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KEATOR WINS IN A CANTER. C MUDDY TRACK CAUSES MANY WITHDRAWALS AT NEW ORLEANS. v I Sixth Race Is Declared Off — Greshaan Be- i comes a Bolter — Dew of Dawn Out- qames Him After Interference. i Now flrlfW. fa. .TYhruarjTrT — The program at the Fib Grounds today was literally scratched to pieces. The sixth was deekued off and the fields in a j Majority f the other races were materially reduced, i In all twenty three horses wire withdrawn. This : was due to the muddy condition of the track, but ii was not as had as it looked. There was a hard bottom and this made tile footing fairly good Bar ] the first three races. As the afternoon progressed. : however, tin track kept getting deeper and. with i pittance ta for more rain, tomorrow it will take a pretty good hone to win over it. Only five went to » the post in the feature race, the handicap at seven furlongs. McCormlck witiidrew Emergency and Beat ; Keator out alone. The race proved little autre ] than a canter for this horse. Garner kept him under . restraint umil well around the far turn where he j drew away from Dargln as though the latter was , standing still, in the final furlong Garner again i i «ik hold of Keator and the finish found him lighting for his In id. in the two car oid race Greahan was all over ] the track, lirsl on liie inside and then ou tlie out- , side. Boonding the far turn he kept bearing out and when entering the homestretch he bolted to the , outside fence and carried Dew * f Dawn out with ; him. The hitter displayed ran- gameneea it: the final drive coming again and outlasting Greaham , at the end. i In conformity with the rule barring Monoctnard ; from starting at the Fair Grounds except when Tim Hack is fast, .1. II. Baker was forced to withdraw the mare from the fifth race today. With inn- out all opposition to Si. Noel was removed and he won ; in a canter, after making his own pace for the •■« tin- trip. i V. 1.. Lewis, aciinjr for George Hollo, sold to It. .7. j la vy the three-year-old Basil Louis Rsell arrived . a- City Park tins morning with several two-yeai olds. Tiny were shipped from Lzells farm in Till- , hois on Saturday and arrived, in k»k 1 condition. Mamie Algol was shinned to California this liiorTI-Ing. W. T. Brink worths Silverskin went in the . same ear, consigned to his owner, who left here for 1he coast several weeks ago. Word comes from Memphis that Montgomery will he shipped here and given a couple of races before Starting in the Crescent City Derby. The entries for tomorrow are ivmde in anticipation of a muddy track and no brilliant Contests are in i prospect. Among the best horses carded to start | are: Lady Caroline II., Gremse, Win. da: Woodaaw, i Dargin, Rusk: sir Toddingaou, Gentian, Grace i George; Granada, Bellindlan. Bonart; Taker. I-*or- . elgner, Be bounder; Paul Clifford. Happy Tack. Gauze; Refined, Agra and Schroeders Midway, i T. K. [orach. i
