view raw text
STORM AT NEW ORLEANS. ST. JOSEPH, ODDS-ON CHOICE, IS BEATEN BY 40 TO 1 SHOT. Nicol Charged With Defeat of Grenade Jockey Earl is Suspended -for Rough Riding Causes Unseating of Greenfield. New Orleans, La., January 11. About noun a storm broke over the city ami the rain came down in torrents, it left the City Park track a veritable quagmire, as heavy as New Orleans tracks ever become. Though the storm did not last a great while it caused a decrease in the attendance, yet there was quite enough of the. regulars present to keep business good iu the ring. On the whole the layers had a proiUable day. The winning favorites were Yachting Jirl, Cascine and TIchimlngo. The losing lirst choices were Mattie 1L, St. Joseph and Grenade. The latter tw:o failures gave the public a headache. St. Joseph was iu the welght-for-agc race, fourth on the card. He seemed to outclass his company to such an extent that lie was regarded as a moral certainty. He opened at 1 to 2 and went to the ost at 2 to 5. Even at these later odds the bookmakers were, chary about taking money: They figured that he was as good as in. .But the element of uncertainty developed. It was a tine start, and in the first furlong Dr. Mack, Iolly Prim, St. Joseph and Vi O were heads apart. Vi O was on the outside, but she relished the going and displayed far more speed than expected. In the running for the turn she bore over and St. Joseph was sharply cut off. He did not lose enough ground to put him out of the struggle, but jTXf liatmglu aat-ihrr Tifce"vsrtlt, To" bent him. In arriving; finish iolly Prim won by half a length. Undoubtedly St. Joseph was the best horse in the race and should have won. It was Nicols tactics that beat Grenade. Nicol, with Gus Ilcldorii, shut him out several times and paid general attention to him. However, in the stretch, when Nicol thought Gus Hohlorn a winner, Bellindiau slipped up on the inside and beat him half a length. There was much criticism over the running of the race and it was the general opinion that Nicols efforts not alone beat Grenade but his own mount as well. Close observers were of the opinion that Grenade was far the best horse in the race. The three-year-old Goldmatc, which was cut down a few days ago, is progressing favorably. His trainer still has hopes of pulling him through. The card presented to patrons of the old track this afternoon was about the worst of the season. The heavy rain of the early morning left the track iu bad shape and upset all form calculations. With the exception of St. Cloud, the choice of the talent In the youngster race, the other favorites suffered crushing defeat, much to the elation of the twenty bookmakers doing business. Again the closing race furnished the chief incident of the afternoon. Jockey It. Greenfield was thrown heavily from Burke Cochran, when that horse was run into by Benora, ridden by Earl. The latter seemingly rode with his eyes shut and intertered with others in the race, but luckily there were no other mishaps. The judges susiieuded Earl for two weeks for rougli riding. Greenfield was slightly stunned by the fall, but walked back to the scales room unassisted. St. Cloud showed his best form today. He cantered home "iu front of a good field of maiden two-year-olds. Lee Stinsou, one of the starters iu the third race, bolted Into the fence and fractured his stifle, causing his destruction. After the victory of Loricate in the first race, she was bid up by Samuel Louis 00 over her entered price of .00, but was retained. Optional pulled up lame after the finish of the first race and will have to be given a long rest. Jockey Noone has been riding well for a beginner and is attracting considerable attention. Out of five mounts he has piloted three to victory. He is under contract to W. Shields and observing horsemen predict a successful future for the lad.
