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MUD AGAIN AT CITY PARK. B R UNEXPECTED RAINFALL BREAKS UP FAST-TRACK RACING LATELY PREVAILING. lii E. T. Shipp Defeats Cooney K. — John Dillon First m in the Steeplechase — Arionette Wins from he b, ! of Intervene hy a Narrow Margin. u ■ all E New Origins. La., March 2.°,. — City Parks last J; ■wick of racing was Inaugurated today under tin- g s|k most dreary weather conditions imaginable. A B. steady rain. wMcfe licgan early this Mflta|, eon : tinueil daring tlie afternoon without aliateineiil. The eanl was riddled liy seratches. and speculation m tin- dullest of the season. Twenty layers made a | retense of quoting prices. l.islless riding by some of the stars here con- ■ trituited largely to bringing aliout some of the J surprises of the afternoon. In this respect, although , winning with tliree of his mounts, jockey I,ee was the chief offender. His rides on Ketchejiko and J Cooney K. would have been discreditable to the • veriest amateur. • and were directly responsible for s the defeat of those horses. Ketehcmike was a pro . hibitive favorite and looked upon as the surest win- . jier of the afternoon. Lee had him in close pursuit f Fred Mulholland for a quarter hut blundered : badly when lie attempted to go through a lltll I opening, which enabled E. Dugan on Fred Mulholland 1o cut him off sharply and practically assured his j defeat. I.ees data of foul after the finish was J ignored hy the officials. On Cooney K. baa raced his mount into exhaustion in .the first hall", which enabled K. T. Shipp to come away in the last furlong to an easy victory. Aside from Lees stupid riding of Cooney K.. the running of .Miss Delaney in the race was a distinct J reversal at form and may result in th • officials • delving closely into her inconsistent performances. In the opening race Arionette BaBsiaged to gain a I head victory over Intervene in a spectacular finish. Intervene was dearly the b-st. but N tiers tactics on Inez Sister in pi-piing him into close quarters j dtiring the first three furlongs, brought about his j undoing. Jockey Soliell. who had the mount on Dr. Logan in the st.-cplochase. was given a w ll merited sits- j pension for tlie rest of the meeting by tiie officials. I Of late there have been ugly rumors concerning his riding of sev. ral of his mounts and H. Flippen. owner of ISuckman. accused him openly of having pulled flint horse in his last race. Kis statement was partially borne our today hy the surprisingly impioved showing of that Bane in finishing third after a pood effort. John Dillon winning from McAllister. SobeHa dilatory tactics were resiionsiblc for the failure of Hv. Logan to finish closer up. Listerine. at a long price, furnished the surprise in the fifth race bv defeating tlie choices in easy style. Canada and Qnagga. both favorites, won their respective races withivuf much effort. Jock i y i:. McDaniol deiarterl Saturday night for Benning. Frank ONeill will ship Chapultopec. Angel us ami tlie others in his string to Gravesend 1 tomorrow. Mecliek will be shipped at the same time, trainer Leery having received wo d today from S. C. llildreth to that effect. Jockey B. Dugar. : will also have tomorrow for N v York. Tlie ii form element opposed to racing is cirru-l:i t itiir a petition aiuoiiir merchants and other citizens to be presented to the legislature, when that body , coneties. to eliminate the gambling feature attached to tlie s|«irt. Many signatures have been secured. ! J. C. Milam this morning Bali the horses Ida May and Shirley Kossmore to II. Clark. J. II. McCormick sold tlie two-year-old filly. Gloriole, sister to Glorilier. this morning to A. G. Mol-linelli. Kdwanl Tribe, assistant Martin to A. B. Dade. received word from secretary Wahlgreon of the ,: Denver Overland Jockey Club of his appointment J as starter for the Denver meeting, which hegius I June IS.
