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CLOSING RIGHT AT HAND ■ * MEMORABLE NEW ORLEANS MEETING HAS ONLY TWO MORE DAYS TO GO. . t »« Attendance and General Success Up to a Remarkable Standard — Bringhurst Faster Than Pan Zareta — i — Dade to Succeed Morrissey as Starter. , ! l By J. I.. Dempsey. New Orleans, La.. March 5. — Tuesday will mark ■ the triad up of what will go down in racing history M one of the heel winter meetings held any where in this country. The splendid results achieved is due id the full co-operation of the . rscroea with the officials in i hsn the racial • .7 an.! tin- keea efforts of all eoaaeeted with the Bast- . Hess Mtns Racing Association. TO Jawph A. Mar- phy much crei.it is due lor the firm supeivi- ion 1 oicr the sport and his able management of track 1 affair*. To president Rounyscn Bad his executive board is due much praise tor their assistance in steering the racing craft clear of snags and slioals. To steward Campbell, .lean learce. M . .Michaelis. 1 A. B. l.ctellier. John Dillon and 1. .1. Virgin much praise is given for their labors before the opening I and during the period that racing went on. The majority of the people of New Orleans are fat racing, bin this by no means signliies that it I did apt had opposition In some quarters ami a concerted effort on the part of the opposition was inaugurated towards the dose of the meeting. The . matter was pat before the grand jury and it began an exhaustive investigation of complaints that the Locke Law was being violated in the Palm Garden. Their report of "No true hill" was in line with , two former reports of similar character by two previous grand juries that investigated conditions last gear. The Boding of the grand jury was pleasing to tnrfdom at large and it is supposed that hereafter the opponents of racing will accept the verdict aim cease their activities. I ne attendance at the Fair Grounds since the beginning oi the Manli Gras ssasoa has been stu-j.eiidniis. That of Saturday, .Martin Behnnaa day. .a honor or the popular mayor af Ne" Orleans, who has been racings chief and staaachest ..supporter, will go down as a record in poiat of attendance tor the meeting. That the racing has given the cjly a great impetus is conceded, even by tnose hostile to the s|M rt. and the business interests ■: the community are for a continuance of the port, under present conditions. Close observers, haw-ever, believe that it would be for the best interest if a law could be enacted at the Louisiana leg— la live session next May. that would insure the sport from farther attacks by those who do not favor racing. From a linancial standpoint the meeting has exceeded expectations . ! the management and a more liberal policy will no doubt be pursued with horse i. ion next winter, for ir is almost certain that ] ;;ses will be considerably increased over what bey were. One of the 1 i- bcncUeiarics ..f the racing will be the Charity 11 spital, which "ill receive handsome sums from the "At The I..st Performance" and from the proceeds of the racing days on March :. and ::. There were large attendances at the track on both these days including the most distinguished persons in the city and state. Thus far three slakes have been decided and the meeting will end with the running of the New Orleans Cap Handicap, a ,000 fixture for three-year-olds and over, at a mile and a quarter. The stakes which have I n decided to date have denion- f titrated that marten Goosbr, if he retains his present form, will take a lot of beating in the slakes f r horse* in the older division on the Ken-lucky circuit i.ext spring. The decision of George V, inglield. owner of the Nevada .