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MORE HEAVY TRACK RACING • 9 Bad Conditions Lead to Erratic Riding by the Jockeys. 0 Bolster Triumphs Easily in the Fair Grounds Feature — St. Isidore a Victor ; ■- -A • 4 i NEW* ORLEANS. T.a.. January 1!.- Poor traek eouditions. eoupled with a temleney on the part of the riders io guide their mounts all over the course, resulted in poor ssaajl and likewi-e aeeeaated for the Failure of many of the arcsaawd seat starters daring the afternoon. Whether ir was threagh srdors " ■ li- k of Jaagaaeat Of their own. the riders with no exeeption showed the mosi tdaaderiag luetics isaagiaaHe. la once race they would take their saaaata next the inner rail, and in the next they would travel the outer edge. The outer part of the coarse seemed to have the heal footing, hut the earlier dashes found Silver Rnriaga and Archie Alexander racing next to the inner rail with success, but in the concluding five race-, the horse* taking the ••overland- fared better thaa those, selecting I lie shorter route. , Kougli riding as t, result of failure on the part of the .ioke.vs to take a atraighl coarse was pienti- fni, paftieuh.rly in the two final races, where the ridefM astride the winners wen- flagrantly guilty of interfering with the contenders, hut the ttainaa of foul lodged were ignored by the officials. The tea tar* race was n mile and s sixteenth daah for a parse of 111.900, and Hie winner in t!ii-- turned np in Bsisler, the favorite, which scored easily from Drnmmond and Battle Vandiver. Sailor, which w; s coarldered with high regard before the start, again failed In leave the hairier with the others, causing him to be practically left, bat he dosed an immen e gap, and with an eeual Sead-off might have won. The opener started the form hackers off in good styh- by the victory If Silver Springs, which won wilh consummate ease from Whippet. The judge gave Baaga Back third place, hut it appeared to some that that portion of the purse had been earned by Kungt orge. Archie Alexaadcr triumphed la the second race, but he had to bo much the best, for he suffered much from bsterfereace. lie came fast in the stretch and outstayed Duke of Devonshire and Bead. St. Isidore eemingly oatdassed the starters in the third race. Which brought together a good band. far he ran out for nearly the entire race and theu -von with much to spare from Iullux and A. N. Akin. VETERAN GRUMPY A WINNER. Tha veteran IJrumpy scored his first race in some time through the good riding he had from l.yke. Bea llanipson was closest to him at the finish, with Dioscoride heading the others. ahallo. which in a former race was given a poor ride by Wida. was again ridden by that youngster and be almost threw several of the contenders on l he stretch turn to gel to the front. He ultimately won from Taalar afer I mild drive, with Astraea in third place. Marauder, the favorite. and Capital City were sufferers from the interference. Marauder was claimed for ?1.20O by .1. Mclherson. .Jack K. and Bajaaet engaged in ■ hard duel during the last half mile and came to the finish heads apart After the race Ohcrt claimed a foul against the winner on the score that his rider. F. Smith, had forced him to come wide in the stretch racing, but the stewards ignored the claim. Members of the board of appeals, consisting of B. . McClellan. C. Dacharach. A. B. Eetellier. I.. N. Lang and A. .1. Stallings, met this morning, perfected arrangements and elected A. .1. Stallings chairman. Jockey Carroll. who was recently sassBHaaed indefinitely for his ride 0:1 loilu. ap-pealed from the stewards decision. Action en his appeal was deferred and the case taken under ad-vi-ement. Tie- Point case is still open, the stewards still investigating it. Banger SaJlreaa, heohheeaar for the Kentucky Jockey Club, will stop off here Wednesday for a few day-, ea route to Juarez. Mexico. He goes there to dene up the affairs of the Juarez Jockey Club. There have been no race meetings in Juarez in several years and it is tliought that the place is alxuit doie- as a winter racing plant. Kapid Traveler was reported as being ill by S. A. ciopten Monday. Last week Attn Bay II.. a n-other of the Chaatoa three-year-eUn, was taken sick and was absent from the races. .1. P. Heard left Sunday for Tijuana with P.reeze and several other horses. Led Walker got away al the same time. Jockey C. Duggan went with the Walker stable. Mack earner was another rider to depart for the Lower California track. .las. T. Clark cine out of his race in a lame con-dtthta. lb- was pulled up in a bad way before, but always seems to stand training again.
