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DEAD HEAT AT CRESCENT. STONER HILL AND USURY DIVIDE PURSE IN FOURTH RACE. Radtke Rides In Poor Form That Fall May Have Affected .Him Baleshed Fools His Followers Gossip. New Orleans, La., February 9. Tlicrc was good racing, despite bad track conditions at Crescent Park this afternoon. The opening race was won by Arsenal in commanding style, but all the others were hard fought contests. Radlkes riding was not in keeping with his reputation. In three of his live races he was apparently riding the best horses, but put up weak finishes. Stoner Hill, which ran a dead heat with Usury, was by far the best and only stupidity on the part of Radtke prevented him from taking all of first money. He had a lead of three lengths when rounding the stretcli bend. Radtke began easing him up with the result that when Usury challenged strongly in the last sixteenth, he was unprepared for the rush and was extremely fortunate to make it a dead heat. On Aurumaster he lost a race that he should have won easily but for making the mistake of being too far out of the running in the first part of the race. Los Angeleno lasted long enough to beat him out to the finish by a head. In the second and third races he was clearly outridden by Sewell and J. Johnson respectively, but was probably on inferior horses when mounted on Fargo and Helen Lucas. His other mount was Enverite. on. which he was practically left and then finished tUtdr-stiil,!ivflfiandWue: "-eVlnearnU Ueuut today. Her performance was impressive. Some observers say she has the Crescent City Derby as good as won. A smart coterie of sharpshooters from City Park track came over to the old track and bet on Rale-shed as if the raec was over. The colt ran a bad race and if the form he showed this afternoon is his best, somebody was gold-bricked when purchasing him. II. C. Meyers and .T. H. Boyd each shipped eight horses to Hot Springs today. Jockey McLaughlin is the latest rider to announce his intention of going to Oaklawu. Favorites were unsuccessful in all the races and the talent had a hard time of it during the afternoon.
