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IUCKY DAN IS VICTOR Defeats Frumper by Neck in Feature at Fair Grounds. prince Pest Runs Disappointing Race and Is Out of Money Finishes Exciting. NEW ORLEANS, La., March 16. Although the program presented was one of the most ordinary during the entire meeting, the racing under excellent conditions at the pair Grounds today featured an unusually large number of thrilling finishes. Several of the winners enjoyed only head margins in accounting for their respective engagements and in several instances the runners-.iip were closely pressed. As a feature the mile and one-sixteenth Sea Train Purse brought seven of the second flight older racers together and it resulted in a victory for Mrs. Albert Luzaders Lucky Dan, ridden by Gilbert Elston. The five-year-old winner defeated R. H. News Frumper, ridden by H. Thomas, by a neck, and four lengths away R. C. Thatchers Reverberate outfinished Gettin Even for third award. Rated off the early pace, which was cut ? ut by Frumper and strongly forced by Get-in Even, the winner reached the stretch .with much in reserve and it was to Frump-ers credit that he succeeded in giving the .victor just about all he could accomplish to wear him down. As Gettin Even fell back entering the last eighth, the winner moved ,up and only after a brisk tussle with Frumper, dropped his head in front. DISAPPOINTING. A somewhat disappointing performance 4was turned in by Prince Pest, second choice to the winner. He wasfar out of the real contest from start to finish. Despite lack of attraction, the attendance held up. Only the feature failed to engage the maximum number of starters, the ninety-one horses under colors setting a seasons mark. Closing with a rush and getting up in the final strides, Sweep Past defeated Tat by a head for the major part of the purse in the opening race. Finger Tips finished third and Delma Dunn fourth. Tat ruled a Slight favorite over Finger Tips, and the winner, ridden by R. G. Cooper, found a good volume of backing. Both the winner and Tat came through .with improved speed after reaching the late stages, and while the latter was first of the two to attain the lead he was unable to withstand the winner, giving way within a stride of the finish. Though weakening after showing the way to the stretch, Finger Tips outstayed Delma Dunn, as Mavro and Paldomar, both prominent in the early racing, also dropped back in the stretch run. Red Shadow, Itso and Generola left the Starting stalls poorly. MAKE BELIEVE SCORES. Make Believe, favorite, came from far back in the last three-eighths to account for the second race, at one mile and an eighth, and by a head over Dr. Bill, a field horse. They drove to the finish four lengths in front of Yarrow, which saved the minor award from Perfect Play and eight others. Lacking sufficient speed to keep up during the run to the first turn, the winner was shuffled back while Dr. Billy ran along in close pursuit of the leaders. After reaching the second turn, where H. R. Riley made jiis move with Dr. Billy, the winner found his stride and, coming with a rush, overtook Dr. Billy after the latter had drawn away from Yarrow and Trudgeon into a clear lead. The latter quit badly after three-quarters. Frank Burley, who, on orders of the stewards, substituted for A. Richard, rode C. D. Ponamskys Miss Careful to victory over Harold Jr., Almadele and nine other two-year-olds brought together under claiming conditions at three-eighths in the third race. Forced to race wide at the elbow, the winner was slightly outrun by Harold Jr., Almadele and Chantesuta for three-sixteenths, but when straightened away in the Jate stages, moved up fast and got up to win by a length over Harold Jr. Before clearing Almadele, the winner slightly impeded the Continued on twenty-second page. LUCKY DANJS VICTOR .Continued from first page. : latter filly in an unavoidable way and the interference probably prevented Almadele from finishing closer to Harold Jr., which led her to the wire by two and one-half lengths. Miss Careful was a pronounced favorite and the victory marked her fourth in seven starts. 1 In an exciting finish the King Bruce 1 Stables Quter Harbor took the three-quar- ters fourth race. J. Hernandez had him up ! in the final stride and he earned the deci- sion by a short head over My Hobby, which 1 in turn, nosed out Durva. The winner and ; My Hobby were formidable factors at every ; stage, while Durva, after being outrun to 1 the stretch, closed with a rush and in a few strides would have headed both My Hobby and the winner. J While holding a small early advantage, j Dollar Princess lacked room on the inside, and L. Whitacre, her rider, had his left foot bruised in brushing the rail. 1 The purse race for two-year-olds on Sat- urdays program will be named for Joseph ! Leiters Prince DAmour, winner of the Louisiana Juvenile Stakes at the Fair Grounds two years ago and holder of the 1 track record of :31 for three-eighths. Mrs. Loiter will present the owner of the winner of the race with a trophy. ! The three-year-old Proviso fractured a ! foreleg when he slipped while running in a 1 paddock at the farm of George Chancellor ! in Kentucky and was destroyed. He was ; owned by John Marsch, who gave ,100 for him as a yearling. Ho was by Polymelian 1 La Grande Armce, by Verdun.
