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THIRD FOR VOTE BOY Parke Colorbearer Becomes Triple Fair Grounds Winner. Finishes Five and One-Half Furlongs in 1:06 and Wins With Plenty to Spare. NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 29. Mrs. I. H. Parkes Vote Boy joined the select group of horses which have been able to win as many as three races, when he sprinted to a one-sided victory in the fifth race, a dash of five and one-half furlongs, which served as the secondary attraction. The Torchilla gelding ran the distance in 1:06, and won with plenty to spare, as Black Rhapsody finished second and Dedication third. Apprentice Delpha Castille sent his mount into a lead of four lengths in the opening quarter and Vote Boy maintained that advantage the rest of the way. Nim raced in second position to the last furlong and then wearied of the futile effort to catch the fast-stepping winner, dropped back to fourth place at the wire. Black Rhapsody took the place a length before Dedication, while Nim was another neck back at the wire. Vote Boy was the favorite, at odds of a little more than 2 to 1. GAME PERFORMANCE. Dusky Prince, which resumed racing here this winter after a lay-off of more than a year, carried the colors of Mrs. A. M. Creech to a smart victory in the sixth race, a sprint of six furlongs. The son of Pharamond II., making his fourth start since his return to competition, finished gamely under the urging of Robert Conley, and completed the distance, a half-length before the favorite, Angel Barreras Phalasan. W. E. Snyders Fore was third, and then came Thomas Powells Weekly Stipend to j beat the others in the field of eight. Todays card was presented under cloudy skies, but the weather was considerably warmer than yesterday and a crowd of gratifying proportions was on hand. Lucky Jewell, from the Fairflax Stable, was an emphatic winner of the first race, in which a dozen two-year-olds got together at a mile and seventy yards. The daughter of Playtime, guided by Charles Charlton, Continued on fifteenth page. THIRD FORVOTE BOY Continued from first page. moved to the front with a rush entering the stretch and though she had nothing left at the end, her winning margin was two lengths. Brilliant One moved up steadily in the last quarter and garnered second money, with third honors falling to Fire Ball, another to come from a good way back. Minnie Pot led home the others, including the stoutly supported Calanta, which failed to rally after racing well up most of the way. Incarnate showed the way here for a half mile and then eliminated herself by bolting as she approached the second turn. MIGAL FAY BY HEAD, j A. N. Goldbergs Migal Fay was made an odds-on choice in the second race and she did not disappoint, although she managed to get the decision only by a head. Jockey Edward Robart sent the Ormont filly to the front before reaching the first turn and after being rated along to the last quarter stood a sharp drive to protect her advantage I from Hook It, which was steadily closing in i on her. Hook It just missed taking first money, but she was easily best of the others as she took the place three lengths before Computer. Hereward was next in the field of eleven which contested over a mile and seventy yards. Catsweep rated with the leaders to the stretch and then weakened and wound up in sixth position. The third race also went to the favorite, Mrs. N. J. Scallons Toms Lady finishing in front of eleven other sprinting platers. The Scallon filly lacked early speed, but she moved up fast after reaching the final quarter and jockey Jimmy Bowen got her home in front by a neck. Katherine G. made all the pace and still was in the lead with a two-length advantage a furlong from the judges, but she could not stall off Toms Lady and had to be content with second money. Sound Wave, which had been well up from the beginning, ran third, with Sun Henry showing the way home to the others, j Lucre Lude was a sharp factor here for five-eighths and then dropped out of contention. COMPLETES DOUBLE. Surviving a claim of foul made against him, C. E. Simmons Good Memory raced to victory over the mile and seventy yards of the fourth event to enable jockey Bowen to complete a double. Good Memory, coming! from behind, bore over in the run through the stretch, and Tyrus Meloche, who rode Park City, claimed the Simmons horse interfered with his mount. The stewards saw otherwise, however, and the original plac-ings were made official. Good Memory Avon by a neck, with Park City beating the strongly supported Hermosillo four lengths for second place. The latter set all the pace and held his advantage to the final eighth, where he began to falter; Stormy Sea was fourth in the field of a dozen route-running I platers.
