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COLONEL VENNIE A VICTOR FIRST IN THE RICH HOTEL MENS HANDICAP AT NEW ORLEANS. Grumpy Finishes Second and Candle Third — Favorites Havo a Disastrous Day — Fine Weather and a Great Attendance. New Orleans. La.. February 10. — The Hotel Mens Handicap of ,000 gross value. of which .9l!5 net went to the winner, and the .second largest stake of the meeting, was taken by Jefferson Livingstous Knglish bred Colonel Vennie. with T. McTaggart in the saddle. Sixteen of the best racers in these parts made the contest and it was a wonderful field to be mustered together on a winter track. The winner had Diamond as an aid. but the diminutive Jeffcott got the filly into a jam on the first turn, when inevitable interference came as a result of the big field. This precluded her possibility of being a pacemaker, which she was intended for. Dr. Carmen, however, aided Colonel Vennie. for he forced a fast pace, with Grumpy and Colonel Vennie following. The latter moved into the lead when approaching the stretch turn and from there home he held the race safe, winning by a little over a length from Grumpy, with Candle third and Opportunity in fourth place. Grumpy received 00 of the purse. 00 went to Candle and Opportunity got 00. The Livingston pair and Hauberk were joint favorites. Hauberk got involved in early trouble and failed to recover from it. Another record-breaking attendance was on hand this afternoon to witness the sport. Weather conditions being ideal. The track, however, was still heavy and holding, favoring mud runners of the sturdier type and making the outer portion of the course, where the going was firmer, a coveted place by all the jockeys. Favorites fared poorly, most of them going down to defeat. The first upset of choices came in the second race, when Alex Getz succumbed to Ponte-fract on which T. Rice scared his first winning mount this winter. Squecler was the next choice to go overboard, this racer failing badly and not being placed. Mars Cassidy triumphed iu it after a hard effort to outstay Syrian. Swift Fox and Miss Kruter had the call in the fifth, but Merimee employed suicidal tactics on Swift Fox by keeping him in the worst part of the -course and rushing him into a ten lengths" lead in the first half. He quit badly in the stretch, No Mauager winning in the last strides. Billie Baker a Deceiver. Billie Baker was the next offender. This veteran found the track a bit too hard for his delicate underpinning, but he Blade a game effort and landed third. Transport winning by a head from Minda. Melaggarts energetic riding on Mo-s Fox was responsible for his victory by a nose over Handfull in the final race. McTaggart also piloted Henry R., the favorite, in the opener, making it three wins for the afternoon. Henry R.s success marked the fourth victory for that colt at this meeting and clearly stamps him as the best of his age shown here. Jockey T. Henry, who came hen- from Juarez two weeks ago. had his license granted today and will accept mounts beginning Monday. Algernon Daingerfield. assistant secretary to the Jockey Club, sent notification here to trainers contemplating racing in the east, that it is imperative for them to make the necessary application for licenses at once as ao temporary licenses will be issued by the stewards. Stake blanks for the Douglas Park and Latonia tracks, including to the Championship Stakes, were distributed to owners this afternoon by J. B. Campbell. It. S. Newman today disposed of Nowhere at pri-ate terms to G. Kilpper. A. G. Weston, acting for Thomas Clyde, sold Patapsco to J. F. Sullivan, and Frank Frithen. a former aviator, secured Col. Gutelius and will turn him over to O. K. Pons to train. There were many first time visitors at the course this afternoon, a number just arriving for the Mardi Gras festivities. Dr. Larrlck has been temporarily retired from racing and has had the firing irons applied to his forelegs. Pockiehoo came out of his race yesterday badly cut ahoat his hind legs and will probably not be a starter again at this meeting.
