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EW ORLEANS STAKES. It will soon be up to owners who wish to race their horses through the winter months to decide whether it is to go to New Orleans or San Francisco, with a strong probability that Los Angeles will presently be a third bidder for owners, horses and jockeys. The Crescent City Jockey CluD of New Orleans offers in this issue twenty.one etakos. In conditions and value -they are in effect a duplication of those run off during the highly successful season of 1901-2. All are on the highly satisfactory added money system, with low entrance fees, and are well worth any owners desire. From a modest beginning, with racing carried on pluckily in the face of practically no local patronage, the Crescent City Jockey Club has grown with the passing of years until it is now one of the really important racing organizations in the land and to it has accrued much popularity with horse owners and a home patronage that Is in striking contrast to the scanty gatherings of a few years back. Through the resultant prosperity the club nas been enabled to do much in the way of increasing its offerings to horsemen. In its last meeting all stakes were put on the added money system and all purses were increased to a minimum of 00. This year the stakes are left on the basis of last year, but the purses are raised again, and for the season of 1902-3 it is announced that no purse of less than 00 will be given. This calls for more money than would have been required to double the sums added to the various stakes and is a measure sure to be fully appreciated by owners. The list of stakes advertised elsewhere today will close for entries November 15. Assistant Secretary Harry White will receive entries from owners racing their horses here and has charge of the details of shipping the horses.
