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ORCUS WINS ANOTHER Takes Jefferson Parks Main Race in a Close Finish All the Favorites Beaten Jockey JockeyMooney Mooney Lands Two Races Tan Son Wins Easily NEW ORLEANS La March 2 C A Ap plegates Orcus continues in his winning ways and added another purse to his credit this afternoon at Jefferson Park when he got up in the last few strides to outstay Barracuda the favorite in the feature race a sprint of threequarters Orcus perform ¬ ance carried additional merit in the fact that he began slowly and suffered from some interference but his rider took advantage of the spread that came on the stretch turn and rushed him through the opening en ¬ abling him to save much ground He fin ¬ ished fast under good riding and outstayed Barracuda in the closing strides stridesAn An improved track contributed extensively toward better racing and several hard fought finishes created added interest in the results resultsIt It was disastrous for the favorite backers and those who were to take a sporting chance reaped a harvest as a result of the complete overthrow of the six choices Some of the winners had some support but not to an extent where any of the bookmakers were hurt Limit fields of the poorer grade competed in the three opening races at short distances and did not stimulate the big crowd to any degree of marked enthusiasm Long racing is more enjoyed even if good class is lacking among the starters starters1IHSSIE 1IHSSIE WRIGHT GRADUATES GRADUATESTwoyeirolds Twoyeirolds met at three and a half furlongs in the initial race and C T Worlh ington who has won a fair share of these purses with various members of his estab ¬ lishment including the crack colt Worth more added another bracket when his Bessie Wright graduated into the winning ranks by maintaining an early lead to the finish Ro ¬ man Girl the favorite raced well in ex ¬ tricating herself from an early mixup to land in second place Bessie Hope led the others in third place placeArchie Archie Alexander was given the call in the second race and may have been best but was inefficiently ridden Anticipate under a vigorous ride by J D Mooney landed in front of Futen and Jacobean outstayed Archie Alexander for third place placeMooney Mooney also piloted the winner of the third race when ho landed A N Akin in ad ¬ vance of Stamp Prince Welles the favor ¬ ite landed in third place placeHigh High Gear had the call in the fifth but here a surprise was furnished by the vic ¬ tory of Primo which led through the last mile Hello Pardner finishing second with Our Birthday in third place placeThe The concluding race found The Wit the favorite but the best he could do was to follow Tan Son home The latter was rushed into a tenlengths lead in the first mile and although tiring in the stretch had the others staggering to keep him in sight He won by eight lengths The Wit beat Moody by five lengths for second place placeThere There was nothing further announced in the A F Dayton investigation with regard to the inconsistent race run by War Zone Dayton claims that the horse struck himself in thi1 race which probably was responsible for his bad performance performanceSHEA SHEA TUESEXTS EVIDENCE EVIDENCEW W A Shea whose horses were barred at the Fair Grounds presented to the stewards an atlidavit today from B J Silverman of New York denying that he ever owned Bridesman Shea also produced affidavits signed by former employes tending to dis ¬ credit the source of information that prompted the Bridesman ruling The alleged poisoning of the filly Myrtle May which dropped dead at the Fair Grounds last year was also a bill of complaint in the affidavits It was alleged that the filly was overstimu lated and that Dave Vititoe former trainer of the Shea horses administered the drug without Sheas knowledge or consent The drug it is alleged was administered to the filly in a workout to determine her speed speedIn In compiling iiib condition book for the eleven days meeting at Mobile secretary Macfarlan has been instructed to incorporate a GOO handicap daily and its value will be increased to 5700 on Saturdays According to most recent advices the State of Ohio will be honeycombed with race tracks tracksAkron Akron is the latest to announce a sixteen days meeting beginning April 1C 1CJockey Jockey Earl Poo had his first mount this afternoon in several weeks being forced to absent himself from the saddle on account of illness illnessJockey Jockey Owens will ride Eulalia in the Louisiana Derby Clyde Phillips owner of the filly has announced his intention of starting her herLight Light Wine lias been bought privately by Larry Carey and he will ship her shortly to Lexington where she will be bred
