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TAB TILEING FOR DERBYS. HIS REX HANDICAP VICTORY CONVINCES HORSEMEN OF HIS MERIT. Gresham Disqualified and Jack Martin Suspended — Alverby Is Destroyed — Banner Crowd at City Park. New Orleans, La.. February 12. — The crowd at City Park this afternoon taxed the capacity of the plant. There was not even standing room in the spacious grandstand. The overflow made themselves as comfortable as possible on the lawns and in the paddock enclosure. For an eighth of a mile up the homestretch some of the enthusiastic ones found a resting place on the outside rail. It was a banner day for the new club. The fine weather and fast track drew out the full qnota of regulars and they were augmented by a large number of visitors who are here from the north participating in the Mardi Gras festivities. The feature race, the Rex Handicap, for tliree-vtr olds and up. at a mile and a furlong ami worth /»4l to the winner, proved easy of accomplishment for James McCormicks Tileing. The1 last lime out Tileing was asked to give away too much weight, but today he thoroughly convinced everyone that he ranks with the best three-year olds that have been racing here. He demonstrated that he can run fast and go far whether the track be heavy or fast and those interested in tie two Dertoyi to be run here next month had better take TUelagl chances seriously if they would pick the winner in either of these two important wintec fixtures. Peter Sterling was the runner-up. Lady Navarre, good mare that she is, was lieaten a length for second place. Ohiyesa was added by the Brows stable, evidently with the intention of forcing pace and radag Tffchtg fate rxhaM lion. The mare ran well for seven furlongs and oalt. The two-year-old race, which had thirteen starters, ended with a disqualification and the deatli of a horse. Qreshaai and Princess Sue were the two leaders from the start and they fought it out all of I he last quarter. As they passed the judges Greahami advantage was so small that It was impossible to tell which had won until Greshams number was Hashed, but on a complaint of foul by Mitchell, who rode Princess Sue, the race was taken from Greshain and first place given to the daughter of ltendorau. Martin, finding that Gresham could not shake the filly off. repeatedly bunipdl her. and at the end was carrying her to the outside. Martin was saspeaded for six racing days for his foul riding. Shortly after the start in the shuttle for positions, Alverby, belonging to W. F. Scliulte and making he: liist start, stniudeil and fell. She broke one of bet forelegs and had to be destroyed. Mr. Schulto was much affected by the death of his filly. He said she bad worked faster than any hoi se he had ever owned and that he would not have taken .OtX» for her. Fanny WllhMghhy, the dam, herself was raced by Mr. Schalte and won a munlier of pulses for him. The steeple chaea famished ne of the best eaa-tcsis run through the field this winter, the finish hading Uncle .lames. Incantation and Hemy A. S. brooder fighting it out heads and necks apart ill the order named.
