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TWO -YEAR-OLDS NOW AT NEW ORLEANS. Characteristics of Those Which Have Shown In Public — Chapultepecs Superiority. New Orleans. I.a.. January fi. — The two-year-olds that have so far shown in the juvenile races here are an exceptionally well grown lot. with some few exceptions, for this season of the year. In the early days of two-year-old racing here the fields were made np of small-sized Texas-bred ones and the culls from yearling sales in the east and vest. Of recent years, however, with largely increas .,1 winning opportunities, a much better type of the baby racer has been brought here to be developed and trained in winter racing, and it is likelv that the two-year-olds now racing at the local tivcks would compare favorably in jioint of size and substance with the young thoroughbreds in the big eastern stables. The best that have been seen to date are J. V.hitlaws Irfaneh. winner of the initial juvenile race on New Years day. Burlew A: ONeills Shone, winner of the second race on the following day and judging by conformation and style rather than by performance. II. MeCarren. Jr.s RoaehOfg II.. which finished third to Shone. R. Tuckers Maritza and A. H. and D. II. Morris Cunning. Much was expected of these latter two in their maiden efforts, but both of them were knocked back and so entirely out of contention at barriers rise that but little opinitm could lie formed of their running quality. Cunning is a bay filly by Chilton — Pros-tidigitatnee. a fairly good race mare that was bred and raced by the Morris Brothers. She is a stoutly bt-ili till.v of good size and a lireedy. game looking type. She had worked well and trainer Walden. who invariably trots out one or two fast ones i very sea si in down here, may not be at all mistaken in his opinion that this is a real good filly. Maritza is a brown colt by Nasturtium — Merrily, trained for Tucker by H. C. Riddle. So much had been said of this youngsters trials and in appearance he so well bore out the good things that had been said of him. that he was a very pro-nounc 1 favorite for his race, in his maiden effort. Like Cunning, which was crowded right back within half a dozen strides after, the start, Martiza had no chance whatever by the time the field was in motion. Naturally Ideal did not persevere with him. but under a tight rein he strode so freely and passed his near comiietitors so easily, as to make it all the more regrettable that he did not get away well enough to have an opportunity to show what he could do. Shone is a chestnut gelding by Shapfell — Onega. He is a stout, deep-barreled sort, one that looks like he might develop into a rugged campaigner, game and evidently a more than useful youngster. Irf-mch is a strapping, big. rangy bay filly by MesiiKiist — I.a Cheviot. This is a strongly built long : triding filly and is prettj; certain to quite hold Iht own in early local racing. The chief fault to be found with her is that she is now almost as big as a three-year-old. She is too growthy. and lacks therefore the opportunity for continued development that a juvenile ought to have at this titne of the year. Of others that have gone to the post, the irrelevantly named Holy Mass. brown filly, by Buck Massie — Holy Bird, owned by F. W. See ley and Co. and trained by J. P. Mayberry. which was second to Irfaneh. is undersized, but a well put up. compact racy look In** sort. She is all there, what there is of her. had worked aliout as well as any other youngster, is quick and ought certainly to be • returned a winner in the early thrive furlongs dashes, where pot manners and quickness at the start count for much. Mr. Corrigans Anne Mr lift, bay filly by Marta Santa — California, is also , put up on the small order, but is a fast looking one. She ran a good race and ought to do better things in the near future. I.. A. Cellas bay filly. Arionette. by Cesarion — Fonsolette. was very well backed in the first of the two-y. nr-uld races, both on her work as well as the the fact that she is a sister to the Arcadia speed marvel. Colonel Bob. She had a bit the worst of the start as compared with Irfaneh. and ran a good race. She should win one of the early purses, but. while . built on siieedy lines, she is a washy-looking type, hardly one that can be expected to stand much severe campaigning. In the few two-year-old races that have already been run enough of quality has been brought to notice to indicate that nothing has been exaggerated as to the class of the present local crop of youngsters. Chapultepec picked up 123 pounds and won the New Ye.ar Handicap at one mile so easily as to aiake it look as though Burlew and ONeill could have taken down the money with him in the Planters Stakes run on the preceding Saturday, carried the penalty, and then won the feature event of New Years day. In St. llario and Woodlane Chapultepec beat two very fair three-year-olds, although, of course, there was nothing in the field liehind him that had any pretensions to high-class ; form. The Burlew and ONeill crack broke some dis tam-e froin the rail and was outrun in the first few strides by Woodlane and Dew of Dawn, which were inside of him. But he showed his better class when he went right by them around the first sharp turn, and was two lengths in front before the beginning of the journey up the backstretch. His long, sweeping, easy stride carried him along without much effort, and he had all of those behind him dead on their legs at the half-mile ground. In the writers opinion Chapultepec could have finished out the mile ami a quarter in 2:00 without Continued on second page. 1 I - - • r ; : = - _ p I • " TWO YEAROLDS NOW AT NEW ORLEANS. Continued from first page. having heeii fully extended. This colt is not the type of a stayer, and* he is not a really well-built l horse. He is too light in the barrel for a horse [, of his size, and he lacks the depth through the shoulder that one associates with stamina and stay- ing ability. But still he is a taking sort of horse;, one that almost anyone could afford to own and not , feel ashamed of the ownership. Ky far worse built t horses have won rich eastern three year-old stakes. If the contention of critical turfmen be true, a contention with which the writer agrees, that Cha pultepec is not a natural stayer, it is a good betting proposition that he can stay the Derby route amon • the kind of three-year-olds he will meet here. It 1 looks as though he could race any Derby horse he I will be pitted against to a standstill in the first . half of the Derby trip, and then rate along in front I to the end of the journey at his leisure. Present I indications are that there is not another three-year- old here that has speed enough to live with him. which will mean when the Derby trials come on that there will be little chance for any of the contenders to take him by the throat and stick to him lont enough to make him stop, even if he should b* faint-hearted, something that has not yet been , proved in any of his starts during the local season. S. B. Weems.
