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COUSIN KATE HAS SPEED TO SPARE. New Orleans, La., March 9. Cousin Kate showed a fine burst of speed in the feature race at the old track today. She led Invincible and Van Ness a half dozen lengths as long as she was kept going, and, won eased up by three lengths. The track was lumpy and slow, but despite that she ran the first half in 49?. Her performance today throws a strong sidelight on the speed shown by the Derby candidate. Disobedient, when on his first out a few days ago lie hung to her for the first quarter, was taken back, then came on and beat her out in a six furlongs race. Jockey Aubuchon, lost the last race on Rolla through carelessness. He seemed to be winning easily when a sixteenth out, but let the horse loaf a bit, and when Besterling came at him lie could not get the colt to going soon enough and was beaten out a half length. Xlose Goldblatts Rainland broke down in the mile and seven furlongs race. "Dick" Bauer was today reprimanded by the judged for sending Lady Henrietta to the post yesterday in an unfit condition. Jockey Robbins was suspended for two weeks for rushins Black Burn across the track at the start,to get th better goiiig "oil the ciiitsider Denny McDonald, one of starter Dades assistants, Ius been ordered to Sheepshead Bay to begin schooling the two-year-olds there and will leave tomorrow. Tom Mannix, W. R. MIdgely and John Pangle will ship to Bennings immediately after the Derby. Robert Walden will ship his lot to the farm at Middleburg, Md., as soon as the big race is run. He worked Lotus Eater a mile between races this afternoon in 1:50. Considering the going and how easily it was done the trainers who were watching called it a ;good move.
