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NEW ORLEANS CHOICES FAIL Harry Shaw Beaten at Odds On But Pulls Up Lame Manokin Takes the Sprinting SprintingFeature Feature at Long Odds Favorites Unplaced New Orleans La January 7 Favorites wens again in complete eclipse unless Lode Star at to 2 winner of the opening race could be called a choice llig fields and a dulled track due to the hard rain of Saturday night were the factors in causing the talent to go astray in their calculations The overthrow of favorites did not necessarily mean that the layers reaped vast benefits some on the contrary experienced losses as all the winners came in for backing This applied particularly to Thanksgiving winner of the last race raceThe The biggest upset came with the decision of the fourth race the mile dash featuring the card Harry Shaw was sin overwhelming choice in it but he proved disappointing when he failed to land a place He returned limping perceptibly and while this in a measure had a bearing on his showing the interference he was forced to suffer from was the principal element in his undoing The purse went to the Keene Brothers Basillus in easy fashion over the suddenly improved Valals with Ijuford in third place The latter showed a spark ¬ ling performance having almost been left at the post as a result of his failure to join the others at the start 1 1C L Ross won his first purse of the winter season when his Manokin got up to win in the last stride from Langdon Jabot scored for J A Strode in the fifth and Miss Sweep earned a close deci ¬ sion over Star Baby in the second
