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PEDRO IS A STAKE WINNER. DEFEATS TEMACEO IN A CLOSE FINISH IN THE MAGNOLIA STAKES. Jockey Nottcr at Work Again and Rides Two Winners — Colloquy Outspceds Toy Boy — Louise Macfarlan Wins. New Orleans. l.:i.. January IS.— The Magnolia Selling Slakes at flue mile, an annual fixture, resulted in the fastest race of the present season on the l. -constructed Fair Orounds traek and enabled Pedro to gain a sensational victory. At one stage tin- 1exas craek appeared ho] elcssly out of eonten-tion, tint when a quarter out he came with an eloc-Irifying burst of speed that put him in the lead and in a sharp last sixteenth drive, he held his own well enough to win by a neck from the fast coming, lint poorly managed Teniareo. Notter. on Ibe latter, blundered badly in allowing the HUM representative to delay his ehallt Bfjr, whieli ulti-niatelv encompassed his defeat. Hyperion 11.. the favorite, ran fairly will, bu was not good enough 1.i heat, t lit- first pair. The time of Ike raee. 1:40J. over the soft traek. was equal to 1:39 or better on ii hard, fast course. The stake had a net value to the winner of .77o. The tabulated history of the Magnolia Selling-Stakes is as follows: Year. Winner. A. Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. Jssis Boanerges ...4 Mi T. Powers .$ 630 1:91 m UPS peering :: Mj Hitched ... tSk 1:424 ISM Aloha 11 :: M A. Webber. « r,o 1:42_ . W01 B. ;. Fox .. .5 1 « »7 J obtirn J,.:°5 1:40 . 1!« 1» ainl.rian 0 M4 Fuller ..... 1,380 1:40] 1 V.»r . By Ways 3 t 7 l. Ikon* I.Mh li«h| Clot Speneerian ...:: !MI Shaver . .. l.lITll 1 :40ji lito.i M. Daingertidt; IU A. Brown . l.«5 1:452 3!HK stake not run this year. 1ito7 Judge Iost...:: !»4 .las. Heaap 1.7tS i :4i l!M IS ledro 4 loo McCahey .. 1,770 1 :4»»* Conlinuoiis rolling and harrowing of the traek put it in condition sufficiently good enough to cause iminT- of the bettat class horses to chance starting theni. with the result that todays program was one of he heel in weeks. Close finishes were the order throughout the afternoon and the big attendance was amply rewarded by witaeeaiag good s|iort. Three of the lust short distance sprinters met in tlie second race at live furlongs and it era* a spirited battle for the entire trip between Colloquy and Toy Boy. the filly setting the pace and winning with but little space to spare. Burlew and ONeills Angelus showed iuiproement b taking the third Vace at seven furlongs from a good lit: ml el three-year-olds. St. llario outstaying Apache in the closing drive lor second place. The running of the raee disposed of the theory that L. T. Shipp was a Derby prospect. lie displayed a Mash of early speed, but tired badly after going a half and can be put down as a speedy lion stayer. with a liking for about Ire turlongs. Jockey Notter signalized his return to the saddle by pil.Mi.iu Telescope to victory in the opening raee. He bad to lie ridden out at the end to beat Hannibal Hey. Hi i outlast to bis good rides on Telescope and Angelus. were the poor ones on Temaceo and Sea Salt. His ride on the lalier was esm-cially a bwagtlae. effort and was directly responsible for her defea*. Mi ,idowhrccze upset calculations in the fifth lace bjr winning as his rider pleased. The poor showing of Taiidzaria. the favorite, was tin cause of un-1 notable comment. She is a rank in and outer and a | o r bet tin;: medium. Jockey S. Heidel was suspended for six days by the starter for disobedience at the iniM. lack y A. Martin signed to ride for H. B. Duryea and T. D. Sullivan for the remainder of the racinj; seas i, here. Bookmaker I. Ilaiumer*ehlag departed today for Kan Fiancisco and will oi*-ratc a book at the Oakland traek. John Fsrriss. Jr." is schooling Bonnie Kate through the I .1.1 and expects to make her a good one at jinn!. in,.. Juiie Clarence Mclkiwell i- improving, but eta* still confined to his room. William Shelly is ecthkj presiding judge dining his absence and clerk of the BCalea J. Campbell as associate judge. The judges received a letter today from Algernon li.iiav iiieid. aeetetaal secretary el the lackey club. lafurmiiii; them that tin- suspension against the % karat Cilpin. buried .it the h nilworth meeting, ex pireil with the ehaji of that meeting.
