view raw text
THE CRESCENT CITY DERBY DERBYLast Derby Last year ten horses started for the Crescent City Derby Meadowthorpe Meadow winning with Donna Rita second Cadillac third and P Dunne fourth The subsequent racing of the year showed that of the ten only the first and second had any real pretentious to good form as race horses though but for infirm legs P Dunne might have achieved a measure of fame This year there is a possibility that the race may be contested by a stronger average field The final declarations having left twenty one 3yearolds in with such good 2yearold per ¬ formers as Lieber Libber Karl Presbyterian Isabey Isabel Nabob Alice Farley Fairly Forbush Forbes Miss Gussie Gussied Gil Gail ray and Eitholin Withholding included in the number Two of the contestants Hardly and Elidad Elided are at San Francisco and it is probable their owners over ¬ looked the da e of declaration rather than that they were purposely left in Be that as it may there are now loft in eligible to start March 23 next Forbush Forbes Lieber Libber Karl Camperdown Cameron Elidad Elided ElidadEitholinj Eitholinj Withholding MagcagniNabob Magcagni Magician Nabob Elsie Bramble BrambleCorelli Bramble Corelli Cornell Surmount SurmountDinsmoro Surmounting Dinsmoro Dimmer PresbyterianGilrav Presbyterian Presbyterian Gilrav Gila Isabey Isabel IsabeyHardly Savoyard Hardly Sacket Socket SacketSly Sockets Sly Fox Siva SivaMiss Siva ShelbyAlice Shelby Miss Gussie Gussied Joe Shelby Alice Farley Fairly FarleyThis Forsythias This list looks like furnishing a good field and if Lieber Libber Karl Forbush Forbes Isabey Isabel Presbyter ¬ ian and Alice Farley Fairly should come to the post it may be safely predicted that the best 3yearold contest seen in New Orleans for many a year will ensue
