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CLOSING OF NEW ORLEANS SEASON. Black Mary Wins Ladies Stakes in a Canter — Royal Breeze Takes Orleans Handicap. Sea • !■ ins, I ... . April 13 With the Ladies Stakes, for tWO-year aM tillies at I half mile, ami the Orleans Handicap, for three year olds and up ward at three-quarters of a mile, as featnrea of the program at CItj Park ibis afternoon, the long oa of racing in Hew oilcans came ta aa end. The weather was good, the braeh faat ami ■ large crowd aax In attendance. Fred Oaak brought ] . Auslin hen I roni Louisville to vide Wliisk Broom In the Ladies- Stakes and he backed her Im ivily, believing thai she hail the race at her mi. I. nt the ally broke slowly and was never Bear *nj pari "i the money. Blaek Mary spread eagled her opponents ami won in a canter bj six lengths, giving the prlac M R R. Rrmlicy. Orleans Handicap proved a hatter race. It furnished a keen eanteal and a sharp struggle through U»e uomestreteh in which the Rurlew A; I Royal Preeae, came raaj behind and. finishing with i great bnral of s|M-ed. heat out R. .bin Hood in the 1---I few stride*. The early ■nee in iii- race was terrifle, the find fjparter he-hag run in weoada and the half in -17fc. with .. loipiv ind Robin Ho.il heads apart. The tilly was thn tu-l to crack and in the stretch run dropped back l» ilea. Bobta lioad Inn.- on maundy and re tallied Hie lead until in 1 1m- last ten yards before he gave way. lie sieeplechase iiii-r Ibe short course also proved I lchi.i ...nicst Hr. Ileal d a preen one. overhauled Light* oui after Inking the last jump and won. Lights oui was siippos.il i,, Ih- a "good Ibing " and had a large following. Dr. Beard was the only one iii the race that foraiahed contention. WTefeer Bella dropping oat of the struggle hefeee they bad eane the find nun af the field. Nothing ot im poM m. c transpired at the Meeting of the New Oilcans .In. key Club last night. The hoard of director* was re elected and the date of holding their annual eleetioan remain urn-hanged. Edward Trotter todaj ■reared a contract on jockey W R. Walker Ear the remainder of the year. J. P. Ma berry. W 1 Sohillle and .lames Kotiell son will ship tr here to .lamaica on Monday. .limes Fleming led wiiii his suing Ear Baltimore last night.
