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LOUISIANA DERBY TO AMOLE New OrleansOwned Colt Ridden by Crescent City Jockey Cap ¬ tures Most Valuable Race of the Winter Meeting Calcutta Second and Setting Sun Third NEW ORLEANS La March 17 It was fitting that a locallyowned horse ridden by a local boy should account for the main race of the meeting and this came about this afternoon at the Jefferson Park track when Amole owned by the Southland Stable the nom do course of F C Letellier beat home a band of the best threeyearolds that could be mustered here to start in the 10000 added Louisiana Derby in its initial running Amole was ridden by the local jockey J D Mooney Following the winner four lengths in his rear was Calcutta with Setting Sun follow ¬ ing and Shamrock the favorite fourth The winners share of the money amounted to 91SO Calcuttas part amounted to 1500 Setting Suns portion was 800 and by fin ¬ ishing in fourth place Shamrock received 200 200The The winner was in front for the entire race He displayed ability to race easily in the difficult going of the day and Mooney took no chances riding him into a long lead in the first quarter He was pursued stead ¬ ily first by Body Guard and Blue Nose which alternated in second place and later by Setting Sun with Raffles and Chiva mak ¬ ing ineffectual rushes in the first half mile Shamrock with an outer position and slowly in motion had a difficult task in front of him and was not equal to the occasion though he began picking up his tired op ¬ ponents in the last quarter On the stretch turn a quarter from the finish it was pa ¬ tent that Amole would be the victor He was going comfortably at this stage with a good margin intervening between him and Setting Sun The latter was showing signs of tir ¬ ing and was in danger of succumbing to the steadygoing Calcutta for second place The trio finally placed dominated in the stretch Amole finished with bold strides and Cal ¬ cutta made a game effort to overhaul Set ¬ ting Sun This he accomplished in the last sixteenth sixteenthALL ALL THE IIIDEIIS WARXEI WARXEIPrior Prior to the running of the race the stew ¬ ards warned the riders against rough riding or attempted interference to any of the starters They made it plain that offenders would suffer severely and that the officials were ready to carry their jurisdiction beyond this meeting to punish rough riding or any other infraction of the rules in the race It j had a salutary effect for the race was de ¬ void of any crowding or semblance of inter ference to any of the starters The beaten ones were not good enough and on their showing this afternoon a majority of the owners with starters in the race might just as well forget their disappointments disappointmentsAll All attendance records for Jefferson Park were broken this afternoon when an im ¬ mense crowd that included for the occasion visitors from Memphis Louisville points in Louisiana and Texas witnessed the conclu ¬ sion of the racing season here chiefly at ¬ tracted to view the decision of the Louisiana Derby The jam was so pronounced that it was difficult to make progress anywhere The betting ring was a seething jam con ¬ stantly during the afternoon and the forty six layers catering to the speculatively in ¬ clined were not given a rest and were worn out proceedingsThe at the close of betting proceedings The weather was perfect enough chill being in the air to make it invigorating Track conditions however favored pro ¬ nounced mud runners and militated against those footingWhile which race better over solid footing While the Jefferson Park spring meeting fell a bit short of the expectations of the management still it measured fairly well to the standard of the racing that had gone before Financially it was successful and the great crowd attending the Derby is an augury that Jefferson Park will in future feature several stake races at both its fall and spring meetings Announcement has al ¬ ready been made that there will be a renewal of the Louisiana Derby and that at least 10000 will be added to it by the association associationP P LAX M A XY 131 P KO V KM HXTS HXTSWith With a view to making a stronger bid for the better grade of horses next winter the Jefferson Park management has in contem ¬ plation extensive improvements They will particularly center their attention on the increase of stable facilities The proposed barns will be of the most modern style The track proper will also receive especial attention attentionFavorites Favorites began well when Anne won the opening dash from Lee Adrin and Blue Monday MondayThe The second found Sagamore installed an outstanding choice and he made good from The Peruvian with Golden Floss second choice landing third thirdMy My Reverie followed the success of the frst two choices when she cantered in before the others in the third race Saddle and Boots outstaying Hadrian with ease easeSir Sir Thomas Kean was the favored one in the fifth He failed in part because of Continued on twelfth page AMOLEWINSBIG DERBY Continued from lirst page Owens poor judgment in keeping him in the worst going Rama was the victor by a close margin over Canyon CanyonThe The final dash went to Escarpolette which outstayed Devonite and Ettahe The latter was the favorite favoriteJockey Jockey Thurber has signed a contract to ride for T W OBrien this year and will leave for Hot Springs shortly where he will take a long rest as he does not have to report for work until the Jamaica track opening openingEdward Edward Gray will be shipped to New York next month and rejoin the William Daniel stable on its return from Tijuana TijuanaJoseph Joseph McLennan and Herman Conkling who will officiate at the Maryland tracks this year will depart for the East Monday MondaySpecial Special cars had to be put on for the accommodation of the crowd that were bound for Hot Springs Ark where they will make a stay until the opening of the Maryland and New York racing sessions sessionsQuite Quite a number of horses will be shipped to Iluntington AV Va for the racing there thereShipments Shipments for Lexington will begin Mon ¬ day and will conclude about April 10 when the E R Bradley consignment departs
