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.I0IIN CARROLLS GOOD RACE WINS FROM G0LDPR00F. COONEY K. AND OTHER FAST ONES WITH EASE. Dr. Heard Takes the Steeplechase in a Canter — Pinion First in Fast Time — Funiculaire a Surprise — Hans Defeats Miss Mazzoni. e-w Oilcans. La.. January W. — While there Hi nothing especially attractive about the card offend a l City Park this afternoon it drew out a barge crowd, the al Icnelau.-e comparing favorably with that «.l election day on Tuesday lasr. The fields in tlic majority of the ra.es were largo and four of them furnished stirring finishes, in which the winners were first home by small margins. In the fourth race, which was at six furlongs. Kilward Porrlg— ■ Ma Carroll beat a field of fast sprinters and siiowed tliat he is just now alxmt as good a banc as he ever was. John Carroll had had luck in his race May, licing seriously interfered witli 1 and huffeted almut on the far turn. When entering J the stretch he was in sixth position and ahout live • lengths hack of the lender, hut Keener hrought him through next to the rail. and. finishing with a I great burst of speed, he got up in the last ten 1 yards and won going away. Tnder favorable eon-ditions it would take one of the hest horses here to beat John Carroll at seven furlongs. This distance ■ suiis him better than the shorter route he was asked 1 lo go today. In ilk* two-year-old race, Pinion showed the fastest t •thi.-e furh ngs that baa been run here this winter. the lime. .15;. lieing two-liftlis of a second fa-ter than the stake was run on Wednesday. Pinion ; was ridden by Notter and made a show of her r companions. l.indale started out like a winner in the steeplechase, - displayed great speed through the first turn 1 of the field and fairly lew at his jumps, and at one ? stage h-d by eight or ten lengths. The last time • around Dr. Heard wore hint down and. taking the lead at the seventh jump, drew away and won easily by four lengths. Halting, supposed to he a good thing in the sixth , race, performed pearly. There was a rumor at the , track that his owners had a big commission on 1 him in the handltooks around the country. Besides losing their money they lost their horse. Ira Rice, owner of Rel o, claiming hint out of the race for . *77.Y 1. Kelly, who had the mount on Druid in the , sixth race, was bruised up some by his fall. The , mare stumbled on the backstretch and went to her , knees, and Kelly shot straight up in the air. He , . tell heavily and for a time was knocked out. Kelly . haa been unfortunate here this winter. A few weeks :rgo he received a fall while riding Mazio ONeill j in a race al Cltj Park and brake his collar lione. ■podajs mount on JHuid was his first since the . m-jrtdeii:. . carload of two-year-olds, the property of 1.. A. C.olla. n ached hoe from Douglas park. Louisville. tl:i- morning. In the lot were aerenl good lookers. Shi* betid Is said to be far superior to that which l! irjla has been racing here.
