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CRESCENT CIIY PBOSPECI8. The New Orleans Picayune of November 20, has thiB to say of the forthcoming meeting there : "When tho Crescent City Jockey Club broke away from the old stereotyped guaranteed value evonte it was pointed out by people who Had the success of the winter meetings in New Orleans at heart, that racing here would take a decided boom. How true theBe predictions were can easily be realized when one glances over the number of entries that have been made in the different etakeB this fall. The twenty-one events which have been opened show an average of sixty-five entries to each, It is not only the quantity, bnt the quality of the nominations that is pleasing. Entered in the different events are some of the best horses in the weBt and also a nnmber of good ones from the east. Never before since the present management has had charge of the Fair Grounds, have such a namber of really high-class animals been sent here to participate in the winter meeting. With the improvement in the claes of the thoroughbreds j will also come a more-prosperous lot of owners. In years gone by the New Orleans meeting j j was not seriously considered by the better class of owners. Racing here was viewed from the point of being only a good place to lay off and winter until the meetings up the line opened up. The purses wore small and their value did not warrant good animals being shipped here. j j "The policy of Mr. Bush and his associates from now on will be a liberal one. It is their , intention to try and build up the game so that it will rank with the bsst in tho west. Under tho present state of affairs a good hcrso can earn aB much here as on any of tho Chicago tracks, with the possiblo exception of Washington Park. The time is past for an owner to even think of going to the expense of shipping to California. He can do as good right here, and will not have to subject his animals to the long and tedious journey across the continent, with the dangers that a long trip like that threatens. "The improvements at the Fair Grounds have been about completed. The grand stand has been repainted, the fences whitewashed and a number of new stables erected. Tho track itself is in excellent shape and everything awaits the tap of the bell on Thursday, November 28. "Messrs. A. H. and D. H. MorriB stable arrived yesterday from Trainer Waldons farm, at Mid-dleburg, Md. The string numbered fifteen head, and among their number waB the fast two-year-old, The Hoyden, one of tho best youngsters that showed at the track here last spring. Choice and Fake wore also with this lot, Lucius Lyne will be Messrs. Morris jockey here this winter. Lyne, by tho way, was about the best lightweight that was at Latonia. He is a Bon of Sanford Lyne, the well-known Kentucky breeder. The Morris colors will bo seen in moat of the principal events, and followers of the all scarlet will do well to pay some attention to these thoroughbreds this winter. "The special from Cincinnati is due to arrive hore this morning. A number of good horses are in this lot, among them several from the stable of Fred Cook, the well-known turfman and bookmaker, who in past years has campaigned his stable on the California trackB. "A notable thing that strikes one on a visit around the stables at the Fair Grounds is the number of yearlings quartered there. There are probably more here this year than ever before. MoBt of them are good lookers, too, and bred on fashionable lines. Borne have shown fast moves in their trials, and they should famish some good sport in the early two-yoar-old events. Colonel Bad Benaad haB several in his barn that will bear watching. Among his lot are some home-bred ones, and if looks and conformation count for anything, they should hold their own in any company. Trainer Fessenden has great hopes of a couple, and it his intention to race them out eaBt if they make good. Besides Benaude horses Feesenden is training John F. Ford for Messrs. Duffy and Behan, a three-year-old maiden for Bufus Bash and two of Mb own, Kin.mage and a yearling by Loyalist. Kimmage was fired early last spring and turned out. He was only taken up two weeks ago. In his three-year-old form at St. Louis he showed himself to be a high-class racehorse. He ran a mile at tha Fair Grounds track in 1:401, and beat some of the best horsea in training there, He is sound as ever now and Ms trainor is very sweet on him."
