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ADVERSE RACING WEATHER! a a Fair Grounds Meeting Successful Despite Rain and Heavy Track. i ♦ ■ "Tex" Forman Without a Horse for First Time in Thirty Years — Gossip of the Track. *— — i i NSW ORLEANS, La., January 31.— No length] rare meeting waa ever conducted under more trying track roadil ion- 1 1 mi i the present meeting at the Katr Grounds, and the success attending ii hi ■ fitting tribute to t In- i -toiin in which tlio -|ioii i- lu-lil in these parte. Heavy rains hare been frequent -iin-o January 1, bat they raair fat enough ■pari to give the nam i chance to dry out to m.-ir it-i boat atage again, only to aat it back werae than ever jn-t when proapeete seemed hrighteat. Once the ruin held off long enough to allow the track to get fast for two days, then fell in tor-ii nt- for auujeat twenty -foar consecutive liours. Nothing seems to daunt the racegoera here, how-ever, and they tara oat ia .iti-i as large aaatben aa erer, regardless of weather or track condition*. Luckily, racing aecretarjr Joe McLennan haa an iinu-ii:i lly large coterie of banes to draw from for liis daily programs, and tliis haa enabled haw to nrcvide apart befitting -ncli an important race meeting. There are. however, any number of thoroughbreds of the better grade here that are fairly "erring" to run. but they hare been kept In their barns becaaae of their di-like for the mud. Par the fir-t fimt in hi- thirty or more years career on the turf J. V . "Tex" Forma u is without a lace horae. lb had only two when he came here t,ii- winter, lour- and Iwiniwin. He sold the fnuier for rijiiaua racing, while J. L. Knight relieved him of the latter throagb the claiming process. "1*11 get busy and acquire ■ home or two tn.it can win -oon." said Forman. "as conditions are tOO good now for me to remain idle. I raced horaea when the panes were s:j m and even lower :H moae placea, and now when they are S700 and erer at a winter track and S1. HH» and over in the spring, -iiinmer and fall. I know 1 must have some raring material to run for them." A w, Ighl allowance for non-winners at a mile drawn a good many -printer- into the long -distance race-, and in addition to this, the races at a mile or farther are usually worth a little more financially than the ahort races. Uaaj bacaemin figare that it i- well to develop stayers here, a-the tendency throughout the country i- for long route racing. Some of the hor-e- racing around here win for new owner- jast a- readily a- they ilid for the old. One pnrchaser who gat iuiek actioa oa his new ae-oiii-ition- i- Harry Inna. lie bnaghl War God and Chariesteuiaa, the former from Miller Henderson and the- latter from L. A. Smith, and within twenty four hour- both of them won for bun. s. A. lopton bought Ballet Proof one day and won with him He- next, and he also won hi- next time out. I. Leydecker purchased llei r from Dav Gideon and won a race with him several dayi later. .1. L. Solomon took down hi- first pane Of the meeting with Who Care- a few days after he got him. SPEEDY AMERICAN ACE NOW READY. .lohn l.owe ha- American Ace. Edward Cebriaats g I -oiioier. ready for hi- best effort* now lb has Imi resting and fresliening up since th" Kentucky -e:,-ou chared, and he i- a horse thai always run- best when fresh. All of the »nc -of the Cebriau stable lien- this winter has beea attained by the two-year-olds under the .-are »f trainer II. FarreB, Lowe baring -cut only a few oi those in hi- charge to the post , Jadge .1. K. llonck of Hamilton. Oat., which known Jurist and official of the Hamilton Jockey • bib. i- spending hi- annual winter vacation here. The judge i- confident of a resumption of racing in Canada daring the coming summer on a more elaborate scale and better regulated than erer. All branch- of sport find favor with judge kfonck, with thoroughbred hor-e racing first in order. Ifose Uoldbiatts horaea hare proves a rast disappointment -o far tin- winter, and their poor Knowing came a- a big surprise, as they gave • •. dence of being in perfei t e litioa before racing began. They -till perform wt 11 in their trial- anlj . tieveral timea -. far the Goldblatl connections have wager,-, l beavilj on hi- horses, bul second was th-best any of them could do. Goldblatl ha- a Stable that on paper looks tin- best here, aa far a- -print era an- concerned, bat none of them ha- shown the high earl] speed which broaghl this outfit so many purses in Kentucky. War Mask, which i- owned by Johnnj Dundee, the lightweight boxer, 1- now being trained by Clarence Kuxton. The horse was brought here bj trainer 1. Byrne. War Mask had a successful seasoa last year at the Fair Grounds, and be i- now beginning lo show a return to hi- best Form. He wa- one of tin few hoi -e- to Ihmi Inder Fire early in hi-ihree year old year, but I uder Fire outshone him after learing lei-. Sie ,-,--- i- rrowiiing tin- efforts i r tlie Business .Men- itacing Association to make Ion- distance raeiag more popular among the owners ami trainers In re. each daj finding horaea heretofore regarded a- -printer- pure and simple, contesting in races at a mike or farther. Several of them have been returned winner-, but the most notable ones were Mire Milhr and W. W. Hastings, both of which scored on the same da: Each ha- high earlj -peed, but no one ever gave them credit tor be in. stayers. Marie Miller won at one mile, while w if, Hastings la-ted it out ■event] yards farther. -a
