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DAY FOR SELLING PLATERS. NEW ORLEANS RACING GIVEN OVER TO THEM WITH ENTERTAINING RESULTS. Momentum Improves Quickly and Defeats Grimaldi and Charlie Eastman — Notter Rides Five Winners Out of Six Mounts — Owners Leaving. New Orleans. La.. March 27. — Todays card, a typical consolation one. served to bring together the poorer graele of horses that have liee-n racing here this winter, and a record number of starters for one day went to the |iost. The sport, despite Ihe big lields which caused much crowding, resulted in close finishes, and as the preferred ones in the speculation proved successful in most instances the talent had the better of their financial argument Willi the layers. Jockey Notter and his employer. C It. Ellison, enjoyed their banner day of the season. The former piloted live winners, and the blonde plunder is reported to hae cleared a bis ■■■ l.v the riders successes. Notters lirst success came in the opening race-when linion led a good band of youngsters to the linish. Tin- surprise in the race was the suddenly improved showing of Lillian Hay. which was pressing the winner closely at the finish. Wausau. in the second race, was only slightly in less esteem than Risk. Th- pair had it between them almost for the entire trip, with Wausau winning, which was largely due to the listless ride Nicol put Hi on the favorite. Frontenac was much the best of thos ■ that started in the third race and won as Notter pleased. Ben Strong lasting long enough to save second place from Hen Double. In contrast to his effort on Risk, Nicol gave a masicrlul exhibition on Momentum and led a fairly good band of sprinters to the finish in the fourth. «»rimaldi and Charlie Eastman fought it out for , second place, which the former finally secured. The P showing or II. . Kann in the race was disappointing and racing critics at once put him down as a jioor Kentucky Derby possibility. Crenad" had an easy time in winning the fifth Nee from the poorly ridden and much interfered with Gild. King Cole, during the early stages of the race, threatened to take the purs- by running kindly and leading by a good margin, but in the stretch run his old nvgaishness asserted itself and. by boring out and sulking, lie allowed Grenade and OKI to finish in front of him. Topsy Uobinsou gain d a cantering victory in the Pixth race in which Carew was liest. but succumbed on account of a bad ride on the part of J. Lee. Gilpin, under Notters good riding, proved himself much the superior of Lady Vincent in the last race. Jockey A. Martin has been signed by J J. Mc-CafTerty". acting for .1. A. Wernberg. to ride the horses in his stable during the coming season. Jockey HiHKstis was suspended for ten days by ♦he starter for disobedience at the post in the first race, and W. Mt for six days lor the same offense in the second race. There will l e many departures from here for New York on the steamship which sails tomorrow. The old rumor that big booths and slates w ill lie in operation during the final two weeks of the Fair Grounds was revived today. Immediately after the second race there was a wild stampede in the betting ring, which, for a brief space, threatened a riot. It was caused by fisticuffs between two disputants and the fear of gun play. Roth belligerents were piickly hustled out of the gates. The following horses will be offered for sale by miction in the paddock before the racing tomorrow: Bcaaoaharst, Shining Star, Pillow. Miss Ferris. Lady Souffle. ;race Larsen. Staunch and True. Devout. Matross. Lindale and Bird of Prey. As the end of the season approaches there is :i marked falling off in attendance. The crowd was ■ small one today and little interest was shown. Tlie majority of tin- big layers have migrated to Benning. and those that are left are not handling many large commissii.ns.
