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PLANUTE A DERBY FACTOR. CORRIGANS COLT MUST BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED FOR SATURDAYS RACE. Notasulqa Wins the Louisiana Stakes — Cashier Blonq Catches a Thief in the Bettmq Rinq. Now Orleans, La.. March 1.:.— Witli Pinnule to carry his eaten, Edward Oatiigaa holds a strong band fi r the City Park Derby. The Planudes three year aM showed his heels to Goldmate. Wes and others in the mile and ■ sixteenth handicap this afteniH»n. The early pace was fast, the first five furlongs Ileitis vun in 1:00§. Lowe dropped Planute in In-hind the leaders after entering the baeketrefch and waited until on the turn into the homestretch hefore making a move. Straightened out for the final run he got Imsy and rianute responded with a great hurst of speed. He caught Wes at the beginning of the last sixteenth and then began to draw away, hut Lowe liad to ride hard to the end to stall off Goldmate. On this race Planute looms up as a strong factor for Saturdays Deny. He is apredy, can go Ihe route and is as game as any of the three -year-olds shown here this winter. In the feature race, the Louisiana Stakes for two-year-old. Xotasulga emphasized her claims for superiority by giving away weight to everything in I ho race, except K. M. Fry. and winning in the t-asiest possible fashion. She broke from behind but was in front before th«y had gone a furlong. Straightened out in the homestretch Hogg took hold of Xotasulga and had her under a stiff pull in the last sixteenth. K. M. Fry was the runner-up at the end. Sehreiliers colt showed much improvement over his previous race, when he was beaten off. Peter Blong. cashier for diaries Colla in the Bluff City Club, to-day captured the man who has boon ringing tiekels in the books at both tracks for the past two months. Just after the fourth race a man presented a ticket calling for 50 to 0 on Planute. Cashier Blong discovered that the number on the ticket had boon pasted and tried to grab the man. at Ike same time raising a cry for assistance. Tinman was immediately seized by men near and hold until the pawee arrived. He told them his name is .Mm Rogers and that he came from Maryland. In his packet* ware blank tickets, numlters. brushes, paste and acid. A week ago one of the cashiers paid a Ih-1 of 02. and the book was forced to make the amount good to the rightful owner when the good ticket was presented. The arrest of Bogers came near creating a panic in the belling ring. The big crowd wanted to mob him and it required the best efforts of three policemen to get the man into the City Park hastile. The executive beard af the Ajaaikaa Turf Association will decide who is entitled to the services of Jockey Pave Meal in the City Park Perby, the case having boon referred to them by the local officials. Jeekeyi Bag and l.owo won suspended for the remainder of the meeting by the starter tec disobedience at the post |a the second race. Y. Foreman has ilepeacd of Plaint to Coorge Borkel. The price paid was KM. Charlie- Fastman spread his Beet while galloping this morning, and this caused his withdrawal from the third race. Continuation of the excellent racing that has characterized the present week seems assured for to morrow, such excellent performers as Fee Crest. Princess Sue. iicin-e: Incantation. Kara, Araho; Columbia Girl, Warner Griswell. Sally Preston; Juggler. CHartter, Bu-k. Bally ML, Veribeet, hateai i . Anna Pay, Grenade. St. Noel; Tiohimingo. OMmM elation and Miugita appealing in the entry lists ol the day. X. K. Fyiich.
