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BIG MEETING NOW AT HAND NEW ORLEANS RACING OPENS TODAY WITH O.UITE FLATTERING PROSPECTS. Novelty of Gray Horses at the Track — Veteran Green Pursued by Ill-Fortune — Business Mens Association Defines Its Aims. By .T. L. Dcmpsi y. Now Orleans. La., December It. iik- old Cienteai City again is abaci to come into its own in the way nf helping make turf history, for tomorrow, the thoroughbreds will hold forth :it the historic Fair .rounds, and from that day tint i t February SB, a race meeting will I- in progress that will be metropolitan like in every respect. For the past Month, race horses and their ability have been the sole topic in sporting circles in New Orleans. From the North, South. Bant and West turfit-s Pave gathered for the third annual session of the 1usiness Mens BaeiMg Association. and horses rem every section of the country also are here to contest for honors. Weather conditions recently have mitigated against the trainers giving their charges enough work, especially the stake horses which favor a fast track, but out of the larg" number of horses quartered at the Fair O rounds there are plenty ready to run. and it will not take the others long to get fit. Out of nearly 800 horses here, there Is not il sick thoroughbred on the grounds, a remarkable record in view of the acrobatic weather vliich has been prevailing. Never bpfore in the hist ry of winter racing, especially where such a short meeting as the coming one at the Far Grounds wits given, lias a racing association been as liberal to the horsemen. The minimum purse value will be 00. and the stakes larger than are given at many tracks which run in the spring, summer and fall. An example .of the amount of stake money to be given uway is shown in the distribution for the last three days of the meeting. On these three days ,200 will be hung up in stakes alone, they being the, Rex Handicap *2-fi8? Mdleri; Marfiu Rehnn m H:widicnp, g 1*200 added and the rescent City Handicap, ,000 added. Last Years Officials Again. The list of officials for this season is the same as last year. Jud:;e Joaeah A. Murphy being the ] residing judge. J. 15. Campbell, associate judge and clerk of the scales. Joe McLennan, rating sec-letary and Herman Conklin. patrol judge. In addition to performing the duties of associate judge ni 1 derk of the scales. Campbell also will pay the purse money to the hois, in mi. which work heretofore was performed by the auditor. Seldom in recent years have gray horses been seen in action on race tracks, but there are three hero that will lie raced throughout the winter. Two of them are in the barn of Grant Hugh Browne, both coming two-year-olds, and the other is Prince of Castile, which is now in his thirteenth year. The Browne two-year-olds arc both imported and they have been named Bit of Fluff and Boy Blue. The former is by Stay I eg- -Helen of Troy and the latter by Orey Leg — Cissy Brown. They both came from Ireland. In the matter of age Budweiser, which is now turning seventeen years cut -dates all of the other horses here. There is another horse at the Fair Grounds called Wop. which is said to be fourteen, but it is said that his pedigree is uncertain and his breeding is being looked into. lrince of Castile, which is owned by I . S. Thompson, is next in the age list. There are a few ten-year-olds hate and a large number which are between six and ten. Charles Waltring. who had charge of the Paha Cart— the two previous seasons will not act in the same capacity this year. He will be succeeded by Sam Eddy, a local man. and the latter has been on the job getting things in shape for the opening for the past two weeks. The assistants to Kddy will be the same as those who worked with Waltring. City Council Acts Favorably. The last legal proceedings which grew out Of the tangle here last summer when there was talk of two tracks running, was gone through with, v hen the City Counc il reported favorably the ordinance granting the Business Mens Racing Association the right to conduct a meeting on the dates asked for, January 1 to February MX One of the qualifications of the new ordinance is that the r.iing associations dates must lie sanctioned by tin- council and no trouble was experienced in this ICspOCt. Among the many recent arrivals here wore Joe Ti vi- Smith Baker. Hairy Ncison. Mose Cossman, Haarice llyams. Max Bloch. Sum Bradley, Jules Oarson. Barney Sexton, Charles J. Casey, Tony Wallace, Tom Shaw. Frank Ortcll, Harry Bloch. G ne Austin. Eddie Meyer and Henry Watterson Jr. Among the newcomers to winter racing here is George M. Hcndrie. owner of the Windsor, Oat., ■ace track, and althougi he is represented by a small stable, he sent his best race horse h, re. Baa char. The son of Qnlveetoa— -Sweet Lavender will be nominated in all 0f the long distance stakes and he will get plenty of action throughout