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LITTLE RIDER BADLY HURT 4 Rodriguez Has a Leg Broken by an Unschooled Filly. Cobweb Easily Outruns Under Fire and Wins in a Canter Favorites Successful. XEW ORLEAXS. 11.. February IS. Mini racing wis again the order, a heavy storm during the night thoroughly drenching the course and converting It back to It niliddy state. As a result of the change withdrawals from most of the races redueed the fi Ids to fewer starters, the except km being in the opener, in which nvo-year-olds contended, and it ul- i brought with it the first serljus accident to a jockey this season, with the popular little Spanish rider .1. Rodriguez the victim. The youngster was astride Margaret Garrett, and that filly, when ap-Iirnaehiug the first, turn, went straight for the fence, which she struck with great force and sent Rodriguez catapaultiug out of the saddle and over the fence. When aid reached him it was found that he had sustained a comound fracture of the right leg below the knee and other injuries, but of minor nature. Margaret Garrett, after -her recoil from the fence, staggered aliout all confused and again hit the rail with terrific force. Her k coml contact with the fence caused a lung puncture, enforcing her destruction. Rodriguez, after an administration of first aid, was rushed to the hospital. The youngster, by recent good saddle work, has become immensely popular with racegoers, an;l his absence from the saddle will be felt. He is under contract to .lames Arthur. Favorites were successful in most of the races th-s nfternooin Tbts,imtevr?nonnced choice and the . easiest winner of the day proving John Lowes three-year-old prospective star Cobweb, a son of Sweep Clnny. He showed a sparkling performance in gnllnniug away with apparent ease from Fnder Fire and Marie Miller in the 31,000 feature race, and in fast time considering the track. Harvest King, another heavily supuorted cue. iii-ide good in the succeeding race when he led Antoinette and I-ord Herlert for the entire .race and V ;i with ease. Sylvano. another favorite, showed the way tl.ioughout in the sixth rut. and beat Water Willi w anil Rne Samuels with the greatest ease. The final dash brought the closest finish of the fternoMi. Puts and "alls, the longest priced win-n r of the afternoon, just managing to get up in t .e last stride to beat Hcgreso by a nose. TOP COAT EASY WINNER. Tcp Coat, favorite in the third race, and the .1.. eastern-owned horse to score during the day, li:l comparatively an easy time of it to win from Itiiise and Seafarer, but Stalkers negligence almost caused the winners downfall, when he allowed 2 In I i take a bad swerve in the stretch. Top Coat was claimed by W. L. Drake for ,000 and T. it. AVaters. whose Tom Goose fell lame in the r,.re. claimed Lively in the same race for , liOO. W. F. Knibelkamiis Guaranteed graduated from the maiden Rinks in "the oin-ner with an easy victory siiil Johu Ferriss Hadrian sprinted away from his ivpimnts in the second Rice. After a conference with secretary J. 15. Campbell, manager Joseph E. Martin announced that the daily nrs offerings at Oaklawn would be S3. 800 and th;it no purse would be of les than 1919.sh00 value. There will be thirty days of racing. Track superintendent Richard Fending, who was in charge of the Jefferson Park track, and acts in u similar capacity at Howie, is seriously ill and w 11 not br at Jefferson during the ten-day -meeting which follows on the heels of the Frair Grounds meeting. J. W. Fonnan is arRUiging to ship Retsy and Iwinlwin to Louisville next Friday, where he will resume the training of Green Jones, Dr. Sliafer and Juines Foster, owned by Messrs. . and K. Raker. This is the only remnants of the once powerful stable campaigned by the late Grover and Hundley Raker, who died a few months apart last year. All th horses, excepting Retsy. were bought for Messrs. C. and K. Rakers account have Ix-en sold. Entry blanks for the fifteen stakes offered by tic Empire City track, which close March 1, were distributed to owners this morning. Horsemen an- eagerly awaiting the stake announcement of the Latouia Jockey Club. Advance notices of the rich increases in stakes and purses for that tRick has whetted the appetites of the hrrsemon here and the different stakes will lie givn more than ordinary attention. II. Perkins will ship his horses to Hot Springs alKinf the first of next month and there will be rested at the Spa until the opening of the meeting.
