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UNEXPECTED HORSES FIRST Thursday Nighterand Parrish Shock the Form Followers. Qbolus Defeats Harvest King Slowly Improving Track Brings Usual Crop of Surprises. NEW ORLEANS. L:i., January 30. Todays racing brought, in it wiike several pronounced fonn n nils rsiiults by racers which in recent former starts ww beaten off and today proved the easiest kind if winners. Particular offenders in tliis respect were Thursday Nighter, winner of tlie opening race at a Mile and a quarter, and Pnrrlsh, wliich scored in the final race on the card. Both were at lontr prices, a il l their victories seemingly did not benefit their connections. Other winners during the afternoon that meed in improved fashion over their recent essays were Obolus and J5Iuo Rock. The former was hacked confidently, but his victory was probably a lucky one, for had Buxton been a. bit more alert with Harvest Kins that racer would have been the victor. Lou? racing was provided patrons this aftemoon in conformity with Thursdays custom, and as ideal weather prevailed, an extra large attendance was on hand to view the sport. The track had dried considerably, but it was only on the, surface, for beneath the inch of dry covering soggy going was the rule and the outer path was still a favorite mode .f travel and used by all the winners. Benefactor, carrying the colors of M. .T. Rooney, :ecretnry to Mayor Martin Rehrman of New Orleans, annexed the first victory for that owner when lie Innded the mile and a quarter dasji in easy .style. Kent-factor was a pronounced favorite and showed the way for the entire race. Antoinette was another choice that enabled the fonn backers to benefit. Bolster,, . in. themicc4;ediijg race. ildnand.t-ttieir"irofit,- litthlr successive "overthrows or Uilrvest King and Rlue Thistle, both at prohibitive odds and well backed, proved extremely costly to the backers, and the defeat of Gleipncr, another well backed favorite, was the final knock-oiii for the regulars. Crist and Buckley lost Maud Bacon out of the seventh race Wednesday when J. Rablto, represented by Jack Reeves, claimed tlw mare for ,200. JOCKEY GENTRY COLLAPSES. Jockey Lloyd Gentry fainted while on his way to the track today and had to le attended by a physician. He was forced to cancel his riding engagements for the afternoon. Overreducing is given as the cause of his collapse. A. R. Brcsler will ship Jock Scot and three other horses to Oaklawn Park tomorrow, where they will he rested for the meeting at that place. Tho United States internal revenue officials have notified the Fair Grounds management that jockeys riding here are not required to pay war tax on their badges. The government, however, rules that Ine riders must be excluded from the grandstand and betting inclosiira. The program books for next weeks racing were issued this afternoon. The conditions of all of the two-year-old races in the new issue require the youngsters to run at the increased distance of Inree and one-half furlongs. .Starter Dade has already received communications from the secretaries of the Blue Bonnets, Woodbine and Hamilton tracks in Canada seeking his services for the coming season. Mr. Dade stated that he has not yet made ills plans for the year. Little Bessie wrenched an ankle while being galloped in tiie forenoon and was excused from starting in the third nice. Dr. C. R. Richards good horse. Pepper, wliich was jumped on in his race last Friday and sustained a deep cut on his left hind leg, is recovering rapidly and will be able to start again next week. Hal Fnrrell, trainer of the Edward Cebrian stable, who suffered a relapse following a recent attack of influenza, was able lo be at the track today. Ham Keene, trainer of the Wuldeek Stable, today sld to G. W. Crippen the three-year-olds Mesalliance, Lady Marathon and Leutetia. Trusty Is bnck in the stable of Will Perkins, that owner having secured the horse from McNnniara and Leigh. W. C. Wcnnt has sold Waterproof to J. O. Tal-bott.
