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ONLY TWO DAYS REMAINING SUCCESSFUL NEW ORLEANS MEETING COMES TO AN END TOMORROW AFTERNOON. Mardi Gras Festivities Bring Many New Patrons to the Course — Richest Stake Race of the Meeting on the Last Day. Nt w Orleans. La.. rXnauiy 18. — The tun remain las days of tiif present meeting promise to ba history biMh fiit-s in New Orleans nctaf. Probably at iit formi r time has there beta sack a it card breaking throng pceetat far Mardi Graa festivities in tli.- Crescent City. The Fair Graaada is rertahi fa play host fee a big number of these bbmm saeat seeking visitors, and. as the patronage has beea ex-tensivf throughout the nutting, this addition will nt th abt set a record far attendance on the grounds. Tars hapartaat fixtures naaala far decision and each will feature separately on the ifaialntar days. Monday the Martin Behnaaa two milt- nan will be inn mill on the closing day will be staged the Creaceal city Handicap, at a arias and a aaarter. This race is the most valualilf of all stakes de-filled here this winter and has .0 J0 in added money. Important incidents in a racing way here last weeft were the finding of a "no true hill" by the grand jury in their investigation of alleged law violations in the Far Graaada 1alni Gardea. This is the third tfaae in three suci essiv" winters that the 111 sad jury has had the betting matter brought to its attention by peraeaa aaxfaaa to suppress the apart here and aa each occasion the grand jury Las returned a clean hill favoring the radag people. Conforming with Lav/ Requirements. Tt i- mor- thaa probable that in future the nntis -will not lie so keen to meddle with the sport, for the association maintains that it is conforming to every requirement that brings the rating ami BC-i laananjlat adjuncts within the full moaning of the Larhe law. fa. An. it:. ,t autttcr that heitl turfites attention in 9 tins-- parts was the trial began last Friday, in one of the faeal criminal court;, la which Uagb ODtui-jiel. managing editor of the Near Orleans American owned by 11. 1. "Curly" Brown, was defendant in a criminal action uit. 11. I Brow a came here from Havana to give testimony and. during the two days trial befare the courts adjournment until next Friday, much racing matters had been detailed, parti -uiaily that feature which had to lo With the attempt by Mr. Breara to race at City Park and the subsequent sah- of this track to the Business Mens Hating Association. .lot-key I. McTaggart set a new record far this meettag during the past week, when he rotle tdeven a iaac 1 1 and araa out ti the itddlri one day becaase of illness.
