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FINISHED AT NEW ORLEANS QREEN SEAL WINS THE NEW ORLEANS RAIL WAYS HANDICAP IN EASY STYLE gc Continues His Victorious Career Brougham Runs a Fast Race Masquerade Defeats Es cutcheon Owners Bound Northward Now Orleans La April 11 The session of rac ¬ ing which bewail here November 23 last terminated this afternoon Unlike former years this season was not as profitable to the management various causes contributing to a decrease of the revenues the principal one l eiiig the money stringency that prevailed at lie outset of the meeting However a handsome balance is still left on the side of the ledger to be divided among the stockholders stockholdersFor For a getaway program Secretary Maginjj framed conditions which enabled some of the better class horses to contest and although small lields were the rule the sport promised well and lured an extra large attendance to the course courseThe The New Orleans City Hallways Handicap was the principal offering and it resulted in a well merited victory for Green Seal which lead Carthage and Koyal 15en throughout and won with much in reserve The condensed history of the New Orleans City Hallways Handicap is as folows Year Winner A Wt Jockey Val Time 1903 Emshee 4 100 Gannon 1305 140J 140J1904Count 1904Count Em Out5 2 Aubuchon 12CO 147 3905 Phil Finch 4 119 Criminals 1420 l49i l49ilOOli lOOli Phil Finch 132 Perrine lCOO 148 14819O7 19O7 Pasadena 5 102 P K yos 128013 128013190S 190S Green Seal 4 110 Nicol 1215140 Distance increased from 1 mile to 1 116 miles The sprint handicap which followed went to Blagg which won in sensational style after a strenuous stretch drive to outstay the speedy Al Muller Shortly after the betting had started on the race word was received by the oflicials that Prince Ahmed one of the carded starters would be un ¬ able to get to the course in time to start on ac ¬ count of a broken bridge between City Park and the Pair Grounds which he could not cross This caused all bets to be declared off and additional time was granted to make a new book bookBrougham Brougham and Masquerade both shortpriced favorites took the first two races and gave the favorite backers a long lead of the layers layersThe The third race was strictly between Yaddo and Bertha E both fighting it out hard through the stretch and the first named won by impeding the Phillips mare at a critical time timeDick Dick Itcdd enabled Paul Miles to capture his only purse of the meeting when he won the fifth race from Wise Hand in a drive driveThe The closing race went to the suddenly improved The Thorn which in a furious drive managed to get up in time to win by a nose from Blue Lee the latter was the same margin in advance of Gold way and Lady Esther a slight distance further back The latter was best and with good riding could not have lost After the finish The Thorn was raised from 300 his entered price to 1000 but Ills owner retained him In retaliation Pat Dunne claimed Blue Lee for 800 R A Steele had bought the colt from J Capo early in the afternoon for 950 but second money and half the runup more ihnn offset the loss In purchase price priceThe The officials removed the ban on jockey J W Murphy who was indefinitely suspended for a faulty ride on Ida May and restored him to good standing standingJockey Jockey P Bailey who was suspended for the alleged pulling of Pedro In the early part of the season was also placed in good standing standingDepartures Departures for the north during the next week vrill bo numerous although some of the horsemen will remain In this section and race at the half mile tracks until the opening of the Texas circuit Edward Corrigans horses will be shipped to Louis Tille next Monday Those to be raced at Lexing ¬ ton will then Tie transferred from the Falls City CityArthur Arthur Redfern the onetime wellknown jockey who has been here all winter will depart tomorrow for New York where he will try to purchase sev ¬ eral good horses with a view to campaigning them on the metropolitan tracks this summer summerJockey Jockey Nicol left tonight for New York to be In attendance at the opening of the Aqueduct meet ¬ ing ingC C T Brownfield today disposed of Gild to J D Lagan for 350 Brownfield will ship Hammock Boy to New York next week weekStarter Starter Dade left tonight for his home in Hen ¬ derson Ky where he will remain until the opening of the Plmlico meeting where he Is engaged to do the starting startingSecretary Secretary E W Maglnn left for his home In St Louis tonight where after a brief stay he will go io Buffalo and take charge of affairs at the Fort Erie track trackBarney Barney Schrelbers string will be shipped to Jjoulsvllle and In the same car will go the horses owned by Tom Nepper and W A Klrwan KlrwanThe The horses owned by J W Burttschelland Morris Welch will be shipped to Baltimore next Tuesday Myron McHenry will ship his horses to Baltimore within the next few days C R Ellison will leave tomorrow for West en His horses will be shipped to Gravesend
