBY DOUBLE WINNER "Charges to His Second Victory of the ... Meeting in the Fifth Race. Jakes Measure of Building Trades and Summit Hill Butter Beans a Disappointment. v- NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 13 Busby, -which races for L. M. Biggs, joined the ranks of double winners here when he charged to victory in the fifth race, one of the better contests on todays card at the Fair Grounds. With the aid of jockey Joe Molbert, the five-year-old son of Mad Hatter and Tip Top, covered the mile and a sixteenth of the contest in 1:47 on a fast track and won by a length and a half. Building Trades, representing "Butsey" Hernandez, raced to second place, with third honors falling to Summit Hill, owned by John Galway, Sr. Building Trades and Summit Hill dominated the early running, the former making the pace and the latter forcing it and they Jield sway to the final furlong where both of them succumbed to the winning charge of Busby. The Biggs horse had never been far away and when Molbert called upon him in the last quarter he responded well to achieve his well deserved victory. Those who supported him in the mutuels received a little more than 6 to 1 for their investment. Mincy was a prominent factor here for a little more than three-quarters but then she -had enough and finally finished seventh in the field of eight. DULL PERFORMANCE Butter Beans was the favorite here but she lacked speed and failed to rally in a dull performance. She was trying for her third vic- tory of the meeting and her eleventh of the year. Todays racing was presented under pleas- ant conditions and a fair-sized crowd was on hand to witness it. A fall, involving three horses, marked the Tunning of the third race and while one of them, W. W. Adams Alergy might have been seriously hurt, neither of the other two or any of the riders were seriously injured. I Pima Nugget, ridden by Andy LoTurco, and Alergy, handled by Edward Robart, fell when caught in close quarters on the turn and then Bobbrax, stumbling into them, unseated jockey Melvin Knight. The boys escaped with minor bruises and while Robart cancelled his remaining mounts and LoTurco had no more engagements to fill, Knight rode later in the afternoon. SECOND STRAIGHT WIN. The race, a sprint at six furlongs, was won by Jake Levitts Broadkill, guided by Ernest Hanke. The Golden Broom gelding, scoring his second straight win and a popular choice in the betting, took an early lead and never lost it, crossing the line of finish in front by two and a half lengths. Upholder raced to the place, with third honors going to Hedon. At Home, owned by Mrs. Nick Burger and Harry Murdock, turned in a considerably improved performance to score an emphatic victory in the first event, a dash at a mile and seventy yards for two-year-olds. The son of Islam was sent to the front with a rush entering the stretch and, taking a commanding lead, held it to the end under the guidance of Robert Conley. The Burger-Murdock youngster won by two and a half lengths as Delaynot, one of the choices, beat Cynical, f Continued on twenty-third page. BUSBY DOUBLE WINNER Continued from first page. another of the favorites, a nose for the place. Banner Witch, which showed the way until the winner came along, wound up fourth in the field of ten. At Home, scoring his maiden victory, paid 3.20 for . in the mutuels. ONE-SIDED TRIUMPH. Mrs. I. H. Parkes Vote Boy raced to a onesided victory in the second race in which a field of eleven platers took part. The Parke six-year-old was quick to take command, opened a lead of four lengths before going a quarter mile and had little to do to hold his advantage to the end. Goster was his principal rival after the first quarter and wound up second, three lengths behind the winner and a length before Henry M. Boston Sound, whose fractious post behavior held up the start ten minutes, broke several lengths behind his field but made up enough to finish fourth another three lengths back. Two casualties of the race were Vedalia and Cherry Leaf, both of which pulled up lame. J. S. Archers My Shadow and jockey Leon Haas made up a winning combination in the fourth race, at six furlongs. Mighty Miss, the favorite, was second and Linger Awhile third. My Shadow moved up to the pace-making Mighty Miss on the stretch turn and then, while placing her in close quarters in the drive, outfinished her to score by a neck. Mighty Miss could not "stall off the Archer two-year-old, but she did manage to save the place a length before Linger Awhile.
