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BURLEW VERSUS CORRIGAN. ■ a as ONLY TWO STABLES REPRESENTED IN * a li RACE FOR KING COTTON STAKES. , d li Jifggtor Wins Easily from Alma Dufour — Ex- t citinn Finish in Steeplechase — Charlie t Eastman Equals a Record. is c He* Orleans, i.a , Jauasry 10.— The second period in of the winter meeting at City Park ended today and the third period of the Crescent City Jockey Clubs mcrtlnf ;it the hit Grounds wlH liegiu Monday. The feature of a good card n.is the King Cotton Stakes at one mile ami worth ,539 to the winner. Withdrawals reduced the field to four starters and since inn wer » from the stable of Borlew and ONeill and i htm Edward Sorrigans •trios, "1P race was virtually a natch. Jnggler and Gild a represented Kurlcw a ONeill and Alma Dafonr a: ■ad John Carroll carried the Oorrigaa colors. The s so Burlew ft ONeill pair were favored at all stage* and had lieavv support at odds on from the big j in speculators. There was ]iitl to the race. John v Carroll went u! to set the pace. Juggler Wore li Im down at the end of the first half and area well in hand, with Alma Dufour taking second place from Gild in a drive. The handicap al five and one half furlongs. Which followed the slake race, carried more public interest Ihan the feature. Colloipiy. on t lie strength of her recent brilliant victory in record time, was the most fancied with Toboggaa and Meadow "breeze also oaring keen sanport, but the race malted in ■ big ■poet. Charlie Kastman. little considered, won in 1 AK k. exactly the time made by Colloipiy when she equalled the American record for the distance. , O "Uoipij was the pacemaker, but in the final sixteenth tired slightly permitting the Gardner horse to beat her out. The. showing of Charlie Eastman was not the only acrobatic performance of the afternoon. Campaigner, which has bee* badly beaten on numerous occasions here, won the sixth race easily. Granada. in the last, ahm showed a greatly improved per- , faraaaace* lie led all the way and won handily from , Goblic Orly, which luiahed third, would no dioabl , bare won had he not beta practically left at the ■oat. CreatuVl victory in the steeplechase over the full , course was due in great measure to the good ride , be m4 from Morrison, over the last fence Incantation appeared a eertaia winner, but Morrison ! per aerated and. drawing level with the leader in the last few strides, oullinishcd Hueston. Arabo, which had unseated Pollock at the third jump, ftir-nisiM-cI considerable amusement for the spectators by racing riderless with the others orer the eatlre course and finishing alongside of Incantation. Shi Salt won the opening race for Koliert Tucker, but Catherine r. was badly beaten in the two-yea r-oid race and the plaagtng owner saw his early profits go hack to the books. Nicol was forced to iull Catherine ]. up soon alter the start to avoid a jam. The winner turned up in Mollie Montrose, Which ran a splendid race. The weather was threatening but did not affect the at tendance. Thirty-eight bookmakers did a big business.
