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1 , ; ] 1 1 1 I i , ONLY ONE MORE DAY TO GO ♦ ■ Fair Grounds Meeting Comes to a Finish Tomorrow. a- Last Mondays Racing Begins with a Big Surprise When Centimeter Wins. NEW OUI.KANS. I.a.. February 10.— That the Fair lirounds track laaamaea quickly to favorable weather influences was demonstrated in its speedy conversion from heavy going on Saturday int.. a fast course this afternoon. This agreeable condition nor only helped in inducing a large attendance today, hut also promises a fast run race for tomorrow, when the valuable Mardi Oram Handicap comes up for decision a- the principal item in the extra good card provided for the last day of the present prosperoaa ineet.ug. Tlie racing started iff today with a result that enabled the layers f. keep most of the money invested on the chances of the ten two-year-olds which went to the post. Schorrs Alb.-rt.-i S. and Den Valet absorbed the bulk of the betting a It. n! ion. anil the latter s,.t p f,,v| |,.-i -. from tin- start, but in tlie homestretch the Texas- bred coll Ce.it i ter i lialh-nge.l 1 1 i it i so effectively that the finish found him first by a half lcnulli in front of Den Valet, with Alberta S. a close up third. Centime!, r was at .10 to 1. hit; had heen backed from 10 lo 1, so some one must have sprinkled some money on him i. reap a 1 ;g profit, as tin- race turned out. C.-nti-nieirs ilaTldy. Meelick. won i S10.000 Derby over till - track in 1000 and was a capital race borne. The -e.ond race fell to Coldvalo. at liberal odds, in a close finish witli Dcllringer. It was a three-oiiaitets daah, with no proaonaced favorite. Promise Me and Joseph P. Murphy at 4 to 1 each being the sliglitlv preferred ones. A! tlie finish tlie filly had a head the beat of Deilringcr. with Promise Me a good third. Fireplace was weU supported, bat afte.- leading to the stretch disappeared from the front rank. Bobby Allen is to be relied up u to do what he .an. which is considerable. When lie fails t,. wia be is usually found battling out the finishes gallantly. He did that today, but on tin- winning side, in the third race. Assume was held to he iln- right one her,-, and accordingly went to the |n,st at 7 to ." . While Bobby was at S to 1. backed down from Hi to 1. Taking the lead i|ui.kly he made tlie pace hot and at Ike finish was out by himself. three lengths before Siesta, whirl always was s,..--oii.l in the race, and defeated Assume by a head. Lady in Black encountered many difficulties in his race, and if vouchsafed a clear course would probably have been a serious contender. COURTSHIP WINS REX HANDICAP. ■ urlship. long due. ran a good mile in the si. 000 B X Handicap, which featured the cat.!. lie was away favorably, and showing something of the ■peed that at times has made him a dangerous antagonist ; tlie beat handicap horses set the pare all the way and finished i length in front of Fort lUiss. Pie.lra ran a good race here and was only a nose behind Fort Rttsa, while Lively was at Piedras throatla tch. It was a good finish io look at and pleased the spectators mightily. Dake John is a big. fine hniking colt which has not raced up to his appearance, but somebody must have suspected he would do some g I work today. for the usual long price against him was n..t m offer. He did tlie good work and won the race in a bat finish, with Sir Crafton pressing him hard. The favorite. Crand Slam, made a decidedly poor showing. C. W. Clark today purchased the contracr on jockey Steve Wid.l. which was held by C It. P.rysou. Trainer lea, V. Panics will take Wi.la to Kentucky when he ships the Clark horses. J. Price, owner of Poacher and several other horses racing at Havana, was aa arrival today from tlie Cuban track. His horses are en route to Havre de Grace. Tom Badge purchased Merry I„-iss from T. Shannon and Combs from A. D. Sprockets. Marty Murphy bought No Tooling from J. M. Zimmcr. J. P. Phillips bought Irish Maid from T. II. Wilson. J. . Keene. a member of the Kentucky State Racing Commission, left last night for his home in Lexlactaa, Ky. T..p Coat, owned by T. M. Dotls. died Saturday aighl of dropsy. Thi- berae bad been seriously ill since his arrival here early iu November. The following ruling was handed down by the stewards this afternoon and is self explanatory: "At a meeting of the aclive stewards held y.-s-i terday the following action was taken: Jockey Ilein-■ s.ii was reatored to good standing: trainer J. Beyers suspension will end witli tlie meeting: there being no cliaiue of fraud iu the case of .1. P. Smith, tlie ruling against him is continued with ut preju-l dice to the action of any association tliat wishes to accord him any privileges. The other rulings re-, main in full force and effect."
