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NEW ORLEANS SITUATION IS PECULIAR Buffalo X Y August 7 Considerable informa ¬ tion drifts this way from visiting New Orleans peo ¬ ple as to the probable chances of the sport at the Crescent City the coming winter although none of It Is of a nature that can be set down as authori ¬ tative It Is believed that Mayor Behrman will be reelected this fall If so the city administra ¬ tion as in former years can be relied upon to be friendly to cleanly sport It is conceded however that a test of the new antigambling law which is declared by good lawyers to be unconstitutional ought to be and probably will be the first move of the race track people In any event sheriff Mararti of Jefferson Parish the free and independent State of Jefferson has gone on record as saying that If the big tracks are closed he will race all winter at Algiers law or no law In former years Mantra has managed to do much as IMS pleased as tit sporting affairs in bis bailiwick and it appears to be reasonable to believe that he may continue to do so
