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ONLY THREE MORE DAYS REMAINING Damask Deemed a Certain Winner of the Louisiana Derby Next Wednesday NKV OltLKANS La March 14 It is only a matter of hours now until the end of the present racing season Jiere comes AVednesday March 17 being the last day This date also will be Derby day when the first running of the Louisiana Derby will take place It will mark the culmination of what may be the most successful period of winter racing in the history of tlii city cityIt It was like summer hero today and under the warm sun the Shrewsbury track dried steadily Superintendent A Jlouprich kept a force of men working on it steadily all day With no more rain tin final three days racing of the meeting will ho run over a fast track trackThe The find of the local season appears to be jockey C Wliittington who won seven races last week and who only recently graduated from the maiden class This lightweight apprentice pilot came from ob ¬ scurity in a few days as lie rode his first race at the Fair C rounds on February Hi Veteran horse ¬ men who have seen the best jockeys in years in action contend that this lad has every indication of developing into a star Already several large racing establishments are dickering for his serv ¬ ices with A Jones who holds the contract on him His riding of twoyearolds is especially commendable To see him riding the young horses one would think that he was a seasoned old timer In twentytwo days the Jefferson Fair Associa ¬ tion has given away 11700 in purse money H lias been shared In by 173 owners Mastersoit Kogers have taken the largest sum 170 but 1 E Watkins is not far behind his horecs having earned Iior for him The leading winning owner will not be determined until the Louisiana Derby is run and whoever wins that event will carry off this honor honorThe The Harry Payne Whitney horses that Mose Gold blatt will campaign in Kentucky will be shipped to Louisville next Saturday Jockey Ambrose will stay with the Kentucky division and have tlie mount on Damask in the Kentucky Derby as well as ride him in the Louisiana Derby DerbyS S A Clopton made it known definitely during the afternoon that he had refused to sanction Sim ¬ pletons start in the Derby Clopton who is now in Hot Springs will come here Monday and bring Coltiletti with him to ridp linilet Proof in the race raceKcmy Kcmy Durr who contemplated a trip to Hawaii returned Friday morning from California when he learned that it would take at least three months to secure a reservation for his return fom Hawaii ou account of tuts number of tourists tlicre
