Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
MORALES BEATEN
BY POOR RIDING
Sir Toddington Defeats Fizer's
Crescent City Derby
Candidate.
Jockey Hennessy Lands Three
Wins and Jockey NiCol -
Two. IS -

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW ORLEANS, La, March 9-Morales,
the candidate of w. H. Fizer for the Cres-
cent City Derby, was beaten today in the
third event at City Park because of the
timid ride put up by Garner. Sir Todding-
ton, the favorite, was piloted home length
to the good by Hennessy. Sir Toddington.
away well, led the field of four until we'll
into the stretch. Garner. showed Morales
into second place after pulling him up half
q dozen times. Riders exchanged, Morales
would have beaten the favorite. He came
from last place at the head Of the stretch
and finished strongly. Spion outlasted Re-
fined after a hard drive.
st. Volma, always the favorite, led from
flag to wire in the Pickwick steeplechase
handicap, and at the finish was pulling up
fifteen lengths before ARABIC and Corrigan's
Creolin. the only others that kept their
legs. Estertoy raced out with st. Voima
to the first turn of the field. but made a
bad landing over the tenth jump and fell.
DIR. Keith unseated his rider at the twelfth
jump, and Uncle James fell at the same
bank.
Robert fuckers Embay, on the strength
of her fast trials, was made favorite in the
initial event, for maiden two-year-olds, but
she refused to break with her field. and
was practically left at the post. Nanny
Dink, quickest away. led until within q
hundred yards Of the finish, when Lutte Fos-
ter, an to / shot, caught her and passed
her in the closing strides. The saddle slip
ped on Slapbang and she ran away two
miles.
Jockey Nicol had two winning mounts. in
the second and last events. and his usual
good handling was responsible for victory
in both. The Thrall, second choice, let
Lockgoil make the running in the second
race until the top of the stretch was reach
ed; where Nicol moved up and wore the IA.
vorite down.
Hennessy seems to be returning to the
good form he showed earlier In the season.
He landed three winners today and placed
one horse.
Summaries.
FRS. three and one-hslf furionss selling
Rink us Il e Tim. Sesond sa'S SIss
bay, Poem La Samada and Caucus also ran.
s s5o r !ss0fs: aeF.
to 3, second; Heart Of ayseinfh; i20 O. gurto1I:
So % Montersy cardsn Triple Silver. Exalted
Mr.. Scott, Ambertack. Hocus Pocus. Fenan and
Third race. ans six furlOnss. pur.e-sr Toadlngtou
lis u Henne.sy. to won Morales les. ios Gar.
'sIs TIM: f., s!;s
se'so w sS Srsse i.s sGi Bose second;
Creoiin i4s q. Morrisonl, 40 /. third. Time.
s4s Ester Joy fell; Uncle James and DR.. Keith
Fifth race. mile and sixteenth. sellins--Donua,
to 1, second: Mary Morris. iOI !Garner,. 10 to 8.
third Time, LAT. Vesme, Foreigner, Oberon,
Noel. Grand Duchess, Kaiserhon and Evie Green
Sixth race I've furlongs-Gold Proof, ss G.owe,,
to 10, won Juggler. Ill (Hennessy), to /, Sec
ond; Rusk, i01 lloyd IL to !, third. Time.
0.68 l-5. Culture, Charlie Eastman, Fox Meade,
Mountebank and st. Bellane also ran.
Seventh race, mile and q sixteenth. sellng-King
Ellsworth, los lNico), 8 to 2, won; Cobmosa, lQ6
(Hogg). Z to l. second; Gladiator. los U.loydl, 20
to !, third. Time. i;z7. Quagga. Brazil, Field
Bitter Brown and esncerity Belle also ran.