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LUCK WITH SPRINGSTEEL Interference Costs A. B. Letellierss Sazerac New Orleans Purse. Bar Hunter Scores Thrilling Victory Over Prince Atheling1 in the Carnival Purse. NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 4. A combination of good and bad racing luck, in which the good vastly outmeasured the adverse, together with a tip-top performance, brought S. W. Labrots Springsteel through to a victory over A. B. Letelliers Sazerac, P. C. Thompsons Crystal Prince and three other three-year-olds in the Bayou Toche Purse, one of two features on todays program at the Fair Grounds. Flying Don, Texas Knight and Battering Ram were the only contestants and the formers pronounced swerving on the stretch turn, where he bore far out in the track, forcing Sazerac to go with him, was a good break for the victor. At this point the winner, cleverly ridden when in close quarters in the early stages, rushed through next to the rail and, drawing away into a lead of a length over Flying Don before the last eighth was reached, withstood the belated rally of Sazerac, which finished fastest of all when returned to his best strjde in the last three-sixteenths. As Flying Don carried him out Sazerac was taken in hand by C. Meyer as a precaution against his bolting and the winner was nicely on his way to victory when Sazerac got going again in the late stages. FLYING DON TIRES BADLY. Crystal Prince also saved ground on the stretch turn, and it aided him in making his defeat of Flying Don for third place decisive. After making the wide sweep on the turn, Flying Don, which showed the way until the winner raced to the fore, continued speedily to the last eighth, where he tired badly. After following Flying Don and Sazerac out, Texas Knight failed to rally and did not figure prominently in the stretch drive. The engagement marked the winners fourth and the triumph was his first here this season. He was ridden by Gordon Arnold and carried top weight of 115 pounds. Although only good for the early contests, the track was fast when the three-year-olds met. Light rains during the morning were responsible for the slightly cuppy condition of the track when the program opened, but excellent drying weather quickly brought it into fast condition. In the Carnival Purse, the companion feature, E. R. Bradleys Bar Hunter captured the honors in a thrilling finish by a head over Prince Atheling, with Who Win third and the four others well strung out. Prince Atheling, favorite, and the fifth choice in as many races to suffer defeat, gave the Bradley colt the sternest sort of an argument and, after losing the lead to the victor entering the final eighth, held to his task in such resolute fashion that he just failed to re-head the winner when the latter tired in the final strides. Who Win gained some ground in the final quarter, where Engle-wood held on well, and the others, Chene, King Cherokee and Quatre Bras II., quit after meeting slight interference. ODDS-ON CHOICE FAILS. Graphite, odds-on choice, failed to account for any of the honors in the opening race which brought together eleven maiden three-year-olds, over one mile and a sixteenth and which resulted in a victory for Array." After a hard contest in which she was forced to the fullest, the winner got home with a length and a half over Bad News, and Beggar Lady was only a head farther back. The winner, Bad News and Beggar Lady were strong factors from the start, and when Graphite failed to retain the lead after setting the pace for three-quarters, came on gamely to take the honors. The winner, daughter of Dress Parade and Mistress Pat,: raced for Sheffer and Jones, and was ridden by T. P. Martin. Open Hearth, the S. W. Labrot starter,-was returned victorious over Elkhart, Lofty Heights and nine other three-year-olds in the second race, over three-quarters. Under a strong ride by J. Neel, the victor bested Elkhart and Adrian, which was fourth, in a bristling drive and Lofty Heights, finishing with a rush, just failed to wear dow;n Elkhart for second. After leading the large field for five-eighths, Adrian failed to withstand the more successful trio in the drive. Before the start he indulged in a shori Continued on thirteenth pageJM LUCK WITH SPRINGSTEEL .Continued from first page. runaway, in which he cantered three-sixteenths. Forced back before going a quarter, Jack B., the favorite, remained far back, thereafter. Broad, Axe scored his first victory of the winter when he outstayed Sporting Blues and others in the third race, which brought together twelve cheap platers. Again the favorite failed to share in the purse money when Squeeze Play was bowled over by the leaders and also outfinished by Tea Green for fourth. After losing much ground on the first turn, where he bore out, forcing the victor to go with him, Squeeze Play worked his way into the lead and, after leading into the stretch by a good margin, slowly gave way to his conquerors. In the sixth race, over one mile and a sixteenth, F. A. Wehles Journeys End was the winner, and like four of the previous five winners, triumphed in a driving finish. In this the suddenly improved Come On brought out the winners best and only failed by a head in his strong attempt to account for his first purse of the winter. Third fell to Delmonico, and What Have, You, favorite, was completely shut out of the purse money when Morsnuff accounted for the fourth part of the purse.
