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RUSK SHOWS GREAT SPEED. RUNS FIRST HALF MILE OF HIS RACE IN :47 1-5 AT CITY PARK. Tucker Loses Whisk Broom — Jockey Lloyds Suspension Is Removed — G. R. Hamiltons Entries Will Be Refused. Now Orleans, La., l-i hrauary 15. — There was good ■port at City Park ihis afternoon, though ■ majority of tbe race* arere framed t suit the poorer Han Mi horse* The leMa were evenly balanced .Hid i.KMl contests wore in order. The track :i-:ii its best, in nip fourth race, at live end i half furlongs. Bask showed ■ rare turn of -.pen]. Be was .i good horse today aad in the early running set i terrific pace, the flrsl quarter being ran in •■--!. aad the half in :-i7i. Ihis extreme speed, ■•WW III, told « n Husk ueariug the tinish. hut he Managed to last loug enough to win. The Stuteh in tuis rate was the Ijest of the after n. tbe insi nvc Borses being in ■ .i .so bunch wiiii beads and aecka separating then. in the two-year-old race Whisk Broom proved ■ big disappointment to uer admirers. Her owner luvited defeat by patting np Boadwee, who is littli- better than an exercise utd and ■ poor one mi that. Tucker lust hla tilly Into the bargain. She wan claimed by Sam bonis. win was represented i.v Lattice, li was ■ busy daj for tin boosters and claimers. Bnsk wag run np :*:; m after his rictory and Ladj Bllison ».i- claimed out of the fifth race by Schmidt Brothers for 00. The Crescent City Jockej Clnb has lifted Jockej Lloyds suspension and be "as permitted t ride at city Park today. Likewise .1. II. Baker has succeeded In straightening oat the tangle about Lloj ds apprentii e allowance. ;. K. Hamilton has been notified that his entries will not be accepted at City Park in the future. He is said to iiave precipitated a rumpus in the secretarys nSSre daring which it is claimed he ■sed bihc li abash e language. II. Gardner has sold Masker to Sam Louis.
