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PEDRO CONTINUES TO WIN. l i DEFEATS TILEING, PLATOON AND OTHER FAST ONES IN GAME FASHION. Arionette Takes the Dash for Two-Year-Olds — 1 Delphie in Good Form — Granada Regains , Her Speed Suddenly. ! i Now Orleans. La.. January IS. — Pedro ami Tilcing furnished 1 lie chief incident of todays racing at llie Fair Cronnds. They wore starters in the feature race, a lian lica| at six furlongs, and finished !■ tin- aliove order after a spirited stretch drive in ■Thick both indulged freely in bumping each other. After the linish a his crowd congregated around the judges stand and clamored lustily for Pedros dis-• iualific.nii.il. The din was heightened when Tileings rider lodged his claim. Inasmuch as both riders hr.d roughed it. with Sumter possibly most to blame, the judges properly denied the claim and allowed the race to stand as the horses finished. Tileing was favorite and his defeat saved the layers a big sum. ns lie was the best-backed of any starter during the afternoon. The slaughter of favorites continued, an exception being the opening race won by I.. A. fellas Arion-eue. This filly was backed into favoritism and won like a good one. She was away fully in her stride in an outside position where the going was best, and. taking a long lead at once, held sway through-. . out. winning eased tip near the end from Pinion. :[■■■ has recently had her name changed from Holy Mas*. Cunning was a respectable third. Pickens" riding of Tivolini. the favorite, in the fifth race caine in for sharp criticism and was mainly responsible for Tivolinis poor showing. Pickens kept his mount in a rear position for the first thn e-quarters while Delpliie was in a long lead. On the stretch turn he made a hard effort to wear the leaders down and his mount responded in a game fashion, but failed by a small margin to finish in the money. After the finish the judges read the riot act to Pickens and warned him against a repetition of the same kind of a ride. Zipango. at odds-on, was easily beaten by Granada, which was smartly * supported by a wise set. Granada showed sudden improvement and cantered llolllo. Polar Star, at a long price, proved much the best. Sn the second race aud had to be to win. as his •addle slipped when a furlong out and Rrussel. his rider, barely held on. Hancock, also at a long price, ran a good race and was a lucky winner iu lie- third race over the suddenly improved Crafty. Jo-ieys Aubuchon and Beyer were each suspended for six days by the start. S for disobedience at the post. Fred Foisythes two-year-old by Fthelbi *t— Valora. ■Met being worked three fnrioiigs this morning at n good clip, dropped dead when being pulled up. Mose Ooldblatt has perfected arrangements to ship iwelve horses to California next Wednesday. Sam lloffheimer. the steeplechaser, which was re ■peaaaMe for jockeys McClnre and pollacks banishment, has been fired and will probably not be a starter again this winter. Clarence McDowell was again for.-ed to absent Maaaetf from the judges stand on account of illness. William Shelly was presiding official for the day. M. J. Winn acting as associate judge. Toda. s arrivals included George t. Bcnuett, Dave l.ideon and William J. F.issett. Horsemen in this. section place no credence in the minors that the Louisville Jockey Club will meet Hiitag.mism in their effort to give a spring meeting at the Falls City. Stake blanks to the different stakes? Bar that track were distributed to horsemen this morning. I.onis A. fella, who arrived yesterday to attend the anua* meeting" of the Crescent fity Jockey flub Iin.l4 i-s. was at the track looking the plant over. He stated that many improvements would still iiave ha be made, especially to the grandstand. The rlub contemplates building a 1 wen ty -foot hood to the structure, whicli will shelter the occupants from rain and a glass covering will be put over the opening in the center of the stand. An effort will also be made to enclose the front of the stand in glass ;.nd install a steam plant to heat up the ■traetare on cold days. The scheme of enclosing llie front of the stand in glass may not prove feasible on acount of climatic conditions, which would cause the glass to sweat. A story which emanated from an unreliable source was sent out from here this afternoon thai Matt J. Winn would tender his resignation as geneihi manage] of the two tracks here to the directors at the Cii sc, nt City Jockey Club at their annual meeting, which will be held tomorrow. Tin- story further sialcd thai following Mr. Winns departure would , .:ik a return to the old system of booking at both of the New Oilcans tracks. Mr. Winn stated lie nighi that In had not resigned, had no in lent ion of i e-r-iiimg and was at a loss to understand how such it slory gained headway.
