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BEST PAL IN TRIUMPH Gives Weight and an Easy Beating to Fast Horses Now tlie Best Handicap Horse at atNew New Orleans Irish Kiss KissBuns Buns a Good Bace NEW ORLEANS La January 13 Best Pal which since the opening of the Fair Grounds has been transferred from the E R Bradley stable to S N Holman again fig ¬ ured in a winning performance the second of the meeting and by his victory this after ¬ noon materially recouped the J7500 paid for him by his present owner The presence of the veteran Romanelll in the saddle again served as a deterrent to the big speculators resulting in an extremely liberal price against him the backers giving their main support to Parader and Royce Roots with steady backing also for Sir Thomas Kean KeanHe He was in with the best that could be mustered here in the Edward B Maginn Me ¬ morial Handicap named in honor of the at one time efficient and highly regarded of ¬ ficial who served in the capacity of racing secretary here as also at Latonia Fcrt Erie Oaklawn St Louis Fair Grounda nd other pretentious tracks and also waijpiostly re ¬ sponsible for the advent of thel thelkte kte starter A B Dade into racing ofticiap circles circlesPARADER PARADER FAILS AGATX AGATXThe The race was the outstanding feature on the card and its mile distance enabled the spectators to have a full view of the start and finish Parader in spite of his defeat in his previous race by Blarney Stone was installed1 the favorite and again did he prove a disappointment He finished in third place Best Pal winning easily from Comic Song which secured second place by virtue of escaping a jam that came on the first turn It was here that Parader lost his chance when he was cut off and taken back to last place There was a good deal of crowding in which there was general suf ¬ fering on the part of most of the starters Comic Song escaping Best Pal recovered in good style and was in close attendance on Comic Song and passing him in the last eighth won by a safe margin Parader after being in last plac was ridden wide but he gained steadily and landed third after a hard drive to dispose of Royce Rools Best Pal is now clearly the best handicap horse here hereThe The best attendance by far that has been at the Fair Grounds since the opening was on hand to view the racing which came off in a summer brand of weather and was featured by some close finishes finishesThe The winners all came from the ranks of the shortpriced ones and the fiftysix layers contributed generously toward the publics profit and entertainment entertainmentThe The spirited contests began with the first race when Pietrus favorite succumbed to the suddenly improved Fire Cracker The latter stood a terrific drive through the last eighth and caught Pietrus in the final stride stridePOOLS POOLS MASTERLY RIDE RIDEPool Pool made amends for his defeat on Pietrus by riding a masterly finish on Miss Meise which succeeded in getting up to outfinish Rock Salt in the second race Shamrock the favorite landing in third place and showing that he was slightly short when he began tiring sightLEITare just as his victory appeared in sight LEITare a stanchly bached favorite won the third race in easy style from Sunny Girl and the outsider Fame FameThe The onetime crack Irish Kiss showed that he is capable of holding his own with those here when he scored an easy victory in the fifth race in which he ruled favorite Wapiti vas his nearest follower at the end with Ramkin furnishing a surprise by landing in third place placeRib Rib Grass galloped in front throughout the mile and a half race that was sixth on the card Sagamook was the favorite here but the inexperienced Sharpe blundered repeat ¬ edly and was of little help to his mount re ¬ sulting in his failure to get a part of the purse purseAnother Another probably best horse to suffer as a result of a bad ride was Magician in the final race which landed second to Sam Frank after Doyle had got him away badly and had to ride wide on the turns He closed an immense gap in the last quarter quarterAnnouncement Announcement was made today by secre ¬ tary Joe McLennon that the MardI Gras 5000 handicap had been changed from a mile and a quarter to a mile and threesix ¬ teenths teenthsChattanooga Chattanooga Tenn Ts ambitious to have a race meeting in April and intends to dis ¬ tribute J1SOOO for seven days racing The racing will be under the auspices of the Elk Lodge there thereW W A Shea will be given a rehearing next Monday on the return of judge Joseph A Murphy from Henderson Ky where he accompanied the remains of A B Dade
