Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-07
TWO FAVORITES
WIN AT NEW ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS. March 7.-Favorite
players had poor day at the. Fair
Grounds yesterday. The track was fast
and the fields fairly classy but the pub
liz Only landed right in two races. The
exciting finishes, however, made the sport
good.
In the six-furlong handicap Johnny Fer
ris sent the winner TO the post in Prince
Ahmed, which was heavily played at to
). on account of wonderfully good race
a few days ago. Colloquy and Hyperion
II were also given big support Prince
Ahmed stepped the distance with Ill
pounds up in liz 1-J. Only five horse $
started. the outsiders being Blagg and
Polly Prim The latter made her first
start of the season and no one seemed
to have good line on her. Hence the
long price.
The start was good. Blagg getting off in
front. with Colloquy close behind. Blagg
moved along very easily with lengths
ADJ antage to the eighth pole. Here Prince
Ahmed came on the outside and soon had
command. He was hard ridden however,
for Colloquy stuck to her work gamely.
Hyperion came with a great burst of
speed. however, and passed the mare at
the sixteenth pole. forcing Notter to
drive Prince Ahmed 10 the limit. Polly
Prim ran fine race and was running
outsprinted the first part. She is on
edge now and will be hard to beat at a
mile
Betting Coup on Injury.
On the victory of Injury in the opening
race of the day J. w. Fuller, the Texas
horseman. made a betting coup of big
proportions. The colt was backed from
~ to | to 16 TO l and won in gallop.
This is the second time Mr. Fuller has
landed coup with this two-year-old.
On his first outing the colt was backed
from - to l to fifteens. and Mr.. Fuller
won more than $1,000 The Texan won
a similar amount yesterday. Mr.. Fuller
also bet in out-of-town poorooms. The
youngster got away we'll and made a
show of his field winning by two lengths
from the fast-closng The Slicker. Exotic
was third.
Al Mathews and Charley Ellison tried
to land a double coup. Bellwether won
for. them. but JavOtte lost through bad
luck. BELIEVE Their was easily the best of
his field and won galloping under a good
ride by Notter. In this event J. w. Muir
phy gave Ida May bad-looking ride
and he was suspended indefinitely for his
effort. The case will be probed to the
bottom and interesting scandal may de-
velop.
With Javotte Notter had all the hard
luck possible. He got the filly off badly
and was early caught in JAM At the
top of the stretch she was next to last
in the center of the bunch. but Notter
forced his way through with a belated
rush and got up in time to be third.
+. r. Shipp. free of all the interference
and humping. won all the way. Rustic.
which was cut off and knocked back sew
eral times, finished second, running over
the winner
Royal Onyx was surprise in the sixth
race. being held at ID to !. He won in a
hard drive from Merrick, after suffering
bad luck in the first part Merrick set
all the pace. but in drive the length
of the stretch Royal Onyx got past him.
Summaries.
20 TO l. Won. The Slicker. 100 tSwain). s to 1.
second; Exotic, LOB 'Brussell, 25 to l. third
Time o.ls 10 , Piaion' Lillian Bay, Cunning
Queen. Concise. Cuban Boy. Harry Percival, An
derson and Miss Hapsburg also ran.
Second race. six furongs -Beliwether. 10j
(Nottcr, 3 to !. won; Hanbridge. 1O4 Powers).
IL 10 ]. second: Orphan Lad. 1O7 (Huestis,. II
to l.. third. Time LII 30 Ida May. Prince
Third race. five and, one-half fnrlongs-E. T.
-. Lee. 20 TO /, second; Javotte. lo5 (Notter,.
10 10 !. third. Time. los 3-5. Arrow Swift,
Dandy Dancer: Risk. whisk Broom. Bitter Sir,
Feast and Ailekilns also ran
Fourth race. six furlongs-Prince Ahmed. Ill
tNotterJ, I3 to 10. won Hyperion ii. liz 81.
Lee,. to p second; Colloquy, 115 Qowers). )
TO /. third. Time. 1.13 15, Polly Prnn and
Bragg also ran.
Fifth race six ADMINISTRATIVE X. los
(Powers), TO l. won: Berimont. rs Henry. 8
10 /. second; Morales, 1906 tMinderl, to l.
third. Time. LIS rs. Rsppahannock. Alencon,
Ben Double. DC ORC. French Nun, Abe Goodng.
Lucy Ionng. Gracious, Fay. Akbar and la
Cache .iso ran.
Sixth race SIX furlonss-Royal Onyx. log
ff.cibertb. IL To l. won: Ncrrick. Ill t\OttPrl.
II 10 =. second: Miss Stromc. TOO q. Lee. Z
to /, third. Time, LA l5. Rebo, Emergency,