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COLD WEATHER RACING New Orleans Affected by the Widespread Change Pit Manages to Stay Best in the theLongDistance LongDistance Eace Wolfs WolfsCry Cry Wins Again NEW ORLEANS La February 16 Cold weather which suddenly visited these parts was responsible for a reduction in attendance this afternoon and a somewhat too evident lack of interest in the racing although some interesting and close finishes developed developedThe The race at a mile and a half proved the outstanding feature and it enabled Pit to win his first purse of the year His margin of victory was by a nose and it was a lucky win and brought about by Harveys su ¬ periority as a rider over the inexperienced Costello who had the mount on Mountain Rose II There was some surprise expressed that the stewards would permit Costello to ride Mountain Rosa II in view of the fact that the horse appeared an outstanding fa ¬ vorite and ruled at oddson before the posting of the riders Had Mountain Rcse II had the benefit of a good ride he would have Avon off by himself Costello was simply helpless when it came to giving the horse assistance and Pit barely managed to outstay him The heavy bettors because of Costellos presence in the saddle on Mountain Rose II made Topmast the favorite but that racer was thoroughly done after going a mile and a quarter Pit was the extreme outsider in the betting and the layers reaped a harvest from his victory victoryATJXT ATJXT JAXES GA3IEXESS GA3IEXESSThe The overthrow of favorites continued with regularity although the first choice backers had a good turn in the opener when William Daniels Aunt Jane just managed to outstay the fast going Lee Adrin in the twoyearold dash Aunt Jane showed the most speed and had to show rare gameness to stand the hard drive that McDermott subjected her to in the last eighth Following Aunt Jane am Lee Adrin came Duelma an outsider outsiderStone Stone Age was the stumbling block in Lady Roses way of winning the second race Lady Rose was the favorite and raced prominently from the start but could not quite overhaul Stone Age the latter winning by a head C A Reinhart followed in third place placeThe The threequarters sprint fourth on the card was the intended feature and it found St Allan a prohibitive favorite but the best he could do was land in second place Wolfs Cry leading him from the start and winning in game fashion Sunny Girl was threaten ¬ ing St Allan for second place at the end endCarrcencita Carrcencita held the call in the fifth but again was disappointment in store for the favorite backers for the finish found her in third place Little Ammie winning from the improved Zone dArmce dArmceTOM TOM McTAGGAUT FAILS FAILSThe The veteran Tom McTaggart was made the choice in the closing dash but Matinee Idol beat him home after a hard drive with Scourgeinan finishing third The claim ers here got in their inning with the result that two of the starters found new owners Tom McTaggart went to W D Bernhardts establishment at a cost of SluOO and Winne conne was taken by J J Lyons for 1700 1700Jockey Jockey Mein was absent from the saddle this afternoon on account of illness illnessHarvey Harvey Smarr and Quesada had to be late withdrawals due to injury and illness illnessSecretary Secretary J B Campbell announced today that entries to the 10000 Louisiana Derby are coming in rapidly The latest to bo nominated is Prince of Imbria Will Shield will nominate four of the KilmerHolland owned threeyearolds threeyearoldsTho Tho absence of the better jockeys from the saddle is creating a dearth of reliable riding material here Harvey carried off riding honors with a pair of victories this after ¬ noon noonIt It is forecast that the cold weather will continue for several days After the heat that has prevailed th3 change was welcome to many
