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INTEREST IS UNDIMINISHED1 ♦ 1 Jefferson Park Racing Continues on Its Prosperous Way. ! • ■ Attendance Largest in History of j the Course — Elaborate Plans for Derby Day ♦ JJKW ORLEANS, La., February 28.— At tlio win. ter racing season km approaches the end. which will nb« nn Maid, 17. laterest la the snarl is greater thaa over, and indications ate that the i n-«-—« -i j i Jefferma Park steeling will sarnus* thai nf last autumn, which wa- the biggest la the ht»-I rj of the eourse from an attendance standp int. The regular racing colony hero still holds Intact, and it i noi.ri hiy will t -im :i in th.it w.iv te the end. .is there is ■ sufficient laj -oft period between the .lose here and the opening* In Maryland and Ken inkv in allow ill plenty of time to get to either of those point* without hurrying away before the curtain is rung down on. the Jefferaoa meeting. Ueueral waa*gcr G. D. Bryan, Jr., is making preparations far ■ great days racing oa the final day. which will ! • featured by the ,008 added Kmi-iana Derby ;it one and one-eighth miles, and it is hi* object to gel every good home here Into action nn tii.-it day, it possible. The Derby will he surrounded by a program of high -class races, the like of which has aever before beea aitnmsd nt Jefferaoa Park. Host of the tnrf eatbusiasts here fhrare the tiij; race to be at the nmj of Damask, Barry Payne Whitneys son of All Gold— Crinoline II., and judging from tha recent performance nf thi-i-oli, winn he gave ;i sound beating to some Ihree-r ear-olds whidi figure to Vie his itiana.nl rivals in Hint event, and with the steadying Impost nf 138 pounds on his back, it appear* a- tboagfa their pre- dlctiOM lie well founded. lie looks tO he easily ihe Ha — of the race, imt it is the uncertainty of horse racing that Makes it the grand and popular spurt Mi. H it is. Trainer .lames Kowe. chief adviser for Mr. Whitney in thoroughbred affairs, has gieatei ambi-tioas than winning the Louisiana Derby with Damask, as |: • has entered him in the £90.000 i added Kentucky Derby and many oiler Make- in the • north and east for which he is eligible. Practically all of the Whitney three reur-olda have been well nominated in the Kentucky stakes, and this owner will have a strong hand tu play in the Kentucky and Latoaia Derby* with John 1. Drier, Ipset. Damask, Wihlair. Dr. lark and several others of high class. Rowe is real sweet on Damask, and he said that in his opinion this roll would have given a he: -in- account of himself in the big stakes at the ■ Kair Grounds but for the fad tha; he had to race • over a muddy track, and la- always showed a di--like for Ihis kind of going. In his opinion the rim-i-fKsion of weight by Damask to older horses did 1 mi; hinder him to any great extent, as be is a superior weight carrier over a fasl course, and he • blames his failure- solely upon the mud. Albert Simon-, who brought the Whitney horse* south last autumn, is still a -i k man. and Uewc ■ will remain lure for the time being looking after ■ them. He sent Damask to the post in the George Washington Handicap, Which In- won. and Unmarked his first participation in winter racing j as a trainer. llis plan- are for the borse* entered ii the Kentucky stakes going to Louisville in i charge .f Mo-e Goldblatt, while the others will 1 lie sen! east in charge of some other trainer until I Kim Hia recovers. HIGH COST HAS NEW OWNER. W. K. Harrington, who-- horse* in- under the • ii in,- ,,. ihe ilnri--ant Stall, hi- acquired the ■ i i- sprinter High tost at private sah U i .1. A. launches**. Trainer Ed Trotter i- fitting : the s, n of Von Tramp Mitten for a Kentucky ea, up: iua nest spring, and be should give a good I account of himself in the Blue lira-- state. ||,- h t ; iii t started this winter, and hi- rest has apparently helped him i-onsiderably, a- he looks better than i ever. He had a Strenuous time of || ., t autumn. a- he raced often and always with tii bcsl -prim ,i- in Kentucky, lie won quite a few race*, especially in the mud. hut he ean also run well over a fa-l traek. M 1 1 . -j i Interest i- centered in tin- turf career of W. II ttowe, sin, m port. La., millionaire oil magnate, who receatlj purchased Dm -l. ti. Wagnon I stable, bcai •■ I He- -ueee-- which i.a- attended 1 - evcrj business venture since he firsi became ! prominent. He take* keen delight In investing large -em- of money in propositions where He- element i of chance figures to a great extent regardless of I whether lie know- Uteii inside workings or not. aid 1 he say* that these kind have always returned him i tie biggest dividends. He is a conspicuous figure ; t Jefferson Park, and seems t rive a lot of [ pleasure mii of racing ■ • •- Wagnon will eon i a a.- i - tra Iner for Itix establisl neut When asked why lie bought Ihe Wagnon horses and entered racing, "Bill." a- be i- familiarly railed, smiled and said: "Well. I like the horses, • enjov the -port, and want them, so I bought Hi. m. ■ I expect to c -i a hn of enjoyment out of thi horses, and r am going to make money on! of I la. in. instead of allowing them I" become a lia L.hu. I am goiag to — « -1 1 off the i ret ones ■ ami buy some real good racers in their places, ■ I ■mil hive a racing stable that an fellow might i I ie, i proud i f." "Tex" Formaii. who recently ara* without a raei horse for Hie first tun- in more than thirty years did not remain so kmg. He purchased Bunaaf. a j two,,;,, old brewa colt by Runnymed* Zafra. from A. M. Spreekel-. and I Kpeet* to ait hold l ..f ,i few i e horse* bel re hi departs for Kcn- - tiukv. He had arrangements almost completed to . hu War lull from R. E. Hoour, but W. H. Kowe I. i him to tl„. borse bj a few hour-. Edward Lebriaa i» m several areek* here in a i nn endeavor to see in- go d -printer Americaa Ace ■ | , win a roe hot m.d wa- the l.,-t thai the horse could do wilii his owner I asking on. losing a hard I race to Taenia ii, ., driving finish. Two days aft r r Mr el nan left lor his 1 ie in California Ain.n can An- scored his first victory in 1109,
