Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-22
WEIGHT IS too MUCH
FOR SPEEDY MEEl|CK
AngeIus Captures the $4,000
City Park Derby in Record
Time for the Track.
Special Dispstch 10 The Star.

| Special Dlspatch 10 l ne
NEW ORLEANS, La. March 2l.-cAnge-
lus. coupled with Chapultepec as Ule Bur-
lew & ONeill entry. and made second
choice in the betting at IL to 5. today
captured the $1,000 City Park Derby at a
mile and q quarter. with his stable COM
panlon, Chapultepec. second. ana Meeltch,
Inc heavily played odds-cn fsvor:e, third.
P.nko.a finished bad fourth. This was
| dentically the same field that conteslei
for the Crescent City Derby at The Ar
Grounds last Saturday, When Meeiick
neXed the classic in impressive fashion.
Ii was because OF this victory that tao
great colt OF Sam Iiildreth went TO the
post today me admired of thousands OF
| spectators, who almos- 10 a unit backed
him.
| Early in the day the future books oper-
ating on the race showed Meeick a Iop-
| heavy favorIte at :, 10 y, While = 10 az
Deins taken ~ ths admirers Oh the Bur
lew & ONeilI entry. while Pinkona. ine
rank outsider, was being quoted at as
good as 10 To i. "A tre-..cnLous pay de-
veiOped from Inc stable connections
the son OF Pink coaJ-ts yola, and whicu
mad the effect of forcing me price agalnsl
! the Elzer candidate Lack until 10 /
the best optainabie. Contrary To expec-
taions. the big money supposed 10 be iii
readiness 10 Jack jdeelck diu not make
its appearance un,li almost post IIfne.
when IL came in chunks. Meelick at post
time was Quoted at ! To q.
! Fred COOK is credited with making the
| largest individual wager on the Derby
S3OU-at even money-tf1at Angelus would
beat P,nkola. r(-s get was mace with a
| brother layer.
The crush ard. lam OF the crowd was
Just as great as, that experienced at The
Fair Grounds. Nineteen thousand passed
Through the lurlistiics, which established
| q new record for attendance.
Chapultepec Takes Lead.
Chapultepec took the lead shortly after
the start and sci ach sizzling pace that
Meelick, with his 1T pounds. could not
keep up to him. Rounding the first turn
1t was seen that Dugan was launching the
Hildreth colt. but could never get close
enough to Chapultepec to bother him. In
the meantime Angeius was In a nice posi-
ton In tnlru place ind we'll in nand, while
P1n-.ola, although close up, was seen TO be
hopeless.y Dea-en. That was me order
down the back stretch and around the
last turn, and almost into the stretch.
Chapultepec passed l. up to his stable
| companion when well Strengthened out for
the run nome. and Angeius came away in
gallant style ana won, iu.l OF running, by
FOUR lengths.
| lne race was. fast Throughout, and
the mile and one-auarter faster than any
| that has ever Deen run in New Orleans.
| The time, 2.U4 So, set new mark.
Killing Misses Fire.
One OF the biggest killings of the meet
ing missed fire by the narrow margin Of
neck when Intervene, the second choice
in the betting, beat out Niger Baby in
| the first event on the card. Brougham
the well backed favorite, was third. In
| the opening Of the betting some layers
| laid as high as so to / against Niger
Baby, but the wise money made it's ap-
pearance in such quantities That 10 to l
was the average opening price Or with
| the first division, Niger Baby showed the
way right to the finaf furlong. where he
weakened, being passed out in HARD
| drive by Intervene, capably handled by
Minder. Brougham. knocked to his knees
shortly after the start, closed with SEN
sational stretch run 10 be fast-going
! third.
| The steeplechase, the added attraction
| on the card, developed into a sparkling
contest, with the winner being returned
In DR.. Logan. heavily backed by the cor
rect connections. Gold Circle was second.
with Derio third. Impertinence, which
| had schooled exceptionally WELL was
| heavily backed by the paddock sharps.
while the knowing ones" sent in the
checks on DR.. Logan. The latter dis
played sudden return to life by assunl-
ing command when his rider elected TO
win with plenty to spare In gruclinS
| drive, Colo Circle gained the place by
! scant head from DarIo.
Hasty Agnes, with Notter In the saddle,
| was a ;-to-5 favorite in the third race but
she could never live up to the pace AMI
ucI ONHeE got no part Oh Tile purse.
Cooney K. was the winner by half
| length. with 10 to l against him. Celas
Hyperion III raced in front OF Grimaldi
until we'll into the stretch, but had moth
| ing left when the winner came along and
challenged him. GrimaIdi was rather an
! easy third.
Blue Lee. Capt Capos' colt took down
the NTH race In romp. Phil Finch.
another outsider, was second, while Royal
Ben was third. Cocksure, the favorlte
and good thing of the race. was never In
the hunt.
First race, four and half furlonss- intervene.
los "a. Minderp. II to o. won; Niger Baby los
sSottefS; 5 T. 2. third; Time. ga =. iIitis
Logan, 15l Csobeil, to >. won: Gold Circle.
Heard; n,as.er inpsrtnencr Filler. Bank Ho i:
Third race. six furlongs; bandicap-Cooney h.
lOl "a. Martini. to j. won: Hyperion Ii, 1o5
Is to i. third Tine ii5. Hast, 70 Asaes s'' Al
Muller and Faust also ran.
Won Shapuitepes: i2s tMcDanieS: ii to D. SEC
Time, s soi IS. Pinkoia also ran " 'n''u'
Fifth race. seven furlongsaBlus Lee, 90
sf indss'. Is to l. second: loyal BEN. ioi e.
Henry. 3 to i. third; Time; Us. Bucket Brl-
Bdues IlHSt1Cker, NocASuTc. Laoks DcItulouI, VI
perine, Hickey, Field Marshal Listerine, Brown
Thistle and Caper also ran
sixth race, seven furlOngs-Merrick. 10 (Not-
teri, 8 to 8, won; Financier. 95 tE. Dugan,. to
1, second; Royal Onyx 104 Qeioertl, to l.
third. Time. LIT 10. Posing Miss Delaney, DIR.
McCluer and La Souer also ran.
Seventh race. mile and three-sixteenths-Jack
Witt. LOG T Henry, to g. won; HOoray, 1G2
Is. Flynn to 1, second; Donna, ITO u. Sum
teri. to l, third. Time. 1.59 2-5. Doubt,
DOcile, Adess0. Prytania and Betsy Binford also
ran.