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LOUISIANA DERBY TODAYS BIG RACING ATTRACTION Twelve Entries for 0,000 Added Fair Grounds Closing Feature Best Three-Year-Olds of Current New Orleans Season to Vie for Honors in Popular-Fixture Bertjohn Probable Favorite NEW ORLEANS, La., March 18. Ten of .the best three-year-olds campaigned here this winter and two others of inferior quality were named today for the 0,000 added Louisiana Derby, most valuable and important stake of the winter here and holding the position of honor on the program, which will r The field for the Louisiana Derby with post positions, weights,- riders, owners and trainers follows: ,j PP. Horse. Wt. Rider. 1 Bertjohn 116 J. Smith 2 Adsum 116 3 Lucky Tom. . . 120. . . . A. Pascuma 4 Renaissance ..120..... F. Cundall 5 Pess Camelia. 115. .-. . . .E. James 6 Springsteel ...118 R. Finnerty 7 Open Hearth. .116 J. Burke 8 Crystal Prince 116 G.Arnold 9 Sazerac .......116 G. Elston 10 Pce Hotspur. .116. ..A. Anderson 11 Lampoon 116 J. Sylvester 12 Hoops 116 J. McCoy i. 4 and P. C. Thompsons Crystal Prince. With value of 3,300, of which all but ,500 will the dependable and successfully raced son of f f? terminate the Fair Grounds meeting and 1931-32 local season tomorrow. Believed to be hopelessly outclassed, Lampoon and Adsum, the two unfashionable entries, are not expected to start, and the ten others are generally believed to be so well matched that the race over a mile and one-eighth may develop the most spectacular contest in the record of the fixture, which prior to this year was run over the Jefferson Park track. Leaders in their division and the cream of the forty-six nominated for the race, which, barring a change of weather, will be decided under ideal conditions, are: J. J. Robinsons Lucky Tom and Renaissance, Col. E. R. Bradleys Bertjohn, A. B. Letelliers Sazerac, Joseph Letters Prince Hotspur and Princess Camelia, S. W. Labrots Springsteel- and Open Hearth, Knebelkamp and Morris Hoops, ten starters, the stake will have a gross go to the owner of the winner. Bertjohn, Broadway Jones and Bulldoze, is expected to rule favorite over the J. J. Robinson combination, Leiter entry and Sazerac. Others will have to be satisfied with the lighter support of much smaller followings. In all his performances with the best this winter, the Bradley colt has displayed a liking for a route and this tendency to "go on" has won for him a tremendous following. If he succeeds in this major engagement, he will bring to his owner the third victory in the eleven runnings of the race. Bagenbaggage and Boo carried the Bradley white and green colors to victory in 1926 and 1927, respectively. Recent defeats sustained by Sazerac, Lucky Tom and Renaissance cost them some admirers, while Prince Hotspurs triumph over Renaissance, Sazerac and others in the Post Parade Purse a few days ago brought him into wider popularity. Previous to his downfall in the Post Parade Purse, Sazerac triumphed in three consecutive engagements and at the weights tomorrow should improve upon his unsuccessful performance in the mentioned race, the final pre-Derby test for the Letellier colt and others. Sazeracs victories included the Derby Trial Handicap three weeks back. Renaissances effort in the Post Parade was a good one, but he and his stable companion, Lucky Tom, lost so many admirers through their complete fall down in the Continued on txoenty-second page. LOUISIANA DERBY IS TODAY .Continued from first page. Florida Derby at Hialeah Park several weeks ago that support for them tomorrow should not endanger Bertjohns coveted station as favorite. Lucky Tom triumphed in the new Jefferson Derby at Jefferson Park in January, and Renaissance accounted for the Rex Handicap, one of the less important . stakes for three-year-olds renewed at Fair Grounds some weeks back. Top weight of 120 pounds each tomorrow puts the Robinson colts up against the stiff-est assignment of the winter. Excepting only Princess Camelia, which has her sex allowance of five pounds, Lucky Tom and Renaissance will give weight to all of their rivals. Springsteel carries 118 pounds and the others 116 pounds each. Final "prepping" of the Derby hopefuls featured the training over a fast track at the Fair Grounds today. Trainer H. C. Riddle breezed Lucky Tom, which has not been under colors since the Florida Derby, a mile in 1:45. He was under "double wraps" throughout and went the half mile in :51 and three-quarters in 1:17. Springsteel breezed three-quarters in 1:17, Renaissance a half mile in :49, and Prince Hotspur and Princess Camelia a half mile in company in :48, handily. Bertjohn went three-eighths in :36, and Hoops a like distance in :39, the former hard held throughout and the latter restrained to a breeze. If the lightly regarded Hoops should triumph in tomorrows renewal it would mark the second success in consecutive runnings for the colors of Knebelkamp and Morris, whose Spanish Play defeated Joseph Leiters Prince D Amour by a nose in the 1931 running. Under pleasant weather, the Derby and closing program should attract the largest crowd of the meeting to the Louisiana Jockey Club course. Other attractive races include the Hotel Monteleone Purse and the Maison Blanche Trophy.
