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DAY OP INFERIOR RACING i i Selling Platers Given Fair Grounds Card With One Exception. i ♦ » Bread Man Wins Main Race — Poilus Bad Race Brings Trouble to His Trainer. i . 0 i NEW OPLKANS. La., January 21.— With the exception of the- mile dash, lo which the- association Bedded a pur-i- of Sl.taHi. all the other lie is during lie- afternoon afforded the plater- an apport unity ami broii"ht alioiit some Interesting and elo-e con -tests. The improving track also contributed, anil as summery weather was again the rule an immense, crowei witaeaaed the racial. lu the fe-ature Bread Man was the winne-r. The" tall was ridden by Ambrose and be easily m allied aaray from the others in the straOek after beiac kept well up from the start. In his last race- Bread Man figured as the- instrument for the revoking of the license of trainer George Arvin. and he- also was the cause of the suspension of jockey H-ini-ch. Bread Mans victory this afternoon was aided considerably by tJie poorly judged ride that Bone Dry received from Jot-key Boyle. Had Bone Dry been iM-uefited by better riding he wyuld have- given the w inner H stout nrgiuni nt . One of the- besi finishes of the week came in the fifth race, for w.iich Saints Bridge was the favor-it-, but the- wiadap found Lazy Lou anil Dottle VaneHvor fighting it out in bard fashion, with Lazy Lou .in-; succeeding in gettinaj up in the last stride to get ihe award. Hatntx LrricU wag away sTTTwry, but i-losi-d an Immense gap and finished fast, hut he came- too late ani! also changed ownership, J. A. Gaacfaeoa claiming him for ,300. It --ernc-el to be- a fail during the- af.e-rnoon to claim beaten favorites. The first in this respect to suffer w.i- Boiistelle. which suciumbed to Mo-e-in the- initial dash. lie wa- entered for S4 I0 anil Referred the attention of three owners who had starters in the race. In the draw O. Weadle was the luckiesi and secured him for SI. Bid. Who Cares, which raled a ilioag choice in the third race, bin wa- beaten by Big Idea and Jean Bullant. was claimed by J. L. Solomon far S2.2UU. reaweseated in the- race by Diehard V. Who Cares see ins to be- a farish sort of a cult, which has not bad much e-pportunity in his fatal two races because of bad riding. Poultncy was beaded out as a real good thing in tin- sec.nd race, and Lyke- had no difficulty guiding him home to win with ease, with Lingelin following and Cacambo holding the others1. The final race found Plenty an outstanding choice, but the gelding appeared to be sore- when going to tin- post and never figured prominently in any part of the running. Brown Favorite fur-nishe-d the upset by landing in advance-, with Capital City in seionel place- and l.uiius third. Wndsworths Past raced back to hfaj best form in tie- sixth race- and had no difficulty in outstaying Yowell in the final drive, Nepperhan l.inding iu third place. Tin-re- was considerable activity in a betting way about Cruinpsall. but after racng prominently for three epiarters. he retired to the rear division. Following Poilus iM-formance in the fifth race, in which he maintaine-d a forward position through the first three-quarters, the Steward* handed clown tin- following ruling: "Trainer J. livers license has bei n withdrawn and no further entries will be accepted from any horses directly or indirectly under his care " II. Inn.-i bought al private terms this morning the horse Cha rleston ian and intends to .ship him to Tijuana to be- raced.
