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LIBATIONS DEFEAT COSTLY. OWNERS BACK HIM HEAVILY AND SEE MONO-CHORD NOSE HIM OUT. Bookmakers Waxing Fat at Crescent Park Alex Shields Protects Dr. Coffey for Jimmy McLaughlin Paddock Sale a Fizzle. New .Orleans, La., January IS. With an excellent card, perfect racing weather and a fast track ar attractions, one of the largest crowds of the meeting put in an appearance at City Park this afternoon. Most of the races were won with com-, fortahie margins, hut in the closing race Mono-chord, Lihation and Telepathy were noses apart at the finish. Lihation was heavily hacked by his stable for this race. It was the colts first appearance at the meeting. He ran a smart race, but when it came to a drive, lack of condition told and lie was unable to stall off Monochords challenge. As it was he fought it out with Telepathy all of the last furlong and outganied him at the end. Itoth the three-year-olds were tiring, however, while Mnnochord finished comparatively fresh. When Merlingo was beaten in the second race, three owners who had horses in the race, put in claims for Cassidys three-year-old. Wayne .Toplin, J. Burttschell and James Arthur drew lots to see which would get the colt and .Toplin proved the lucky man. Cassidy retaliated by claiming .Toplins filly Woggle Hug. J. A. Sykes, who ran the winner. King of the Valley, in the race, also put in a claim for Woggle Hug, but Cassidy having the prior right, as .Merlingo finished third, got the filly. There were 18 books on and the ring was fairly packed with speculators during the afternoon. Business in the ring .was said, to be the best of the "meeting. "4RoiiuVor the Ixxiks handled as much as 5,000. What was expected to be an important sale was held in the paddock at City Park previous to the races this afternoon, but it proved to lie little better than a fizzle. Some 25 or 30 horses were offered, but only r were sold. Those which changed owners with the prices realized were; John Lescalle, to H. McCar-were sold. Those which changed owners with the prices realized were: John Lescalle, to II. McCar-ren, Jr., 00; Ben Chance, Charles Long, 60; Alcantara, Charles Bowman, 00; Cadillac, M. Stevens, 00; Steve Lane, A. M. Waddell, 00; Jack Dolan was bid up to ,700 and bought in. Secretary Iarmer who lias been here several days left tonight for Nashville. M. J. Winn will remain over .1 day or two longer before returning to Louisville. Mr. Winn declines to discuss the turf situation In Louisville. This was another day of winning long shots at the old track. The speculators are well-nigh discouraged with the results of tbe past three days. It has been the harvest time of the books. To bad riding was largely due the defeat of favorites to-ilay. Jockey Moveland, who had the mount on Macbeth In the fourth race, came near causing an accident by bis rough tactics. He was told by tbe judges that another such performance would mean a lengthy suspension for him. A rumor was started just before the horses were called to the post for the last race, that Nine, which, was favorite, had a high fever. His temperature was taken and it is said was found normal.-His race, however, was bad, and it may be barely possible that the horse was ailing. Jockey W. Bobbins reduced eight pounds in twelve hours to be enabled to accept the mount on De Ileszke. Jockey Reynolds was suspended for ten days by file starter for misbehavior at the post in the last race yesterday. After Dr. Coffey had won the third race, K. J. Gardner, who has been an active participant in the boosting game, ran him up to ,000. Jimmy Me-Laughliu, who had charge of tbe horse, had instructions from his owner not to protect him beyond 00. He protected him that far for Dr. Bates, and then-protected him to K5 for himself. When Gardner bid ,000, .McLaughlin had to quit because of the hick of sufficient funds. Alex Shields, for whom McLaughlin is also training, asked the latter if he really wanted to keep the horse. McLaughlin said lie did, whereupon Shields bid the additional , and Dr. Coffey was knocked down to him. Shields then turned the horse over to McLaughlin as a present.
