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1 I i : , ; : I FLAG ORLAND TRIUMPHS 1 Gaignard Juvenile Defeats Eleven Others at New Orleans. Crout au Pot Adds Another Purse to Creech Winnings by Taking Opening Contest. NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 30. Flag Orland, owned by Arthur Gaignard, Jr., of i New Orleans, scored his first victory of the i winter by turning back eleven other two- J year-olds over the six furlongs of the Patrick Mann Estes Purse, the fourth and one of j the better Taces on todays card at the Fair Grounds. The son of Flag Pole, which began his racing career here last winter, came from a good way back in the run through i the stretch to score by a neck, as Termotimc beat My Day, the favorite, a similar margin for the place. Flag Orland, with Jimmy Haritos in the saddle, lacked sufficient early speed to keep up with the leaders, but once he got into full stride he began to dispose of those before him, finally getting up in the last few yards to assert his superiority. Those who had faith enough in his running qualities to wager on his chances received a little more than 6 to 1 in the mutuels. Termotime was a sharp factor from the beginning and held on well in the drive, but just was not good enough, while My Day had battled High Place for pacemaking honors from the outset. High Place still was in front a furlong from the wire, but then her rider, Harold Krovitz got one of his feet out of the stirrup and was no further heip to the filly, which wound up far back among the trailers. Norman Sloat lacked his customary high early speed and never did get to the front, while Carrie K. tired in the final quarter after being among the leaders for a half mile. Skies were partly overcast this afternoon, but the track was fast and the weather Continued on eighteenth page. FLAG ORLANIT TRIUMPHS Continued from first page. warm. The crowd was exceedingly large for a week day, the attendance being augmented by many out-of-town visitors. The first race was a contest of a mile and seventy yards, and it resulted in a popular victory for Mrs. A. M. Creechs Crout au Pot. The veteran mare, after a number of tries here this winter, found the company and track to her fancy and scored with three and one-half lengths to spare. Miss Apprehend was second and Npgalo third. With Robert Conley in the saddle, Crout au Pot began to improve her position after going a half mile, reached the front inside, the final furlong and drew away fast. Miss Apprehend made a game effort to stall her off, but the best she could, do was to finish second, half a length before Nogalo. PETARD BEST. Miss Apprehend failed the W. E. Snyder stable in the first race but Petard made good under the same colors in the second, another test of a mile and seventy yards. With Edward Robart at the reins, Petard forged to the front on the second turn and then held sway to the end, where his advantage over the runner-up was a length. Cosmic Prince provided the principal contention in the run through the stretch and finished second as Count Me ran third and Happy Helen fourth. Count Me might have finished even closer, but he was shufflMLback on the first turn and had this loss ground to make up, a feat he might have accomplished with a little more distance to go. Dan Skilling showed the way here until the winner came along and then was through, dropping back fast. H. C. Hoffmans Ducmiss accounted for the third race, a dash at five and one-half furlongs, and it may have been a lucky victory. The daughter of Bread Man, a twin sister to the horse Goldman, took the lead when the heavily-supported Polycletus bolted on the turn, and then was never headed. Polycletus had been in front and was going along easily when he raced wide, eliminating himself. With him out of the way Ducmiss, ridden by Delpha Castille, had things pretty much to herself, winning with three lengths to spare. Courtaway raced to second place, with Scarlet O. finishing third. The fifth race, a mile and one-sixteenth event, produced as good a finish as any all afternoon, and when the smoke of the battle cleared, V. H. McMullens The Thrush emerged a popular winner. The Thrush, Labor Day and Beaver County raced past the judges in that order, separated only by heads, and before announcing the placings, a picture was consulted. It appeared that The Thrush would be an emphatic winner midway in the stretch, where he had a lead of two lengths on his nearest rival, but Labor Day and Beaver County finished strongly and all but upset the McMullen three-year- f old. Ralph Eccard had the mount on the winner, and under less capable handling he might not have been able to stick it out. Frank J. Grand, New Orleansurfman, added two more horses to his stable "when he purchased Linnie Kate and Irisheen from Paul Cassagne for a private consideration. Grand will train the racers for future engagements. , jajjjSk
