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BEN HODDER DEFEATS THIRD ALARM. New Orleans, La., February 27. Jockey Red fern was scheduled to ride Ben Hotlder in the fourth race at the old track today, but could not come close enough to the weight. Ill pounds. The best he could do was 117i and falling to come within the prescirbed five pounds, he was not permitted to take the mount. The clerk of the scales substituted W. Rebblns, but when Willie Shields heard of it he asked that Martin be given the mount and Martin was substituted. Ren Hodder seriously punctured Third Alarms Derby aspirations by waiting on him for six furlongs and then cantering away from him. The rest this colt was given has freshened him up and he ought to le at his best by Derby day. Jockey Bell was beaten a head on The Cure when lie should have won easily. He was trying to draw the finish fine, just as he did Saturday. Saturday lie won by a neckwhen he could as easily have made it two lengths, but today be lost by taking The Cure np just sharply enough in the last stride to let Escutcheon beat him a short head. - Bell escaped with a sharp reprimand.