the winter. He would have been in the New Years Handicap, but for the fact that he arrived here enly the day before the nominations closed and as the track was muddy, trainer John Walters had no chance to prepare him for the race. He is a bane that is hard to get back into training when he has been rested for ,i long time, but when he if fit. lie is a stayer of ability. He never looked better in his life. Mr. Hciidrk- in all probability will nunc to New Orteane during the winter to see his crack runner Berfofm, He lias eaethnr fair horse in Sands of Ih csure, winner of a stake ;,t Latonia. last fall in the mud. but he can run on any kind of a track. The other two in tin- ■table are Raggedy Man and Sh.ii. Frost, the latter an imported horse. They haw been at the farm cear Nashville, Tenn.. since Latonia closed, and all seem to have benefited Ly their rest. The „iilv changes BUM $ in the weight allowance raid this season uei.- ihose pertaining to apprentice riders who have complied with the conditions o riiling twenty races and winning three, and horse.-, in route races which have never won at ■ mil- or over. QeMinga will get no allowances. Green Morris in BaJ Luck. That "it never rains but What it iiours" be it in prosperity or adversity, was never better ex- Continued on third page. BIG MEETING NOW AT HAND. Continued from first page. c mplified than in the case of Green B. Morris, the e Meat active turfman of the present day who is here for the winter meeting. For the past few yean prosperity has frowned upon the once wealthy turfman, and he finally wounel up with one horse, Rose Juliette. She was a gift horse, as she- was presented to him at one of the Maryland meetings in the fall of 1915 by his friends, and last winter lie did fairly well with her, winning several races. During the recent nice ling at Bowie-, however, she was caught in the fire which played havoc with a lot of thoroughbreds and her back was badly burned. He brought her here in the hopes that she would recover, but she has shown little or no 1 signs of improvement, and he is going to dispose of her for a broodmare. This will leave the veteran without a horse to race here, but iie is hopeful : that before the winter is over he again will be able to get hold of one or two racers. Jockey Frank Robinson, leading rider of the country for 1910 is not the only member of his ; family, who can pilot horses. His brother. AV. Robinson is under contract to G. W. J. Bissell. Bad James Qass, trainer for the Bissell establishment is of the opinion that he will develop into a first class rider. He is not a maiden jockey, having won a race or two in Camilla. He has not • ridden in some time as he sustained a broken leg : ■way from the race track, and the injury was a long time mending. The Bissell stable has ten two-year-olds in it, all of them by the same sire. ■ Rapid Water, and traine-r Gass says that they all 1 will be raced at the Fair Grounds. Despite the fact that Mose Goldblatt, trainer for Jefferson Livingston, was confined to his bed in a 1 local hotel for nearly a week by illness, the twenty-three racers in this establishment are well advanced in their training. Goldblatt was unable to j be at the track for some- time, but he is now well I again. The Livingston string is the largest here. • Composed entirely of old horses, and all of the in 1 are in e-xeelle nt shape. Mr. Livingston has two j eckeys under Contract, II. Jeffcott. who formerly rode for George M. Hendrie, and Roy Irquhart. Some Supplementary Rules. In addition to tin- rales of racing printed in the condition books of the meeting, the Busine-ss Mens . Racing Association lias issued tapplemeatary rules. explaining its object and its scope. They are as | follows: The Business Mens Racing Association is incor-porated amter tic ■ laws of fcnailana It was formed to provide clean and wholesome entertain me nt for the people of tile- state and the tourists who make New Orleans their objective point during the- winter months. Its further purpose is to elevate racing to a higher plane, to improve the breed of horses and to prove a valuable adjunct to the government in 1 providing suitable remounts for the army, through ! the fostering and developing of the thoroughbred bane. It will assume arbitrary jurisdiction only over tho-e who voluntarily place themselves under that jurisdiction. It reserves the right to eject and keep from its j premises any utrsoa who by any overt act fraudulent or Otherwise, whether on the grounds of the I Iiusiness Mens Racing Association or any other ; 11 pafabta association has BhOWB himsilf to be un-eesirable and a menae-e to the- good name- of racing. Any person placing himself within the jurisdiction of tin- Business Mens Racing Association. , hereby agrees to accept as final the decisions of its officials, subject to such objections and appeals t as may be provided under these rules.
