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NOT RACING TO BRAG OVER ■ « Selling Platers Fight Out Finishes at Jefferson Park. i » i I. Goldvale Outpaces Goldcrest Boy ,■ All the Way — Freddie Takes [ the Two-Year-Old Race. a SEW ORLEANS, La., February 27. Sothlag be- ■ yoad the ordinary Marked the racing at Jefferson ■ Park today. A is raataaaary aa Fridays, the card raa firea over t. the humble soiling platers. They J irninhrd aoaae sharply rente atcd finishes fi r the in entertainment af the big crowd preaeat. This was • specially brae af the ftrsl race, in which a doaea in maiden twa-year-elda taaspcted at three Bad ■ half J im-long-. Freddie bad ihawu tatproreaieat over ins J early tana in hla last race aad was promptly [ lioaaced apaa an the bmmI prahahle winner ami [ inched accardtagly. What waa aMre ta the par- * IMMte, be atade good in ■ long bead and bead drive J • ih c nlis. Tun flaiahing a coed third. Uaieo w.i- overdae, but made amends far past t disappointments when sin- ■hawed in front of Belt- ringer by H balf length nt the cad af the Keaad J race, with The Galhuit ■ close np third. Marafaaaa led Nearly ; il the waj and was aat far back at the J finish. Coldcresl Boy was the favorite far 1 1 1 « • third race, a tribute to liis coaateteat racing for aaate time 1 past, lie did aboat all that coald be expected from iiim. but the lightly weighted filly Gohtrale dashed 1 away la the lead at the start and remained there to finish a length and a balf in treat of Qold- • rest Boy, with CabaUo a bang np third. The best race was the fifth, and for this rrart .. i was marked by a fa-t inn mile, in which Port • l.ii--. under l.yk-s eapaMe gaidaare, made the ■ running most of the way aad defeated Duke I ha I l ■ leagth. with Irish Ki — third and clo-e up. The latter, Bpeedater aad Mooe finished in a heap. In h-leni • ■ showed hi- recent creditable race was ao flake by repeat teg la the lasi race of the afternoon and taking it by a good two lengths. | Although the Paai tabtp aoae-staffteg nutter is e, still absorbing the stewards attention, no further , dc-velofsnents came this aften a, bat rumor-, were , numerous. . P.. Dade, wlio officiated as starter in such an i , efficient manner dorteg the Fair Groaada meeting. | ,n parted tonight for his boase in Headersoa, Ky. i Joseph McLennan, who served as secretary .1 tan Pair Crounds. leaves tomorrow for Maryland. , where be will officiate as racial secretary dariag e tin- Bowie meeting. I The program book of that meeting is now in coarse of preparation and MeLeaaaa expects to • base it finished shortly. The third edition of the program of racing for , this ateetiag will be distributed to owners tomorrow by secretarj -1. B. Campbell. Pat Dwaae found it aecesaar] to ■baadea bis i effort to nare Toddle:- for breedlag parpeeee, bleed pelaualai having set in. liubbling Loader was claimed by I. 0. Byrae, represented in the third race by W. 11. Baekaer. The claiming price was si. -loo.
