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SOME HOT FINISHES Fair Grounds Racing Marked by Exciting Stretch Duels Calcutta Pails in Trying to Give Prince Tii Tii Eighteen Pounds and a Beating NEW ORLEANS La January 10 An im ¬ proved card decided over a fast track coupled with summer warmth weather were factors in bringing out a big attendance at the Fair Grounds this afternoon Those pres cnt witnessed some spirited racing attended by several close and stubbornly fought finish j es Withdrawals from several of the dashes aided the sport materially for it left well matched starters in most of the races and they nerved as excellent mediums for betting j activities Fiftyfour layers the highest i number that has quoted odds this winter at this track transacted a large business in the pavilion The talent fared in better fashion than has been their wont recently and succeeded in locating some of the win ¬ ners thereby retrieving some of their recent losses for good odds ruled about many of j the successful ones onesThe The mile handicap for threeyearolds found a quintet of good performers starting and resulted In a victory for Mose Gold blatfs Prince Tii Tii over Calcutta The latter essayed a difficult task of conceding much weight ard might have been success j ful but for being sharply interfered with on the first turn which threw him far back and forced Pool to lose an advantageous posi j tion and ride wide afterward He came fast and gamely through the stretch and sue 1 ceeded in overhauling Better Times for sec ond place Prince Tii Tii winning by a com j fortable margin Thomas astride Roseate II was held to be tne offender and the j stewards had him before them as well as Pool immediately after the race Both were warned against further rough riding ridingKELSAYS KELSAYS GOOD RIDE RIDEThe The introductory scramble in which two yearolds met resulted in a spirited last six ¬ teenth duel between Edna V a firsttime starter and Bamra with Edna V triumph Ing by the slightest kind of a margin Kelsay contributing to the victory by a powerful finish despite Langs good riding effort on Bamra Idle Thoughts another firsttime starter showed a sparkling race in landing third place after being far back through the first quarter quarterThe The improved running of Gem which found extensive support this afternoon occasioned the stewards to make an investigation into her inconsistent performances She won the sixth race from Slippery Elm and The Wit Smallwood who rode her in her last race was interrogated at length and he stated that she had gotten away poorly as a result of throwing her head up in the air when the barrier rose She was off slowly again today but raced into contention quickly overcame interference and outstayed Slip ¬ pery Elm ElmThe The fifth race brought an Interesting finish with Crack o Dawn the winner by a nose from Fannie Bean with Irish Kiss a head back in third place Scobie rode the winner a welljudged race and put up a rousing fin ¬ ish Anything like the same ride would have made Irish Kiss the winner for Morris rode him blunderingly throughout Wapiti was the favorite here but he dropped back after reaching the stretch stretchKIXG KIXG TROJAX BY IXCIIES IXCIIESScratches Scratches reduced the field to seven start ¬ ers In the final race and again came a spirited contest with King Trojan just suc ¬ ceeding in outfinishing Exhorter the favor ¬ ite Magician landing in third place after making a slow beginning and swerving out badly when his chances appeared best in the stretch stretchLocarnos Locarnos victory in the second race was hard achieved he just managing to lead De ¬ mos at the finish The latter with a better beginning would have won wonLord Lord Herbert had to be ridden to his ut ¬ most to maintain a head advantage over Maize in the third race the pair battling it out hard through the stretch stretchPictors Pictors injury yesterday was so grave that he had to be destroyed destroyedPack Pack McKenna was among the arrivals today from New York and will remain indefi ¬ nitely nitelyJ J II Maddlgln returned from San Antonio this morning and will remain for some time timeGeorge George Molesworth left this morning for Oakland Cal on receipt of news of the death of his mother motherKirk Kirk Harrington departed today for St Louis LouisStarter Starter A B Dados condition continues crave and fears are now entertained for his recovery
