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DERBY CANDIDATES MEET, i MORALES GETS THE DECISION OVER TILEING IN A CLOSE FINISH. May Turn Tables Next Time — Five Favorites Are Victorious — Much Crowdinq at the Fair Grounds. New Orleans, La., Iimiij 2.°,. — The redeeming feature to .-in otheiailse poor card at the Fair •rounds todaj waa the nwrllnt of Morale* aad TOe in-. both Crescent city Derby candidates, in the linii race. The youngsters tarnished ■ keea contest and ci to the finish so eloae together thai the re mll w.i- in doubt until Morales nnaiber was iii-played. Beth had numerous supporters. Morales, because of his well known lit condition, was I sliuhl favorite in the speculation. Tin- wise oner* calculated aright, aa Ttteiag loat solely through lack of condition ami it is better than i roogb goess thai at their niM Bteetiag the deefadoa will be rewersed. Al that, many close obserrers attributed Tflelngs defeat more to Gamers poor handling of the « - 1 1 than to the prowess of Morales. Favorites were ■nccesotal in five of the races. The only real long priced winner of the afternoon was Pride of Woodstock, which showed sadden imprioee-nifiit. The inoM glaring reversal of form was thai of Dry Dollar. He niaili a show of his opponents hi ilif sixth race, la bis last few starts Dry Dollar waa beatea on*. Today be had considerable backing ami never Kit the result in doubt. rowdiag waa responsible for mishaps in the second ami third laces, •ut nothing serious resulted in the second race jockey Shreve was unseated when Doric was Jammed Into the fence ami J. Ferris also took a tumble when Posing uraa roughly used in the third. I he crowding in this race was conspicuous. Rather Bog a! appeared to have been most bothered and Iin-sticki • *a* seemingly the chief often. let-. However, when Lowe, who, rode Rather Royal, lodged complaint of foul against Pinstlcker, the Judges dismissed the claim. Patrol Judge Hall -air, that Poaiag had Buttered from no interference, despite the fact that Perris rlslmrd thai he had been jostled from the hack of the horse. In the closfag race. A. .Martin. on Henpecked, was also crowded into the fence and received a painful bruise ahoal the legs.
