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CRESCENT CITY SURPRISES ♦ 1 Sailor Furnishes a Shock at Odds-On When Beaten Narrowly. 0 Madge F. Wins Through Robinsons Good Jockeyship — H. P. Whitney Wins Two. 0 1 XKW ORLEANS. I.a.. January 2.— There was a cm -ilerable falling off in todays attendance in comparison wilh the immense throng of the opening day. but ein,:u.siasm was sii]| rife, and the spirited sport of the afteraeoa was hrteasely i ajoyed. The program carded for decision was devoid of outstanding features, bu; oa the whole yvas well arranged, with a mile dash lor fillies and mares the headline! be r ease of the sl.OOO purse. It resulted in a victory f.r the fiisi-time starter here Madge F.. carrying the Ogdeo Stable colors, but her sine ss was not as much due to h.r own prowess as to the good ride she received from Bobtaaog. Dealer any other circumstances in all probability -lie would have landed in third place, with Ballet Dancer II. and Sweeping Klaace leading her. Ballet Dancer II. seemingly was much the best, but the inexperienced Pierce succeeded in gaidtag her into a p n-ket and she was kept in dose qaartera all throwgh the stretch ami unable, as a result, to extend herself fully, nlti-Btately resaltiag in her defeat by the closest kind of a asargia. Bobtaaoa kept Madge F. in front from the stari and nacoeedod in shaking off the va-tly impr red but poorly ridden Sw aping Clance. Thi worst si.oek that the backers have had in mam day* Cane with IhO running of ihe fifth race, in which Sailor was a heavily backed choice, hul he succeeded iii getting himself virtually left at the ].ost by failure to join the others, and it resulted in Stickling beating him to the finish by a s mil neck. Had Sailor extended himself at the past he would have won off by himself, for he closed an immense gap in the race. H. P. Whitneys colors accounted for a pair of the races, and it is not at all improbable that the colors would have been vi. torious in three of the races had Ambrore shown a bit more snap to his ride on Flying Witch, beaten by P.esthoff in the third race. The first vie ory for the Whitney ciders came in the initial race, in which Cointreau, a daughter of Baheh is Paradise II.. led eight other two-year-olds home at the three-eighths distance. Cointreau had worked in excellent style, but it is doubtful at that if she would have beaten tile Cebrian pair. Hue, n of Trumps and Mammy o Mine, but for the latter pair being forced out on the stretch turn When Oh lea attempted to Im.H. Oh Yes showed lo good advantage by landing in second place after her run-out stunt. The second race brought With it the first serious accident of the season, and yvas due to Ponce fall ing from Miss Manage and sustaining a fractured ankle. .No aae ezcepttag the rider himself seemed to lie ai fault for his fall, and it is probable that he allowed the filly to run up on the heels of some other starter to bring about his tumble. lie was taken lo a local hospital . Plenty, carrying S. A. I loptons colors, proved best of ihe thirteen starting in the sixth race and won easily from l.azy I.ou and Medusa. The filial dash went to Marauder, which ran to his best form this afternoon and was backed with lonfidcnce by his connections. Hubbling Louder outstayed Alexander for second place The P. Dunne horses will m the future he trained by his son Francis. F. II. Bradley departs tomorrow night for Palm Beach. He has been here for nearly three yveeks. Fin weather was again the rule this afternoon and wagering was again of generous properties, with ample facilities to indulge if inclined to do
