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FOURTH FOR HOOPS i Knebelkamp and Morris Colt Wins Easily at Fair Grounds. Pick Morris Defeated by Chimney Sweep After Long Winning Streak Ideal Weather. - NEW ORLEANS, La., Mar. 1. Hoops, with .which C. H. Knebelkamp and Richard Mor-yis hope to win the coming Louisiana Derby, faced to his fourth victory in as many consecutive starts when he easily defeated a small band of three-year-olds over one mile and a sixteenth in the Sheridan Clarke Purse. This was the feature on todays program at the Fair Grounds, and, while unnatural support for C. V. Whitneys JHabanero, which lost second place by a neck ,to S. W. Labrots Open Hearth, sent him to the post favorite, the result was one of the most popular of the day. The victorious unsexed son of Midway and Sentimental was not permitted to fully extend himself and but for the restraint Charles Landolt, his rider, maintained after he had disposed of Open Hearth for the lead entering the final three-sixteenths might have won by many lengths from the Labrot "colt. As it was Landolt directed him to the finish only a length in the van of Open Hearth, which set the early pace and held bn stubbornly after being headed to retain second from the fast-finishing Habanero. Sandwrack and Quando, which completed the quintet of three-year-olds, were outmatched by the more successful trio and struggled to the finish far back of the leaders. ATTENDANCE SMALL. Although ideal weather prevailed, only a -small crowd witnessed the racing over a fast track. A majority of the races resulted in interesting contests and betting .choices more than held their own. A. Pelleteris Dollar Princess proved .Vastly best among ten maiden fillies and mares at three-quarters of a mile in the ppening race. Panshala, favorite, was second and Real Pardner, also strongly backed, third. The winner, ridden by C. Landolt, showed the way throughout and after drawing into a long lead at the turn literally toyed with Jisr rivals thereafter, wininng by three lengths. Panshala, the runner-up after a quarter, held a like margin over Real Pardner at the close. After winning eight consecutive engagements, Knebelkamp and Morris Dick Morris Vent down to defeat when C. V. Whitneys jChimney Sweep, favorite, decisively trounced him over three-quarters in the fourth race, or Metairie Ridge Purse. Dick Morris, rid-den by C. Landolt, who had won thirteen straight races astride the unsexed son of Midway and Mammon, saved second from Broad Meadows and three others. BREAKS WINNING STREAK. The Dick Morris-Landolt combination started out encouragingly for their backers when the four-year-old went out to set the jpace, but G. Elston had the winner under strong restraint and when called upon approaching the final furlong, whirled past the early leador and on to victory by two and a half lengths. At the finish Dick Morris held second by two lengths, Broad Meadows tiring badly after going five-eighths and Black Tyrone, which chased after Dick Morris under strong pressure for the first three-eighths, readily gave way to the victor on the stretch turn. Fortuna Mia accounted for her first purse of the winter when she defeated a band of three-year-olds brought under the ,000 scale and over three-quarters in the second race. Gloria Sharpe, favorite and making her first start of the current season, turned in a most disappointing effort in which she failed to prove a contender, at any stage. Second money went to Newburger and third to Bag o Roses. After being taken back and raced wide on the turn, the winner finished with a rush when straightened out on the extreme outside in the stretch and drawing away from Newburger and the others rapidly in the final stages, won by two and one-half lengths. The winner ran the distance in 1:15, which under prevailing conditions, marked the most unimpressive effort of the meeting. Sir Michael, son of Cudgel and Miss Ho-jgan, and bred by Joseph Cattarinich at his Vercheres Farm in Canada, carried that owners colors to a popular victory over Continued on twenty-second page.. t i FOURTH FOR HOOPS Continued from first page. Old Judge, Sym Jack and nine olher maiden two-year-old colts and geldings in the third race. The distance, as in all races for youngsters run here this season, was three-eighths and the shifty winner, under an alert and hustling ride by W. Garner, showed the way throughout. Old Judge was the runner-up at every stage and Sym Jack ran along in the van of the others from the barriers rise to the finish. After an eighth, the winner enjoyed a safe lead over Old Judge and was not punished to defeat the Peconic Stable colt by a length and one-quarter. Shortly after the start, Passing Time and Eisenberg were jostled back and almost safely eliminated.
