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SILVERDALE WINS AGAIN Old Son of The Porter Wins Third Winter Purse. Odds -On Choices Numerous During Day at Pair Grounds Wise Seller N Big Disappointment. 1 - NEW ORLEANS, La., March 2. Silver-dale, grand old son of The Porter Margaret Ogden, was a popular and impressive .winner of the Glenwood Purse, todays fea-ure at the Fair Grounds, under the colors of the local owner, Mrs. M. B. Price. Packing 117 pounds over the three-quarters in the fast time of 1:12, the six-year-old .victor decisively defeated the four that opposed him and the score was one of the most popular of the sunny afternoon. Sergt. Donaldson, which has been a good winner for M. F. Dollard, Jr., here, finished Second, a length and one-half in the wake of the speedy victor and five lengths before .the Peconic Stables Tombereau. Espinaca and Uncommon Gold completed the small field. Away fast, the winner and Tombereau rushed down the backstretch on almost even terms while Sergt. Donaldson, which left the starting stalls off stride, was busy reducing the gap that separated him from the leaders. On the turn Silverdale made short work of Tombereau and drawing into a good lead was safe from Sergt. Donaldsons sturdy charge through the stretch, where Tombereau tired, yet held third place from .the others. Silverdales success marked his third triumph in six starts during the meeting. He yvands ridden by James Burke. FAVORITES TO FORE. Odds-on choices were more successful than on any day during the winter here, arid the winning of Silverdale marked the .third at less than even money to make jgood. A good sized crowd attended. A Pelleteri, local owner whose color bearers have accounted for a generous share of the purse money here this winter, gained another purse when his Marlene was returned an easy winner over Miss N. Conlan, Drury and other three-year-olds in the first race. As the Pelleteri filly won unextended, poor handling of several of her opponents probably aided her. Landolt got the winner to the front at the Stretch turn, where she came around Tenny-.wood and, drawing into a good lead, she held safe Miss N. Conlan and Drury during fthe run to the finish. Lofty Heights, second ichoice to the odds-on winner, turned in a disappointing performance, and Analyst, which finished fourth, lacked characteristic late speed. Young Bill, ridden by J. Kellum, ,was practically eliminated when a stirrup strap snapped at the end of three-eighths, and at a time when the gelding was a strong factor. ROUGH RIDING AND CROWDING. In the second race, marked by much rough riding and crowding, Wise Seller, pdds-on choice, failed to account for any of .the honors, the winner turning up in the consistent Lady Couvin, which just managed to wear down Graphite. Golden Light finished the three-quarters in third place, and Prince Ascot headed the others in the field jof eleven. From a slow start, the favorite worked his .way into a contending position on the stretch turn, but after being cut off in the final quarter quit and the finish found him .well back. The winner got up with a rush in the last five-sixteenths and benefited extensively through the stumbling of Graphite jat the end of five furlongs and slamming around of Golden Light on the turn, where Paldomar also met interference. J. OMal-ley, who had the mount on the latter, suffered bruises about the left foot and leg in .the crowding. Battering Ram, one of the shortest priced favorites of the winter, decisively defeated the seven other maiden three-year-olds that raced with him at one mile and one-sixteenth in the third race, the running of which failed to develop much of a contest. Ricciardo, which encountered some adverse luck on the far turn, where he was pinched back, took second money, and Vestal Maid, a rank outsider, was third. After a half mile, the winner, ridden by J. Smith in the white and green colors of the E. R. Bradley stable, easily dre away from Master McGee, Must Hurry and Vestal Maid and into a safe lead and was not threatened by Ricciardo, which gained some Continued on thirteenth page.. 1 SILVERDALE WINS AGAIN CoiffJtued from first page. ground in the last quarter and defeated Vestal Maid by two lengths for second. With Smear, which was hammered down to odds-on in the betting, failing to prove a strong contender, the Shandon Farms Grand Prince and P. H. Kricks Gettin Even fought it out in interesting fashion in the three-quarters fourth race, and with Grand Prince, ridden by J. Hernandez, the winner. My Sweets took the minor award from Outer Harbor. Grand Prince had the Shandon colors in front from the start and, maintaining his speed in determined fashion, outstayed the .fast-finishing Gettin Even, which gained swiftly in the last quarter by a neck. Two and one-half lengths back My Sweets and Outer Harbor fought it out in equally thrilling fashion when the latter just failed to wear down the latter.