-suck Farm stable, to put Sheer race m the Kentucky 1 erby was not unexpected bv those who saw the horse race here and. with better riding than he received in his races at the Fair Grounds, he would undoubtedly have won more money f"i his owner. lie has a terrific burst of -peed, as he demonstrated here on one occasii D ■when he was left at the post in a mile and twenty yards race and "as In front passing the seven-• ighlhs post, and on another time, when he jumped :i fence, ran sway among a row of stables and then finished third, being beaten less than a length for all of the money. For runups and claims the local meeting is setting a record, a- in the first fifty-two days of racing there were, by actual count, thirty-seven Itorses advanced over their catered prices and more than half a hundred hanged hands by the claiming route. .... Opinion here has been much divided as to which is the be~t sprinter. Pan Zareta, or Bringhurst. Pan Zareta had »h wn to excellent advantage here this winter, but not any better than Bringhurst, and the oaly lime they met before the latter finished in front of her hot* being beaten by .1. .1. I.illis in the track record time of 1:12. Bringhurst came back and equalled the .1. .1. Kills mark tor three-quartern and. t.. make bis victory more impressive, be tarried 134 pounds and won in ca- fashion. When .1. J. I.illis made his record time he carried only HIS pounds. Ian /.aulas best race here was in ■ bighweight handicap, in which she carried HO pounds and ran live and one half furlongs in 1:00-.. In this event she was forced to a hard drive to outstay -I. .1. Mills, and she oalj beat him a hall length. The result of their race today, at even weights, seems to make Bringhurst out Tan Zaretas noisier. lour -pcci.il trains will he run from New Orleans ; to Hot Spiings and. fudging from the reservations. they will have to be large trains in order to handle Hie crouds Each day tads more owners announcing that they will ship to Hot Springs, and all of the good horses here will he race there. I lie Ken tnekj contingent will transfer their activities p. Hot Springs and manv easterners will also operate J there until the end of this month, when they will leave lor Bowie. Indications point to 300 horses lesving here for the Vapor City »n Wednesday Beat and tally 1,000 followers will go lrom here to the Arkansas spa. Starter A. 1.. Dade was appointed today to do tile s-tartiiig at the Oaklawn meeting. His appointment caste as ■ result of Barry ktorrianeys sudden ili-jiess. which Incapacitated ham carrying out his contract. There was much regret expressed over his illness and piensiire over Mr. Hades appointment. Joseph I". Martin, who will manage the meeting " tor the BUS ness Mens League, sent word this morning that seven carloads of racers arrived at [ Hot springs yeaterdaj from Juarez and California. lie also stated that the largest crowds in the history of Hoi Springs are expected during the racing. The ttack is in excellent condition for the reception 1 of horses. . Training gallops this morning over a fast track were: Africa Bet U— Mile in 1 :tr . Aimee T. — Quarter mil.- in 29%. rtendel —Five-eighths m 1:05-.. Bens Brother — Hall mile ir. 51%. Bill Wiley — Three-quarters in 1:17%. r.rownstom — Iive -eighths in 1 :0. Bala Welsh Three-eighths in 99%. • had Buford Mile in 1:49%. Chilton King— Five-eighths in 1:69% Chlvator Mile in l :52. Counterpart live eighths in 1 MIS"-,. Canes Three eighths in 39%. Disillusion— Mile in 1 :50. k Dr. Kendall— Half mile in 19%. Duke of Dunbar -Seven eighths in 1:11. C M. Miller Three quarters in lilOi... Garnet — Three -quarters in 1:17%, Gloii u-r — Half mile in 52. Illuminator— Half mile In 50. Investment Three-eighths in 89%. laarhoae — Three-eighths in 41. John Bunny -live-eighths in 1:04. Continued on 6eeond page. CLOSING RIGHT AT HAND. Continued iron: flrst page. Lair.! oKtrkcsldy — Mile in 1 17 Liiiih-iithal -Mile am! I q Uter in 2:11%. Marabou- Mile in l : lv- Mundle FI i e i Igbths bo t ■ Man I Bat oi iii?-.-.- eigbl - In 38%. Mil.-t..u. Half mile [a 5C. Miss Water- Seven eighth- in 1:32%. Molly It. a.l Half mile in SI Orange Mile in 1 :•"•-:.. Republ i. an S ven eighths m 1 :3 . Rhymer Three eighths in 16 ... Royal Tea Half mib In ■ Talebeam I ive i "• ,. Tallej rand I igbtl Thought reader Mile in 1 : lv WetsaO Mile in 1 :46.
