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MORE CHEERFUL PROSPECTS ; i i Construction of New Fair Grounds Buildings Proceeding Rapidly. r. t-- i a Sunshine Sunday Improves Track so that it Will Be Good Today Horses Work Fast. NEW ORLEANS, La., January 5. Having passed through the first stage of the meeting at the Fair Grounds successfully in spite of the severe handicaps of bad weather and the inconveniences of a hastily-constructed grandstand, the members of the Business Mens Racing Association, which conducts racing here, are looking more hopefully at the future. The present week will witness an improvement in all departments, including a better track, a better class of racing and a number of improvements that will add to the comfort and convenience of the racegoers. President J. T. Pender and supervisor I. B. Rennyson of the racing association, were at the track Sunday morning looking over tha work tluit,,wns being pusheirto completion. They jmnquneeU, that thu clubhouse section in the grandstand would be ready Tuesday and that two ladies dressing rooms, now building, would be completed tomorrow. 1 The makeshift pressstand that failed to afford any protection from the cutting winds of last week was torn down this morning and another structure enclosed in glass will take its place and be ready Monday afternoon. A stairway will lead from the pressstand to the rear of the grandstand, which will be a great convenience to the newspaper men. The work of roofing the Palm garden has been finished and now it will not Iw .necessary for the oralizers to wear raincoats when they are doing business. Sunday mornings brilliant sunshine brought out the horses in large numbers for work and afforded the large crowd of spectators an opportunity to witness some really entertaining gallops. , There were some fast work-outs reeled off, the drying-out track leing taken advantage of by the trainers to indulge their .charges inutlie best work since the meeting opened. With continued fine" weather the going will be in excellent order for the sport Monday. Secretary Jos, McLennan. is busily engaged in preparing the program" for next weeks racing, and he is making an endeavor to frame the conditions sq as to give every class of horse at the track an opportunity to win a puuse. Now that he is thoroughly familiar witli the kind of horses that are ready to race he will have little difficulty in framing races that will bring out good fields. The General Pershing Handicap will supply the weeks chief racing fixture and will be decided next Saturday. It is for three-year-olds and over and at the distance of a mile and a sixteenth. A good field of the better grade of racers has been named, among the number being- Lucky B., winner of the New Years Handicap; Franklin, Manister Toi. Ticket, Drastic, Basilius, Courtship, AAalnut Hall, Bribed Aoter, Royce Roots- and Bondage. AVeights for this race will be annonnced Wednesday. TRAINER C. W. CARROLL ILL. Trainer C. W. Carroll, in charge of the stable of A. B. Spreckels,. and who had the distinction of saddling the winners of the first two baby races of the year, is confined to his hotel with a serious attack of influenza. Carroll has been the recipient of numerous congratulations oii the achievement of his stable. Owner Spreckels joined with others in sending him a congratulatory telegram. Al Farrell, trainer for Edward Cebrian, is also laid up with influenza, but of a milder type. Several two-year-olds in his stable have been on the sick list for several day Bob Smith, in charge of the AYoodland -Stock Farm Stable, reports that his good four-year-old Piedra is ailing with pleurisy and its complications. Piedra was a good winner In the east last summer and, next to Slippery Elm, is the best horse in the: establishments S. A. Clopton has sold the four-year-old Pilsen to Del Fountain for a private consideration. Clopton decided to get rid of the horse after he ran such a bad-looking race last Friday. The horses Aldebaran and Sansyming, which Mose Goldblatt fflrmerly trained for Jefferson Livingston, and which the latter subsequently sold to C. R. Richards, are again back in the Goldblatt .barn. Today Richards sold both horses for a goodly amount. The other horses that will carry the Goldblatt color are Tumbler, Legotal, Barry Shannon, Discussion and Bocod. Goldblatt also has ten promising two-year-olds in charge, the property of Harry Payne Whitney. In the belief that the Kentucky turf authorities are going to legislate the "clockers" out of business. Rice Porter, one of the oldest timers in the country, is going to join the ranks of owners. He has purchased the six-year-old Jim AAinn and will race him in his colors. He is planning to acquire several more horses. II. S. Koppin. of Detroit, Mich., has selected the names Lucky Seven and I Am First for the pair of good-looking two-year-olds he has here in charge of T. F. Bornmau. Previous to leaving here for St. Louis. Mrs. Grover Baker announced that the horses belonging to the estate of AV. II. and G. C. Baker would be disposed of. It is planned to sell each horse after he wins a race, the selling price to be named each time a horse starts. Jockey Robinson again canceled his riding engagements yesterday, not caring to subject himself to the inclement .weather. Following Rentiers victory Friday he was claimed by C. R. Richards for ,000. Jockey AAakoff was suspended for four days by the starter for disobedience at the post. Jockey A. Johnson suffered a similar suspension from the same source. , The stewards cautioned jockey Haynes after dismounting from Pilsen Friday and told him lie would have to show more energetic efforts If he wanted to continue riding here. There were many newcomers yesterday morning, mostly from the east, and they will remain for the remainder of the meeting. Kentucky Boys race on Sat.unlay caused, severe adverse criticism, and the stewards liave notified trainer Chris Martin to appear before them Monday and explain his bad showing. Saturdays visitors included P. A. Clark, owner of Dunboyne, winner of the -1918 Futurity. Mr. Clark holds the contract on Jockey Elisor, who is riding here. Jockey Frank Robinson and Lawrence Lyke expect to resume riding Monday. P. J. Sullivan has added Say to his stable by private purchase from J. p, Talbott.
