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REMEDY FOR FOUL RIDING, t V. POWERS SENT TO JOIN NOTTER IN DESERVED SUSPENSION. Yankee Girl Defeats Pedro in a Close Finish — Gold- pTooi in Easy Fashion — Racing Shifted Back to City Park Track. New Orleans. La., February 17. -Todays shift ing of raring scenes to City rack liil n«l malcti .•illy enhance tin s|mrt. Track conditions MR somewhat superior to those at the Fair Grounds. Mil only ordinary hors. s contested t In- different IMCS. Favorites were lieaten in si races. Hie exeep-tion being QeMprsef, which won the fifth race as his rider phased by virtue of having liiiteh ill • best of the ■tart. Foul riding continues and one of the most flagrant cases of rough riding went unpunished. The incident came in the fourth race, tin- mile ami a sixteenth handicap, which featured the card, when . Keener, astride .lolm Carroll, delilieratclv carried P. dro, the favorile. almost to the extreme outer rail nrhUe rounding the tirst turn and thereby allowed Yankee Girl, which Natter steered close to the inner rail, to take a lead of live lengths. This imi.-tically assured her victory. Iedro. after act tine clear from John Carroll, set sail resolutely for the Ellison filly and. gradually wearing her down, w ut into a slight Pad momentarily in tin- last furlong, hut his early effort told on him in the final drive and Yank.e 6M gained the decision hy a close margin, .lolin Carroll, after his bumping with Iedro. appeared ta sulk, but saved third place Irom Klania the only other starter. in the dosing race herding taettra were Kspan-sible for Adesso falling and unseating Ileidel in addition to causing a jam. The incident occurred in front of the stand, shortly after the start, and to nian il appeared as if Koerner on Anna Day was again responsible. lie broke from an outside petition and -leered aver sharply. Hut Uie officials held . Powers on Granada to Idaine and suspended him for five days. Cult, at long odds, showed surprising improvement and won tin steeplechase in handy stvle from Buckiunn. The latter trained second place by his llders success in blacking Captahi Jarrel off near tike end. The mixup in the closing race proved advantageous to Delphic, which Mclhttiiel took into the lead on the fust turn and kept there to the end. Louise Mat-fa thin, which finished second, would probably have are* the winner with clear sailing. St. Ilario. favored by most racing luck in the atXta race, ran to his best form ami was an easy winner over Sevcrus and Hans. Tic latter two were in several jams, which partially accounted fur tiieir failure lo he closer up at the end. Speculation was divided between Coldproof and l.i ns in the filth race, but a bail start eliminated Dunnes candidate as a serious factor. Al that he showed swnptoins of soreness while going to the past ami Blight no have beaten the winner tadaj with an even start. The race was noteworthy for tin false price t|iiotetl against Merrick, which finished third and ran a good race from a poor beginning. C. K. Kllison and his following attempted a coup in the tliird race with Ketl Mill, but their plans were upset b Char getting up in the last -aide to win by a short head. Serenade again di-appointcd T. C. McDowell and hi- army of Mesas hy her failnre to ttefeat Harday ana in the epenlag race, far which s| • ■ was favorile. lackey Powera again diatingntahed himself bj iMIag three winners. Natter, who was alleered to ride out his engagements, had two winning mounts. Jockey S. Ileidel. who fell with Adesso. sustahn-i! inmtics that "ill keep hiin out of the saddle for -olllc time. Jock- vs Muli ahy. F. Mat ami .lohait.-sson wnr each suspended far live tlavs bv the starter tor dis-..|»dieinc at the peat. .1. Baker, who rode 1.. A. Meyer in the third rac . received a bail hurt on the left Irg when his inoiinl . etna crowded inio the fence in the first tjntlli I Ray Thompson, which had been shipped to Dallas 1.. be Mated with a view to shipping him ts New Vera later, armed today at City Park. Recently th re has been some gossip that he was a year older than represented. In view of his presence the ■Hitter could tnsftj be determined wiih an exainiu.i tion by a v leriiiarv. Rurlew : ONeill have ilisiinscd of their youngsters Shone ami Brougham to J. I. SoiaVwclI. Sain Louis soltl to C. Meyer today the horse Ap probation tor a reported price of 00. lackey Soliell escaped injury by his fall 1n.in Jim llutton.
