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"SWING TO THE OUTSIDE." ; I JOCKEYS FOLLOW THIS ORDER AT THE FAIR GROUNDS. _ . ._ , | Track in Miserable Shape Next to the Rail — Racing Uninteresting and Finishes of the Open Order. Now Oilcans. La.. March 1. — Fridays races at the l*:i it- Groaada were rm over ■ track that ni deeper .iiiii heavier thai at any time during the winter. While there was n "path" as in the obi tern, yet instructions were given by track oOhelals to the Jockeys before they weal to Ihe past in tin ci i uing race to swing to the outside white roandlnc tin- far t ni-i i and labs the bosatelwlch. Thia profa ably meant thai they feared acctdeal on aeeoaal of the treacberoaa coaditlon of tin- coarae, arhleh is supposed t« be lull of holea next t the inside ralL 1ln- riders followed iuaicactJoaa and Joe Fallen waa tin- inly horse that took tin- abort roate aad got any part at the money hug up. Ihe racea were uninteresting, in tin- majority the wlaaera were dear r their opponent* moat of tin- trip. Had Gaugel sot palled Breaaae up at the start, ruiia If. would ii"i hare woa tin nrrond raee, in all prohahUity. ai oae stage of the raee she waa a dozen lengths behind the leader. She doaed ap gamely under punishment and waa only beaten a length ror second plan- by J i.k Rone. The defeat of Golden Ware by Bchrocdcra Midway in the opening raee apart tin- calculation* of P. liitman and bla connections, in addition t iliis dlaappoint- iiicul Iillinaii lost Hie lilly. Sam I/ouis claimed her for . C i. Barnett haa pnirhanrd the contract on ilip apprentice rider l. Williams from V. Hug he a. J. W. Hunter, i f Nashville, lias purchased lit- ataWona I.ia.ns from Dr. M. HoUeuback, ami John Healey from c. R. Burnett. They will be ahlpped to Mexico. An ahTer of 83,000 awde by Captain Capo for the two-year-old lilly Lady Caroline II. waa refnani. The New Orleans tily Railway Handicap is the principal featnre of tomorrows caul. The track will be slow, lint that has not deterred the entry of many of the heat racers here, as the names of Reamed, Veaaae, Blae Dale; Marvel P., Alanie. Dapple Gold; Tinker. Grace Larseu, Bye Rye IL; Ttleing, Ellison entry, The Englishman; Keator, Granada, Resteriiag; I.iule Rutin, l»r. Young, Beta M.: Beside, Horseradish and Gaoae will fully attest. J. K. Lynch.
