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TALENT HAS A TOUGH DAY. ONLY TWO OUT OF THIRTEEN FAVORITES AT NEW ORLEANS FINISH FIRST. Jockey Ferrett is Suspended for Foul Riding Rodgers and Phillips to Sell Horses Shaw Leaves Crescent City. New Orleans, La., January 10. Form counted for naught nt City Park this afternoon. Pat Clvllls Orly was the only one of seven favorites to score for the backers of the choices. Among the defeated ones was Alma Dufour, hacked with a feeling of certainty at the short prices 2 to 5 and t to 3. The weather was clear and delightfully warm and the card was good enough to hold out promises of stirring contests. These conditions drew a large attendance, out of which came brisk speculation and much profit to the bookmakers. Ama Dufours defeat in a measure was due to some crowding and bumping which occurred at the first turn, where the mare was sharply cut off and knocked back. The interference cost her four or live lengths, but apart from this she ran a. dull race. Hall kept, her out of the struggle until the race was pretty well over before making a move and it is doubtful if she would have won had she escaped the interference on the lirst turn. Alma Dufour lias only one burst of speed. It will be some time before she-is a 1 to :; shot over a horse like Irenade, provided they meet at anything like the weights they carried today. Jockey Perrett, who rode Florizel in the race, was held responsible for the interference nnd was suspended by the judges for six days for foul riding. There were a number of arrivals from the east tuls -..vii "iil-fteV;rl"OfTttIeat:lfut:hl Ullappear"- ance at City Park during the afternoon. Among these latter were Henry Steckler, partner of Eddie Burke, one of the ldggest operators on the Metropolitan Circuit and president of the Metropolitan Turf Association. Accompanying Steckler were Bart Newsome and Frank Brown. I!. L. Rodgers has decided to dispose of his entire stable on Thursday. Included In his lot are Janeta and Garnish, the latter a great favorite with local racegoers. Rodgers has been in poor health this winter and has been advised by his doctor to go to Southern California. This is his reason for selling. Jack Phillips, tiring of the long spell of bad luck which his stable has encountered here, has also decided to sell out and all his horses will be sold Thursday. Phillips lias arranged with Fred Burlew to take Ills jockey, James Hennessey, east with him. He will go to Texas himself and put in about four months looking after some land interests he has there. Later on in the season be will go east and get together a fresh lot of horses. In their battle with twenty-four bookmakers today at the old track, the talent fared badly, as only one lukewarm choice Ruth W. managed to finish first. The most pronounced favorite defeated was Ie Oro, the crack youngster recently secured by S. T. White from Newton Bennington for a reported price of ,500. His conqueror, Bertmont, is a smart looking colt that is showing improvement witli every race and his victory today should make him a factor in the early stakes to be decided at the Bennings meeting. After the finish of the second race jockey Johan-nessen lodged a claim of foul against Vlperine, ridden by Johnson. lie stated that Viperine swerved over in front of him in the stretch and impeded Nine when the latter was going fast. The judges did not allow the claim. Todays arrivals included jockey Jack Martin, who, it is announced, will do the riding for Hayman and Watkins. Martin appears to weigh at least 130 pounds and it will be fully 10 days before he will be at a weight that will insure him riding regularly. Jockey Willie Shaw departed yesterday for Indian Territory, where lie will enjoy himself hunting and fishing. It is said that his reason for not accepting mounts here, was that lie did not fancy the style of riding done here by a number in the kindergarten class. Invincible fully proved by his impressive victory in the handicap that he has fully recovered from his mishap in the Inaugural Handicap November 30. Billy Myer has been working wonders with the track and if no more rain falls in the next few days the old oval will lie in the best condition it has ever been in.
