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NOSES APART AT THE END Cerinus, Jiffy and Stickling Excite Crowd in a Thrilling Finish. 0- . Fair Grounds Drenched Again and Bad for Racing — Two Races Fall to Whitney Horses. » ■* i:w ORLFANS. La., .lanuary 12.- -The mile purse, serving as a secondary feature of this afternoons program, fntalahtd the outstanding lad-deal and developed sack a stirring finish that it brought the big crowd ap standing iii a frenzy of excitement. Throughon: the teagtb of the Stretch Stickling. Jiffy and Cerinus measured strides, with advantage Keemmgly with none, ami their duel confined until the last stride, the trio landing noses apart. The official patriae gave the award lo Cerinus. with Jiffy in second place anil the Whitney filly ihe shorter portion of the purse. No one. unless on a direct line with the finish, could determine tin- . result, and the struggle of the trio through tie -tretch ha- probably never beta equaled in this, parts. Btickliag was the favored on.- in the race and probably beat, but order- to "di- in front" w.i- probably responsible for her failure, as Coltiletti used her exec--ively in the early racing, and Ink of experience caused the more veteran Howard and l.uiisford. leeajectrcely astride Cerinus and Jiffy, to oatftalek him at tin- end. Sicklings failure prevented the Whitney colors from scoring a triple during the afternoon. Loyal Sweeper an I Damask having scored in their re-■nective race-. Damask was in the mile handicap. the Tea lure race, in -which he met five others of his own age. and though conceding weight to the others won with ease. Bene Dry furnished the surprise by landing in second place, with ShagJetea third, many lengths before St. Cermain. Damask again showed no 1 1 1 lag propensities, but Ambrose did not resort to drawing the finish fine as in his teat -tart, and when Damask begaa swerving over toward the inner rail in the last sixteenth he was dear of all the others. Ix yal Sweepers victory was a lucky one and achieved only mi the last si ride as a result of Silver Spring- action in swerving into the heavier parr of the track, which caused him to weaken in the last few strides. Karlier in the race he had -aown a good flight of -peed and had sprinted into a long lead as ;t result of his nimbleiiess at the Boot. Loyal Sweeper suffered some from interference, but finished fast and gamely. .loo Man-cini began from an inner post position this afternoon aad showed only ordinary form, the last eighth of the race finding him tiring fast. WEATHER AND TRACK BAD. Bleak weather and intermittent showers prevented the track from drying and the difficult going was again responsible for many withdrawals from the different races, causing small fields to be iln- older throughout the afternoon. The racing, however, did not suffer, for mo-t of the finishes were i lo-e and exciting and the winners in four instamrs were forced to their utmost to land their parses. Retting action was again heavy, but was confined mostly to the real contenders and at the end of the afUtaooa the layers had a good deficit. Better riding might have been instrumental in reversing several of the results. In this respect Coltiletti. Simpson and Donohue were offenders. Coltiletti is particularly bad on a muddy track and his inexperience bcomes patent. His effort on Capital City in the closing race was noticeably bad and that racer might have been the victor with a good ride. This race was won by Poilu. which was well meant, the backing for him being steady and confident. II. ! only won in the last stride from GokSCrest Roy. The latter might have won but for Poilu coming from an extreme outside position and forcing him over into the heavier part of the coarse. .1. C. Ferriss captured his first purse of the meeting when his Hadrian proved much the best of the mediocre band that started in the second race. V.. Trotter was another to join the winning owners rank- when hi- A. S . Akin won from Douglass s.. with the eMe-ea favorite Cobalt I„ass bringing up in third place. The jockeys here before the first race presented a petition sigatd by most of the riders requesting Ihat their riding fee tic made for lo-ing mounts, Sltt when second and third in races of siiiai or less to the winner. As the Kentucky rules of a Hat fee of y." and sill rules here Ihe matter would have ti come before th- rates committee, but secretary McLeaaaa found a way around to graal the riders request and announced during the afternoon that hereafter in races of SSIXI the division would be Still.", to the winner. 23 to Ihe second and 9 lo the third. As the winner received more than lor his -hare the Jockey fee will be slti for lo-iug iiiounis and 5 for winning ones. Then- were additional BeWCOaaera today from the ci-t and include John Mnrkclein and Al Hanf. . As s1mui as the track No. .me- fast again more races at longer distances will In- included on the daily programs. o
