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SANDS OF PLEASURE FIRST » i Wins the New Orleans Feature from Lively in Fast Time. i i i Cointreau Beaten by Accident of Racing — The Belgian II. Scores — Inquiry Wins Again. ♦» i SEW ORLEANS, La., February U There waa livclj n ml well contested rai in r ;H the Fair Grounds thii afternoon, and it seemed to be hugely » • 1 1 .i « ■ 1 lv the Ms rniHil in .-it r -:ui:in - -. if VOCiferoai and frequent applause was :i sufficient token. The track waa :it i t best .mil fast rinse «;h recorded. Tiiis w:is i ji t-t iciil.iily the e*M in the fourth nice, which was a dash f a mile, with souse gaad horses lompciing for it- .00 parse. There was considerable divergence of opinion in regard to the Mo pot come, which won reflected in the fact hat Band* of Pleasarc, Bread Man and Chief opened at 11 to 5 la the betting. The first-named two stood ;:t 2 to 1 ;it pool time, while Chief had u ceded i" U to 3. An unconsidered eleaaeat in terveaad whea it caaae t « t Ji»- running. riiis araa Lively, which cashed into the lead, and making the pace fi-t nuanmred the winner until la the last eighth, wheie S;iuils nf Pteaaare, which had always i u hi- clooest pursaer, caaae faat, aad aader ■ well ridden fini-h hy Tfaarber cot up to aria by ;i half length, with Br I Maa a dooe third aad only heaten ii neck hy Lively. It i- c|iiite probable that thief- s|ie,.,| li;,s hen, dulled liy Iiis mnny racea in the mad. At any rata, he araa always iiutpaced. Tlie time. l:S8Vi, baa only been equaled once in the coarse of the met Mag, aad that waa hy Daataak when he defeated siip]«iy Kim re, •■utly. i lie flcat race wa- marred by an anmrjtnf ima-ilent anil a falae n-nlt. Jlie Whitney two rear ..I Cointreau, waa backed to the exclusion of the other*. Sin- hail won her only race in fa-t lime, ami the pn ion ace net ated to be well placed. Bat tin- -Teen filly. Vera Twyford. bolted acroaa the track at the atari ami forced all bat Aleatraa ami l.aml- Bad out u ith le r. They went akaati aheat their business aad Aleatraa won by ■ aecfc from Lain!- Bad. with loha s. Rearaou third. The favorite had no chance and finished eased up. She lata the reputation of being eboat the beat In the wiiiin two -year-old hand bare and probably would have won easily bat fot the accident. On High was a well-backed favorite far the -ceo ml lace and provided Cortiletti with a nrinniug Meant. Being a race foe maiden three rear-oMa there waa li 1 1 1-- form to the doaea In the race. Dinty Mom. easily outran the others for aecoad place and Bareaka took third money. MANY WITHDRAWALS FROM THIRD RACE. There a - i lot of nrratchiag from the third race, ten of the sixteen entered being "declared out. of tlraae h ft in Bagpipe araa made the favorite. InjI the speedy old geidiag Ting a-Uag took the lead at once and never relinquished It. winning by N good length and a half, with Hidden Jewel third. Subahdar showed -peed in this race and may lie ,ne for a b tter showing preaeatly. The Beiginn II. has freqaeatlj shown that he i- a pretty good race horse when right and he waa unite right today. Coltilettl rushed htm Into the had quickly in he fifth race and. Banking a pace ih .t was altogether too fast far the others, he araa all the way v. ithoai being called on to do his best, finishing two lengths in advance f Laaj Lou, with the lone-priced outsider Speedster in third place, tllasstol ran pretty well here and is attracting; attention. Inquire at a good price, won the sixth race, lad probably luckily. Maine was a well supported favorite, bat waa away slowly and in difficultiea in the early running. In the stretch -he came with . are sail and in a good finish was only beaten half length, with Pirate MrRee only a neck hack. The latter closed a big rap and if away well p whablj would have won. S. A. Iloptoii acquired Keep at private sale from 11 . nsl ter. The .1. W. McCleUand horse- will be transferred to Havre de Grace at the end of the Fair Grounds ia eting to Join the remainder of the big hand thai t hi* oa ner has there. .iodic: ;:. Ambrose waa questioned by the stea anls regardiag the poor showing of Coiatreaa In the first cue. i, it he explained that Vera Twyford doited ami carried the filly n tl ut-iih- and this explanation was act epti ii Home of tin- horsemen here are circulating a petl-lloa requesting an increase in the parse money at lie lug Jefferson Park meeting. They seek a daily diatritiution of ,000. which aaald be a gain .i .vTuii over the last meeting. Jucke Zoeller look- Im.Hi atlrraps while going to the posl mi Blae Star in the pre 1 race and the horse ran away a mile at top speed. Bagpipe was claimed out of the third race hy i S Freeman for ,700 Jucke] J. Mooaej was suspended for the re liader of the meeting bj the stewarda for rough E [d the fourth ra e. Ml Trotter, acting tot Hie l-h.n-ant Stable, owned ii Kirk Harrington of JJt. bonis, yesterda: purchased Warsaw from T. B. rial and Mai y from II. N usteter. . . db ■ 1
