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PLATERS DAY AT THE FAIR GROUNDS St. Germain Easily Defeats Simpleton in the Main Race of the Day — Track Gossip. NEW ORLEANS, La., January 9— The Fair Crounds card for this afternoon was of the customary Friday variety, being one that catered to the selling platers, with the exception of the fourth race. This was a handicap, in which Simpleton was set to give much weight to St. Oermaiu. Weary and Ballet Proof. The latter was scratched, leaving it a three -cornered battle. Weary was not well thought of. but the other two were heavily supported at substantially the same odds. When it cause to the racing there was an easj victory falling to St. Oermain. which led all the way and was a hard held winner by two lengths. Simpleton ran a good race and struggled on gamely, but found the task of giving the winner nineteen pounds in the difficult goteg beyond his power. Weary ran like his name. The opening race was a dash for two-year-olds, for which the Ormontinlo filly Repeat was the favorite. She ju-tified the preference by leading all the way and winning in a canter by five lengths, with Itninnic second and No Folding third. The third race resulted in an upset. Cormoran and Jen. Hyng were the preferred ones, but lat Dunnes recent acquisition, Mayer Salvia, made a show of the others by closing a big gap and win Mini; in a canter by four lengths, with Frank Mat-tox second and Jen. Hyng third. Cormoran was considerably knocked abewt in the race and had scant chance. Harry Morrissey, who will do the starting at Tijjuana. arrived here from Lexington and will do some missionary work for the next week in behalf of the Tijuana Association. Morrissey stated that he had authority to ship any horses that owners wanted to send to the Mexican track, and that the association would take them off the cars and they would also agree to reship them back to New-Orleans at their own expense in case that the racing did not open as per schedule. There is every prospect that at least a dozen cars of horses will be shipped from here to Tijuana, and it would be a good tiling for their owners if they were s- nt to engage in the Tijuana racing, for their opportunities at the Fair Crounds will be decidedly limited. Sam Louis was among the newcomers from Kansas City, and during Hie afternoon purchased Warlike. Miss Farnell and a two-year-old from L. Erb. The horses were turned over to A. . Poretto to train. The stewards had a long session yesterday with trainer J. B. Coodman because of Mountain It sill, s bad shewing in hi- start Wednesday. No conclusion was reached by the officials, who are still looking into the matter. William Toolmie. owner of Captain Hershler and other horses, was among the newcomers He arrived from his home in Saratoga and will make an indefinite stay. .1. J. Shannon, who raced and trained horses for years, was found dead in a bathroom at his boarding iiou-e near the Fair Grounds Thursday morning. His body was di-covered by jockey Joe Dreyer. who live-in the same house, and who went to awaken him. Failing to find him in his room Dreyer went to the bathroom, and being unable to get any response after repeated knocking on the door he leaked over the transom and saw his prostrated body. Life had been extinct for several BOOTS, according to a physi cian who was summoned. Shannons best horse here recently was Eucky It., which won a number of races at the Fair Crounds for him. He was also the owner of Hahy Cirl. His home was in Batter, Kansas. Charles J. Casey, who trained the J. S. Rosseter horses at the New York and Maryland tracks last summer was an arrival yesterday. Ho came from New York and will remain for the remainder of the winter. Slippery Elm grabbed a quarter in his race Wednesday, according to R. A. Smith, his owner. and he will be laid up for repairs for a while. The program books for the six days racing beginning Monday were distirbuted among the horsemen Thursday b racing -. .etary Joe McLennan. The new book rails for races along the same lines a- the present one. with a majority of the events at one mile or farther. _ — o
