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YEARLINGS TAKING THEIR RACING LESSONS. New Orleans Track Heavy, hut Now Improving No Stall Room for Tijuana Horses. New Orleans, La., December IS. The schooling of the two-year-olds at the Fair Grounds track has progressed so far that, today, they were being sent away from the barrier. The manner in which the youthful racers are being prepared is sufficient evidence of the intention of a number of owners to disregard the disqualification that will liar from the Kentucky, eastern jockey club and Canadian tracks, the two-year-olds racing here before April 1. A cold wind and heavy track served to keep many horses in their barns in the early hours of this, morning, but there were quite a few out this afternoon, when the ground had dried out considerably. Racing secretary Joe McLennan is having a new entry room built at the Fair Grounds, so that ho will have privacy in the taking of entries and for other duties. The new office will adjoin Judge Murphys quarters He has been on a hunting and . fishing trip for several days, but is expected back tomorrcw. Several applications have been received from horsemen racing at Tijuaia for stall room here, but they were notified that they could not be accommodated., as the carpenters at the Fair Grounds are working hard to provide quarters for horses already accepted.
