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EVERYBODY GOES A RACING NEW ORLEANS FOLKS TURN OUT IN THOU-SANDS TO HONOR LADIES DAY. J. J. Lillis Runs a Mile in 1:37*4 and Makes a New Track Record — Lucky R. Also a Record Maker. New Orleans. La., Januarv 11.— Record-breaking racing weather, ideal conditions for tlie sport generally and the largest crowd ever seen at the Fair Grounds were outstanding features of ladies" dav this afternoon. .Never before Lad there been such a large gathering of femininity- to view the sport. The women occupied every vantage point of the huge grandstand, lawn and steps. The men were forced to shift as best they cnld and most of them sought the infield and paddock lawn to get seea-sional glimpses of the running horses. The Palm Garden was a seething, sweltering mass of humanity, but withal good-natured and all anxiously bent on securing the best of the odds from the individual price quoters. the number of stakeholders remained at 190. The mile handicap furnished a surprise in the •victory of J. J. Lillis over Indolence, with the favorite, llanovia in third place. The perfomeapee of J. J. Lillis was a sterling one. for he reduced the track record of 1:38%, formerly held by Barberry Candle to 1:37%. Another track record was reduced when Luckv It. ran DM mile, and twenty yards in 1:40%. The record previously was ] :40%. Ipsets were numerous during the afternoon, the ■raj live choics going down to defeat. I". M. Civil furnished two of the tieaten choices in Mockery and llanovia. The former after his defeat Waa claimed by J. B. Kossuth for 00. Aboat the worst setback that the talent experienced during the- afternoon came with the defeat of El Pato in the fifth race, which was won by Sureon. an extreme outsider over Laird oKirkcaldy and Gerrard. Bcrtodanos success in the second wis not wholly unexpected, for he has been showing consistently good form in all his starts. The oi ener allowed the Clara Morgan connections to reap a good harvest. .1. C. Yeager and Walter Barringer were arrivals last night from Havana and will remain for the rest of the meeting. C. W. Clark, whose horses are trained by John Lowe, will arrive from San Mateo. Cal., on Saturday with a party of seven and remain for some lime. After I .a Mode was beaten in the second race she reverted back to her former owner, who claimed her through an agent for 00. Work-outs over a fast track this morning were: Alley— Mile in 1:40%. Aunt Josie — Three-quarters in 1 :20. Hell Hoy— Five-eighths in 1:06%. lleulah S. — Three-eighths in 30. Hilly McGe — rive-eighths in 1:10. Celesta — Mile in 1:47. Cliff Field — .Three-quarters in 1:21. Colonel Marchmont — Half mile in 52. Con iwinste— Three-eighths in 38%. Dartworth — Three-quarters in 1:21%. Dew Drop — Three-quarters in 1:20. Do Ke — Quarter mile in 25%. Dorothy Dean — Half mile in 49"-.. Dr. Kendall— Three-eighths in 37%. Flizalteth Lee— Five-eighths in 1:04. Fair Helen — Thr quarters in 1:17%. lather Riley— Three eighths in 30. Flights Fancy — Three-eighths in 38. Gentlewoman — Three-eighths in 37%. Good Counsel — Five eighths in 1:03% Goodwood — Half mile in .11. Grumpy— Three eighths in 39. Guide Host— Mile in 1:48. Hedge Rose — Three-quarters in 1:19. If Coming— Three eighths in 38. lady Mildred — Three eighths in .".7. l.inda Payne — Half mile in 49%. Lost Fortune — Mile- in 1:31. Mabel Dulweber— Half mile in .".0%. May me W. — Three-quarters in 1:21. Miss Declare — Three-eighths in 37. Mico dirl— Three eighths in 37 :;-.. Noruinbcga — Three eighths in 39. Opportunity — Quarter mile in 27. Can Handle — Five-eighths in 1:05-.. Can Carets — Half mile in 51. Phasiireville — Five eighths in 1:05%. Queen f Paradise -Half mile in 50%. Ratina — Five-eighths in 1:04. Resign — Seven eighths in 1:30. River Kng — Mile in 1:4s. Roy — Half mile in 51. Royal Meteor — Three -quarters in 1:21 % Saratoga —Five-eighths in 1:09. Scrapper — Seven-eighths in 1:32. Seivia — Three-eighths in 3S. Silver Sedge — Three-eighths in 38%. Sir Oliver — Half mile in 54. Star ORyan— Mile in 1:51%. Stoiitheart — Five-eighths in 1:08. Syrian— Mile in 1:43%. Theo lorita — Three-quarters in 1:18. Tin Three quarters in 1:19. Tribolo — Three-quarters la 1:20. Cmpqua Mile in 1 :." . Code Jimmie -Three-eighths in 3S%. Washoe Belle— Half mile in 50. WhrtTat— Three-eighths in 39. Woodstone Three-quarters in 1:17%. Yellow Bally— Three-eighths in 39. Y Alleles — Three eighths in ::v
