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END OF SEASON AT FAIR GROUNDS. Next Two Weeks at City Park and Then the Getaway from New Orleans. New Oilcan-. La. March .". ยป. The victory of Grenade la the seventh race it the Pair Grounds Ibis afternoon marked the closing ot the season at the old track. It was the one hundred ami ninth day "t racing here this winter, Bftj live days under the auspices of the Crescent City Jockey club. si days tor the New Louisiana Jockey Club and fortj eight days foe the City Park Club, which will begin Monday its last period of twelre days, rounding out the season ,.f ig] days April 1::. Even though there is no particularly brilliant prospect ahead tor many of t ln-iii . Hie majority of the horsemen will welcome the clo-ing. They aie pretty well tiled out with the long session at one point. The morning showers left the Hack slippery and treacherous this afternoon. The feature Of Hie card was the Audubon Selling Slakes, which Wa8 won east! by St. Valentine. Charlie Eastman bad an advan tage al the start in the third race, but was forced to a drive to withstand the closing rash of 1ronto on-. John S lski won the sixth race in t r. milium Canter. This cave J. I. Max berry three purses ami a aecoad during the week, waking a total of 11,215 in prize money. Prank .1. Bryan left toaighl tor the east, lie will be the ssaaMaag badge and haudicappei al the Baltimore meeting, which will open April 30. A. B. Hade will do the starling at Iimlico. He left to night for Kentucky to spend a couple of weeks with his family at HopkinsTille. Mondays City Bark card coiilains no slake lea fire, hut the purses hare tilled well, and with such useful racers as GoMaoae, Limerick, Mcaia; Onral, Twenty Shot, Signal Light: Parisiaa Model, Rebel Queen. Whisk Broom; Anna Bay. Warm i Griswell, Jangle Imp: Spioe, Prouteaae, Marrel P.; Bertmont, Western, Masker: Golden Mineral, Lacache and Dele Stroine anion- those entered, the racing will almost surely prove entertaining. T K. Lynch.
