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COLTILETTlS DAY TO SHINE i i i Guides Four of His Mounts to Victory at the Fair Grounds. o ■ J Grand Slam Takes the Feature Race Under Excellent Riding — Tacola Wins Again. ■ 0 4 new ORLEANS, La., Pehraary in.— All the raa- loinitanls which have made the Eair Grenada racing so enjoyable to its thousands of daily patrons of bile were |. resent today in full effect ill the way of delightful weather, a fast track and fairly interesting racing. Good das; horses were conspicuous by their absence fr m moat of tin- races, but tooae c-n lii.it sprinters fought eat the finish of the third colitis,. The real feature of the day was the sue-ressful riding of Coltiletti. That promising lad wis as rid- four of the days winners and his faithful follaariag reaped a rich harvest from Hi.- bankrolls of the layers when While Star. Archie Alex- audi r. Grass] Bum and Uah ralhaml home in front of their competitor! at lucrative edan In point of value the fourth was tin- main race of the day. a mile dash for three .i ear olds, for Which the Whitney pair. Grand Slam and Wendy, and the recent winner General Gleam were joint -favotiies ai .! I.. 1. It was a well contested race in which Coltiletti showed to advantage in get -tang Grand Slam home first by a nose in front of Hone Drj with General Glena a lapped on third. !t .-. i ■ a as,- wh.-i-e Ikfhl weight and a lidcr skillful aaamgh t.. anake it r *• 1 1 scored a triumph orer better hois: s. Wcud. dropped hock after racing in second place for a half mile, giving the ini-prcssl n thai the may not relish racing over more than three -quarters. Arnold was slightly the favorite for the third line, tint Taenia and American Ace came in far -olid backing also and the result was confined to the speedy trio. American Ace s,.; a fast pace until well into the homestretch, where lack of previous racing teM on him. and Taenia had the best of blm by a head af tin- finish. Arnold had raced head and bend with him fa the last eighth, where he tir.-d KOmewhat, bat held on tenaciously and was only a half length behind him. LegOtal and Ed Stone ran well enough in this race to suggest winning before long for each of them. White Star was a well selected* favorite for the race for two-year-olds, but the first-time starter Hen Valet made if interesting for him .nut was only beaten by a neck. Another newcomer. Jetsam, a well named son of the noted English horse, Plot-Bam, was a . Ins. up third and running fast. E. k. Bradley* He Sure ran pretty well here. ARCHIE ALEXANDER EASY WINNER. The art Stare of Coltiletti in the saddle sufficed to make Archie Alexander the favorite for the third race, but at a liberal rate of odds. Again no mistake was made about picking the right one and. after Little Maudie had set a fast pace to the stretch. Archie rushed past her anil won from her by two lengths. The surprise here was Little Strings finishing third at Ml to 1. sprinting not being siippos.-,i to i.c in. luded anioni; his accomplishments, Mai" was in favotahU at Kill pounds in the last race, for which Handful! was made a strong favorite at 7 to ." . He came rloae to delivering, but Mab passd him in tin- homestretch and won pulling up a good three lengths. Tit for Tat finishing a bad third. Garbed in the racing colors of j. w. McClelland, for whom he rode, the body of jockey Jack Sullivan will be buried ill Greenwood Cemetery here tomorrow morning at i oclock. si of his fellow ri.ieis will act as pallbearers. Including ktckey sieve Wida. who was astride of Alula, the filly that caused the Strident that resulted iii Sullivans .hath. an. I Irank Coltiletti. who went down in il also. The other* are A. Uiclicrcck. E. Brysoa, L. Mcllormott. S. Boyle and G. ltabin. Owner McClelland is ill in bed and the funeral arrangements will be looked after by K..y Waldron. his agent. Numerous floral designs were nent by horsemen and turf followers to the Sullivan home today, including an immense one by the jockeys. Anderson Bros, shipped their stable to Tijuana last night. Several other racim: establishments will go to flu- Lower California track in the text few da vs. Miller Henderson has sent Madge P., the only remaining horse of the OguV n Stable here, lo Churchill Dowas.
