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MY DAY AND H0LT0N IN SPECTACULAR NOSE FINISH 9 EARN HANDICAP CHANCE May Be Given Chance to Start in Pass Christian. My Day Almost Makes Runaway of Thursdays Fair Grounds Feature Weeks Record Crowd. NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 15. Mrs. H. A. Allens My Day and Mrs. Edward Haughtons Holton may have earned a place in the Pass Christian Handicap Saturday by the manner in which they performed in the fourth, one of the best races on Thursdays program at the Fair Grounds. The race was contested over six furlongs and My Day and Holton charged past the judges separated only by a nose with the decision going to the Allen juvenile. T. J. Hills Golden Chimes also turned in a splendid effort, for in running third, she was only a half length farther away and she, too, may be considered as a possible contestant in Saturdays ,500 contest for two-year-olds. My Day, with Robert Montgomery in the saddle set her own pace and, upon reaching the stretch, drew away for what appeared would be a one-sided victory. Holton, however, was closing boldly and in a few more strides might have overtaken her as he did Golden Chimes, which had been in closest pursuit of the pace from the beginning. j NOTEWORTHY PERFORMANCE. My Days effort was a particularly noteworthy one in that ohe was making her first start since October 1. The win was her fourth of the year. Six other two-year-olds took part in todays feature and the best of these was Teperwine, which finished a length and a half behind Golden Chimes. Adoress was a prominent factor here for about a half mile, but then she was through and was far back as the winner crossed the wire. My Day, which ran the three-quarters on a fast track in 1:14, paid .20 for . The weather, a little warmer than yesterday, helped to attract the largest crowd of the week. The best, sprint on the card was the sixth race which saw W. E. Snyders Fore cover three-quarters in 1:12 to a popular victory. My Lawyer accounted for second honors with French Bread finishing third and Frozen Mask fourth. Decourcy and Mon Reve were the only other starters. Frozen Mask, My Lawyer and French Bread each got to the front of the field before Fore, which had never been a great distance back. Fore charged up in the final quarter under the urging of Willie Duffy to win by a little more than a length. My Continued on nineteenth page. MY DAY AND HOLTON IN SPECTACULAR NOSE FINISH Continued from first page. j Lawyer, which supplanted Frozen Mask as the leader on the stretch turn, lost much ground entering the stretch or else he might have been able to cling to his advantage to the end. Lena J., which performs under the joint ownership of J. Woodcock and H. L. King, accounted for her seventh victory of the year in taking major honors in the first race, at a mile and a sixteenth, which attracted a field of ten useful platers. Karl Greever did a good job of rating the mare in front of her field and under his capable handling led from end to end to score by a half length. Night Bud offered a powerful challenge in the last quarter, but the best he could do was to nose out Miss Firefly for the place Crout au Pot was fourth, followed by Silver Palm, which had raced in closest pursuit of the winner to the final eighth. The second race also saw the winner lead from start to finish. It was Mrs. Marion Allens Brides Delight, which defeated ten other sprinting platers at six furlongs. Zat So was second, two and a half lengths behind the winner, while Valdina was third. With Charles Charlton at the reins, Brides Delight, scoring her second victory of the meeting, led all the way by a comfortable margin, although she was ridden out to forestall any tendency to quit. Maebob, . which shared favoritism with the winner, was in second position to the stretch and then began showing signs of distress, finally winding up fourth. The colors of Mose Goldblatt finished in front for the first time this season when Black Buddy, ridden by Leon Haas, ac-1 counted for the six furlongs third race. Never far away as Toms Lady showed the way, the Goldblatt veteran wore down the pacemaker inside the last sixteenth and then stalled off Blind Star to win by a head. The latter was in trouble for about three-eighths, but when clear made-up ground fast and in a few more strides might have been the winner. Toms-Lady wound up third, a neck farther away, after showing the way by two lengths a furlong from the line of finish. Encircle was best of the others in the field of a dozen. Miss Europe, which Had a large following, dropped out of contention right after the start and was far back throughout. STRAIGHT THRU REGISTERS. The fifth race was decided over a mile and seventy yards and R. Needhams Straight Thru made every post a winning one. The son of Crack Brigade, guided by Eddie Robart, was in front by as many as five lengths at one stage of the contest, but Colonel Joe, which finished second, cut considerably into his advantage in the run through the stretch and at the wire the Needham horse had a lead of only a length and a half. Colonel Joe, in turn, beat Bess B. a half-length for the place, while three lengths farther away, in fourth position, came the favorite, Labor Day.
