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NINE MORE RACING DATS And New Orleans Best Winter Season of Sport Will End. ♦ — Much Interest in Louisiana Derby — Good Field Anticipated With Damask Favorite. ♦ — — m:v oi:u:ans. La., March 7. In nine ajere racing days i lt - curtain -- i ! 1 1"- rang dawn ,!" the bent urlnter racing mm cm timet the revival ef I he s|m.i-i in 1915, .iimI for the first time during the iiii-wrt period the final day will be tea tared by the tanning of ii 83,989 added Law ideas Decay. Interest in this stake. which will be aver the mate af one aad eae-eighth miles, i- al ■ aigfc pitch, aat only ■ainaic tin- visitors bat the local turf followers a* hi-!!, niil the day anna which it i* run will be :i itala aa* la racial circles acre. While it i- banoaslblc la forecast aaw .i « • — " hi.ii horses arill go t the post la Tin- Derby, it is suaosi ;: certalaty that Baaaa«k. Kings Cham-piaa, Bimpfc taa. Ballet Proof and Bread M,m will be nunabered anions th - starters, with General .l.iin. Boa ■ Dry. St. ■ rnsain and ftTeatweod la all prebabiBty making an the remainder af the field. These are the best thrae-year olda shown here this winter, and tin- would auike aa Interesting caa-teat, even though Damask appears aa theagk be might tower over his apnoacata. Canshlrrahh: additional latere*! baa been lent the Derby by Ihe receal goad race* of Simpleton and King" FhnuipSon. the former una Hag the aae mile and seventy rarda traeu record, while the latter tare a sparkling exhibition of speed and laawai whoa he beat Bimplstsn in a nam- finish a lew days later. Ballet Proof and Bread Man baTc raced consistently all winter, and bath bare shown that they have staying quaDttes aa well aa speed. Trainer Kd Trotter baa Weal a nod. a call for which W. K. llarrhigtan gare 8i:.399 last year, and which railed lo win a race, keyed an far hi-l.et effcarts, and be recently Indulged ii1 a trial of a mile in 1:41% at the Fair Urouads. This borne baa else beea aai I for the Kentucky Derby and sereral other stalu - i n the Bhie Crass racing circuit. lie acta la hi- nMMrning work outa aa llioncfa he will be a stayer, and in addition to t lii-i • baa plenty af early sp -.■.!. Qeejeral Glenn baa ■ flake victory ever Damask to hi- credit thla winter, Jockey Eddie Ambrose having toaaed aCf the ras a the Many Payne IVhltney horse bj overconfMcacc, but ■%••:» at that ha rati a gaad race to be daae enaamh t. Danmak at the end to be aide to take advantage of such an ofnwrtnnlty. He baa unnroved considerably since be left Kentucky la*: autumn, and dtewa a liking ror a long rente of ground. si. Cermaia and Bone Dry have not dene anything startling, bul they leak worthy of takiag a ehance la a 3.0M added stake. The former i- :,t i- best in aiuddy going, while Bone Dry la . ihlicted to fnrnlshiag surprlaei. and he amy ma better than appearances Indicate. TRANSPORTATION SITUATION ACUTE. Hot at me a here are hustling around in an en-,! .in- to ;:et rxnrrsa horse cars ii which to ship Ibclr chanp-s to Maryland and Kentucky, and it looks a:- though many of them "ill be delayed in Rett las away, eTen after the i ting ends, because ,,. gxe i.,,t many ears available. A aamber of ihe owners and trainers have thoroughbreds turned out in the north and east, and thej are anxious to pel hack no aa to take them np and train them for spring racing. ■. W. ■"urmaaa baraea were forced to r. mam here far thlrteea days after the Vaw UroiiiMls i, lectin.- .1 sed before a car could be oh-,1 to ship tie B3 lo llmllco. aite, which raced arltli much success for Philly JI imv nnd Uayae JepUa several vears hack, la iV i ;,,.,, to i me a rather aaefal aire. If the performances of hi- two-year-old progeay racinr bere can he taken ax n criterion. Tenite. one of lii- daughters, dam Ten Pin, recently act a aea half-mile record. IT1.-., while Baby Grand, which be sired. and whose dam Is Babe, also won al the same distance. Train t r. I, i lark i- raring theae horse* lc re for J. II. Loncheim of Baltfanore. and he baa two other ouagstera. also the get d the saaae atailiou. I.ieioh. :m bred all r«ur uf these juvenile* Trainer William Hnrh-j will send lh division of the r. !: Bradley rtable that he ;- racing here 1., join tin main secthw at the Idle II. or Parm ,, i after fie present uieetiag end*. Hurley will in i ick minua several bow - thai be brought bere. they luvriug been dtopoaed of by private sale*. ;.. ;... Proof was ihe besl on.- thai he sold. ioekej Lawrence l..l.-. contracl ri.hr lor the Bradley stable, will remain until Ihe end, a- several owners arc dickering for hi services In the Loul , Berb . I.- - l* i ! I - ■n cxn llw I fo i.i igain. cm -i though be ha* difficulty in making bs low « , ,; ... 11- iM.-.ind- lie i- not rcduclag to any extent, aeting m».-i tlic .he .! his employer, who i it thai In- would Impair hN effie -ncj b a I n Ktaal battle la acale down this figure. Vila shi i hi will bar* Luck B. readj for Kea-tm-k racing, and be ha- him extenalrelj aomiaatcd in t.,;.c in tlml sect* a. This ir re J •• ir old mm of Jlui Uaffnej Viola B. ar«n tla- Xeu lear Han . .. ip al Ihe Pair •.round- in 1919. and also tie-Libert] i-in.-e. hut he baa heen an the i";t" for a lung time, lie Is a; hia bcal over a mudd] track. i ui he caa bold hi- own on Toe dry. Korbly. wbk-h i- also owned by Shield-, and . lieh nun the Sen • , ,. i ii ,i . .,., tbf. ,■ .■■ b i a number of stake . . - - !■., for the coming Kentucky i tings. Quite a few owners from the went uill ahin ta Tijuana at the close if the Jcffcruan iark mo-tine. aa that Iraek will still have two mare months to run, .. rding :•• the present arbrdak Moat of those Koine are boraemea who till in Use amnaaatr aaontka j a - ream tti no and other areatara ,• inls. I in ii- i.i-t time thai rear the twn-year oll-vill i c a ted lo -" i ur and a half fnrlonga I . ..ii Mi;.., i.. the da] before the aarrtini c loses. w«s liai ■!. r ln*s .1 into mm a bet lei lltej were stretched oul lo a half mile. :i- Ihey mi u.,v ini.rc iiuly run and I h ■; ha- a .ii i to come from behind and Niu.
