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LATH SlOILS THE SPORT. A A. V NEW ORLEANS TRACK GOOD ON IN- [ SIDE. HEAVY ON OUTSIDE. 1 A of Elfall Wins the New Year Handicap — Whisk , Broom Takes the Baby Race — B Garner Is Injured. v 1 New oilcans. La.. luMiy I. — There ni ■ banner crowd :il the Fair liroumls this afUrnoam. but tli • raeiag araa prehably the moat nana llafai Iwj that tic Crescent. City Jockey Club has ever made apologies tar. Tiic program pwhrt maeh, bat the U— Ml wn- with the track. For a spate of ten feet from the inner rail il had been rolled and harrowed until ii was Undcring on fast. Next to the strip of good Colas tke traek re at art ltd a plowed field, betas cm y and holding. That porttoa that had been eare-Jtilly put into good condition would accommodate i imly three horses liimiiiiif abreast, so there was gen era] seanaperfcag for the inner rail, causing aancb crowding. Those having naride Bealthnia at the start had a big advantage. Those on the outside ma] a- well have remained in their stalls. Todays ■oral ran hardly be worthy of consideration in future ■ah illations. Although the New Years Handicap WM billed as the Italia r attraction, the baby race ajhhb preceded i il held more interest to the average racegoer. Six Been two year -olds were nominated over-night, but the condition of the Hack and the fact that he drew an outside position caused II. McCarrcn. Jr., to withdraw hi- coll. No Bagfaw. The McCarrcn candidate was held in high esteem, it lieing common re- •art tlat he had outworked all the young-tor- shown •it City Park. With the ICeCarrea call out of the way Robert Ticker made it no secret that he considered his tliy hi-k Broeoa, by Oaartna l!lf. and therefore ..ill i~i M Ki oaeanrteh* a certain winner. He barked his opinion with a liberal commission, net akMM here, but away. The tilly made good tic 1 uncis piedi.tious by raaalag an ImpreaBlfe race and eatgaattag Cremse. another smart filly, b it undersized, which made her debut in Barlew ft UNeilla cetera. Hazel H. wis a good third anj really ran the beat race, eoamiag from a loag way back in the had fejrlong bo Boiah goiag tamely and last. Becaaae of tin- track conditions and the 1 ig field the race proved aothtag in the matter of a tine test. The winner was away in a forward position. Likewise was Greaaae. Hair of he field acted greenly and aeaaapered all over the track wbea raaaaavag into the stretch. In the New N ears Handicap, bavtag a net value «.i gl.MO !•" ice winner. Barlew A: ONeill added ir Tuddingtoa, to the original repreeeatativee, GIM I Judge Poet. A- in a foraaer case wbea they t three horaea to the post, they were taken int.. up. and this time by Kllall. The latter had ttle other support than that from his direct eou- - lit C liana, lie showed a smart perforniance by dasii- bag into a lout had at once and while the others were expecting him to conic back, he increased his advantage with every stride and won Cantering Njcol. on Gild, was baay in the early atagea tryiag ti taree Western wide, but lie woke up to the fait that Kllall araa steeling away and Bet sail alter the dying leader, but too late. Tohoggaa showed his "consistency" by winniag at a good price after being ln-aten out at a short •• He tiK.k the Beeoad race, the nve farhaag handicap. The race was marred by an accidcnl to jo-key Carner. Monet, which he was riding, bled alter going threi Carlonga and begaa ataggeriag. lie lauded against the outer fence with such . . that liarner wn- tbrowa over the railing and pickets. in addition t being b.uih sliakcn up Garner had a toot injured. Sir Mincemeat, also a starter in the race, ran aaray three-qaartera id a mile while at tin- peat and this ruined his chances. Kalbert was held at Hie peel by one of the assistants when the start was effected, and was left. Ill i 1 Finch scored his third aacceaatve victory in H many starts by taking the fifth race, in which he outclassed the others.
