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QUALIFIES FOR DERBY " Bertjohn Shows Excellent Speed in , Fair Grounds Feature. Burgoo Accounts for Second Straight Purse for Mrs. A. Manale Weather Affects Attendance. , NEW ORLEANS, La., March 8. Bert- John, E. R. Bradleys chief colorbearer for "the Louisiana Derby, to be run on the . closing day of the meeting, turned in an- ; other impressive qualifying effort for that 0,000 added feature of the current Louisiana Jockey Clubs, meeting when he easily accounted for the Golden Meadow Purse, . principal race on todays program at the , -Fair Grounds. Meeting five others of the three-year-olds, the son of Broadway Jones won as his rider, J. Smith, pleased, with ! S. W. Labrots Open Hearth second and W. ; -Diebolds Walter D. third. Battering Ram, , stable companion of the winner, was among the three others and saved fourth money. The highly regarded Walter D. enjoyed . an extended stay in the lead into "which he was sent by J. McCoy immediately after i the start but failed badly when the real : test developed, and the finish found him five "lengths back of Open Hearth and only a length in front of the fast linishing Battering Ram, which had raced far back in the small field to the stretch turn. WINNER SAVES GROUND. Walter D. sped along in the early lead but the winner saved much ground and, upon ; reaching second place at the turn out of -the back stretch, had to be taken back in working his way to the outside of the leader. Approaching the abbreviated stretch, Bertjohn demonstrated his superiority when he moved up to Walter D. without the aid of strong urging and was showing the way by a clear margin before the last eighth was reached. In the final furlong, Walter D. tired -badly, while Open Hearth held to his task in game fashion and came on to take second decisively as Bertjohn held him safe while finishing under light restraint. On Sir quit "after showng fair speed to the last quarter, and Adsum was outclassed. Bertjohn ran the distance over a fast track in 1:40 and his triumph was witnessed by only a small crowd, raw cloudy weather keeping many devotees away from the course. Burgoo accounted for his second purse in as many starts under the colors of Mrs. A. Manale, local enthusiast, when he nosed out the neglected Honeyman in the fourth race, for which Fiddler, which finished fourth, ruled a pronounced choice. Third went to Black Tyrone. IMPEDES BLACK TYRONE. After Black Tyrone and Honeyman had led the way to the stretch, the winner came past them slowly in the drive, but upon heading Honeyman for the lead, tired, forcing Honeyman to slightly alter his course .when he bore over on him within a few strides of the finish. Black Tyrone, tiring at the time, also suffered slightly when the leaders came over. Reserved .for a charge at the leaders in the stretch, Fiddler failed to come through as his backers anticipated and Black Tyrone outstayed him by a neck. With many bad actors among the eleven that went to the post the field of maidens that met at three-quarters in the opening race got away in a bad tangle and with Panshala, favorite, almost hopelessly left. Kenny Boy, racing for Mrs. H. Johnson, was returned the winner, with T. P. Martin directing him to the finish well in the van of Prince Rock, which outstayed King Commander by a short length. Prince Rock was the leader until the winner came through on the inside entering the last three-sixteenths and King Commander was a strong factor throughout. Miss Unruly always was fourth and was closely pressing King Commander in the late stages. Lucky Pal, favorite and ridden by J. McCoy, made every post a winning one over .Trudgeon, Bottled Bourbon and nine others in the second race, at one and one-eighth miles. McCoy was forced to put the winner to a hard drive in the late stages when he tired and he only succeeded in outstaying Trudgeon by a neck. Bottled Bourbon was a length and one-half back and Big Gun took down fourth money. Black Fool, second choice, was unable to perform in a manner commensurate with the strong support he received. Continued on txoenty-second page.. QUALIFIES FOR DERBY Continued from first page. Another betting choice triumphed when O. Viaus Ellen D. proved best among twelve three-year-olds over the three-quarters distance in the third. Overcoming a loss of ground on the stretch turn, where Judan, which set the early pace, went wide, the winner came away from Golden Light in the run home to win by two lengths. Golden Light saved second from the fast-finishing Princess Nancy by a length. After following to the turn Lazy Mary gradually improved her position until she was fourth to reach the wire. The winner was ridden by G. Elston.
