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CENTIMETER TRIUMPHS r Defeats Moonraker by Close Margin, With Tuscola Third. , y Sympathy an Easy Winner Sizzle, Best and Lucky, Another to Score. of NEW ORLEANS, La.. March 7. The locally owned Centimeter, which has won with regularity since his transfer to the T. H. Bernhardt Stable, again figured in a P winning performance when he accounted for P the five and a half furlong handicap of ,000 that headed Jefferson Parks Friday c program and beat home the Gresntree Stables Moonraker, with Tuscola landing in g third place. Moonraker was the favored one and might have been the best, but Corcoran gave him what appeared an overconfident ride, in ad- j dition to having him go wide. c Parke, on the other hand, was always alert 1 with Centimeter. He got him away fast and f hustled him into the lead promptly, in addi- a tion to keeping him close to the inner rail for the entire way. He held on well in the ! final drive and beat Moonraker by a short c half-length. Tuscola was third, many lengths i back, with the others a good distance further t back, but closely grouped. There was some in the crowd that ex- ; pected the stewards to haul Parke before them and possibly disqualify Centimeter te- i cause of the interference that Tuscola had suffered in the first quarter when .she attempted . to head Centimeter, but failed getting through. To the close observers, it ap-peared that Martin had attempted to come through an impossible space and realizing he would fail, coupled with his natural timid- t ity, he took back sharply, giving the " ; semblance that he had been forced back by j Parke. . MARTINS ATTEMPT FAILS. The patrol judges report on the incident t corroborated close observers for he stated j that Martin had tried to go through an 1 opening affording no opportunity to do so 0 and that Parke had kept his mount a straight course at all times and not caused j : the interference to Tuscola. Fine weather again prevailed here and it t served to bring out a fairly good attendance. , " Uettinff activities, however, were considerably " curtailed, the big fields in most of the dashes being primarily responsible for this. , There was another drop in the number of layers operating, only 31 quoting prices. The mile purse brought to the post some fairly good ones with Sympathy a pronounced choice and extensively backed. She had little 0 difficulty winning after having led for the e entire way. Miss Fortune, favored by light t weight, succeeded in landing in second place e ahead of Llewellyn. The latter began slowly and at one stage was completely out of it, but he came with a rush in the stretch to q land in third place. Blue Nose had extensive 0 hacking in the race and would have figured j seriously, but Carroll had him all over the e track and killed off any chance he might have had. MY DEAR LUCKY. Fourteen two-year-old fillies inaugurated d the racing, and it resulted in victory for r Mary Dear, carrying E. C. Walkers colors. s. She was lucky to win, for Channel was probably - the best and her failure was due to o the bad ride she got from Marinelli. Little lc .limmy beat her home "by a small margin n for second place. W. J. Salmon had the ie additional bad luck to have her claimed out it of the race. A band of ordinary three-year-olds made up the field in the second race and Sizzle proved best and had all the luck, for she came away in the stretch to win well under lestraint from Peggy O. and Great Northern. The latter pair were far out of it beginning the stretch racing and closed an immense gap. Omnipotent proved best of the fourteen ethers that started in the mile dash, third on the card, and won from Servitor, with the latter just up in time to beat out the 100 to 1 chance Mr. Beck. Omnipotent was one of the lucky few that failed to suffer interference in the race, her early speed giving her a place of prominence from the start. Bendita was made favorite in the closing dash, but she was a dismal failure, the purse going to Dumbfounder, which had to overcome much interference until reaching the stretch, where he saved ground and moved steadily into the lead to win from the suddenly improved Repeater, with Water Girl following. Major Jones of the TJ. S. Army Remount Service was an arrival Friday.
