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EASTERNERS SHOWING BEST YOUNGSTERS. Simons and Bennington Two-Year-Olds Hold the Advantage Nicol and ONeill Great Factors. New Orleans. La., January 0. The two-year-old races here so far have entirely verified the prediction made in Daily Racing Form that eastern youngsters would have practically a walkover in the early events for juveniles. It was not expected, however, that it would be left for merely one stable at each track to develop such extraordinary strength as has been the case so far, since Newton Bennington at Crescent Park and Albert Simons at City Park have practically monopolized the contention, each having won tiie first three purses offered at the respective tracks. Not only have the eastern horsemen brought down better material than in preceding years, but their youngsters were well schooled, and those intended for racing here were placed in training in the late fall. In point of readiness, they are thus far ahead of the few western two-year-olds that are worthy of consideration. Simons was fully apprised of the local situation in this respect, for two weeks before the beginning of the year he made the assertion that he would win five or six of the first of the juvenile races offered. That Burlew had some high class ones In the Bennington lot was known before his stable was shipped here. It is said that his really good ones have not yet been paraded and that probably they will not be seen in public until the latter part of the meeting, if at all, the idea being to keep them in light training for the early spring stakes in the east. It is peculiar that liberal prices have been laid against his youngsters, in spite of their reputation among the track watchers, while at the new track Simons lias been compelled to accept short odds against Ills juveniles. This is no doubt due to the fact that Benningtons stable is new here while every winter Simons uncovers something of merit shortly after two-year-old racing begins. Had the Bennington two-year-olds been owned and trained by Robert Walden, the latters reputation as an early developer of youngsters and his local record for turning out winners, would have made short odds a certainty. The public had no local "dope" on Burlew in the juvenile line, but it may be set down as safe betting that the public will pay some attention to tills stable from now on. As betting propositions, the biggest assets in the two-year-old races are ONeill at the old track and Nicol at the new. In these two-year-old dashes at three furlongs, these jockeys have it over all the other boys riding here, as they can get youngsters away in their stride and have races won before the other lads wake up to the fact that a contest is in progress.
