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I NEW ORLEANS TRACK MUDDY * Rain Changes Going and Causes Some Unexpected Results. a Whitneys Pair of Two-Year-Olds Easily Beaten by Charles A. Byrne. a NEW ORLEANS. La.. January 1.— An unexpected downpour at rain spoiled the. £ood Fair Jronuds oiiis. today and convert ed il from fast to a slow condition of splattery mini. This cliaiised the aspect of affairs and produm-i el MMMe uncNpec ted results, to say ii. .tiling of miicn scratchinj;. Iwo k1m«I looking two year c. his from the- Whitney stalde fi-.rnislieel a hi;; upsei in the first contest. They were hacked as if the race- was already over, hut the better seasoned Charles A. Hyrne showed real promise as a mud runner and simply ran away from thein in the stretch, winning ..way off by himself, with Loyal Sweeper aecaod and his stablemate. Whippet, third. I5i ; Idea was another which sp!;!sheil through the mud with great facility and had no trouble what-cver in defeating the S to ." favorite Ce.rmoraii by three lengths in the- second race-. liareuka finished a good third. The third was the feature race of the day. tint scratching cut it down to two starters, of which War liod was slightly the favorite over Kapid Traveler, hut the latter raced up to his name and si, owed War ti.cl a much!- paH of heels ;,|l the way to win by a couple of length*. The early list of entri.s to tin- Louisiana Derby of s.".. null, to he run at Jefferson Park, and which will dose at midnight, inclicate-s that there will be at least fifty nominations. Nominee had to be withdrawn from the last race yesterday on account of coming out of his race Saturday in a bad way. Three carloads of thoroughbreds w-re shipped from here to Tijuana Monday and six more will go as soon as cars are availahle. Most of the horses being seni there- are of the cheaper grade and they can wdl he spared from the Fair Grounds, as there is .in overabundance of them here. Among thiaaa gone are the horses of H. Tnllett. of which there are ten: Jee Quinlan six. W. L. Stanfield six. W. L. Sehafer five, and I" lans.n four. Harry Morris ey. who will act as starter at Tijuana, will arrive he-re January 8 to do missionary work among the horsemen in an effort to get more to ship there. II. Thompson, who trains the first division of the V.. It. r.radley stable, which is hekag wintered at the Idle Hour Farm, is .u.ic.iig the recent arrivals here and In- expects to remain for ten days or so. This is his first visit to New Orleans in fifteen years and he was surprised at the magnitude of the show at the Fair lirounds. He said that the ]?rad-ley horses are wintering well and that the- Idle Hour establishment will be unusually well represented with two-year-olds this year. C. J. Walker purchased Oh Patter, a two year-old colt by Marse Abe — Trained Nurse, from Kd-ward tebrian and he ran in his new owners interest and colors Mondaj. J. J. Kussey will train him.
