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POURING INTO NEW ORLEANS i r4 Delegations From Maryland and New York Reach Crescent City. Work of Registering the Horses Begun Old Campaigner Bringhurst Dead. XEW ORLEANS. La., November 22. Racing people fairly poured . into this city from all parts of the country today. The largest delegation was from Baltimore, and it required several extrA Pullman cars on the regular trains to accommodate the crowd from there. Hundreds more are coming on as as fast as they can get reservations, the Marylanders report. Quite a few came in from Xew York also, while the trains from Cincinnati and Louisville brought their share. There was plenty of life at both Jefferson Park and the Fair Grounds this morning, especially the former, where racing secretary J. L. Campbell opened his office for the registration of horses and issuing of badges for the meeting. There was a rush on the part of the horsemen to get their thoroughbreds listed and indications point to more horses being available than in any previous year. Applications for trainers and jockeys licenses for the Jefferson Park meeting came in rapidly and they will be acted upon by stewards Joseph A. Murphy, Herman P. Conkling and Judge J. F. Monet immediately upon their arrival here. The riding colony is larger than ever and it comprises some of the leading jockeys of the country. The Jefferson Park track was in much better condition than the Fair Grounds for work-outs hismorning jiml.Sair-tihusuallj- large- number of horses were exercised over it. There were quite a few out at the Fair Grounds, too, with the yearlings having their Innings after the older horses were dispensed with. A number of stables moved either entirely or in part from the Fair Grounds to the Shrewsbury track today. The second special horse train got in from Kentucky with the stables of Milo Shields, J. C. Brockmiller, Cain and Sanford, Mrs. M. Dattner, Paul Miles, Dan Miller, Joseph Tigue, S. M. Henderson, R. L. Baker aud several others. Most of these will be stabled at the Fair Grounds. The horses of Masterson and Rogers and J. H. Baker came down on one of the regular trains from Louisville. J. J. Troxler brought only two horses here. Hidden Talent and Captain Tom. He purchased the former from Miller Henderson during the Louisville meeting. "Puddin" McDaniel has ten horses of his own here to race during the winter. The veteran Bringhurst, owned by C. AV. Clark, died yesterday at the Fair Grounds-of fever contracted while being shipped here from Louisville. AL KIKBY LOSES SLEEPY SIDNEY. Sleepy Sidney, a two-year-old in Al Kirkbys stable, succumbed from the same cause. Minute Man, which raced with much success in Kentucky and which was at the top of his form recently, was taken off the cars in a bad way and will probably be out of , commission for a month or more. He is owned by Mrs. M. Dattner. Arrivals of jockeys included J. II. Burke, H. Brickson, II. B. Stearns, C. Hunt, R. Davies, W. Warrington, T. Parringtcn and -if.. Ponce. Terry Farley, custodian of the jockeys quarters at the New York tracks and who was employed in a similar capacity at Jefferson " Park and the Fair Grounds, came in this morning from Baltimore. Joe Lurding, agent of the C. Buxton stable, was among the arrivals from Kentucky. H. Ncustetter, whose horses have lecn hero for several days, also got in from the same place. Frunk Forney, former jockey, brought Turf and two other horses from Maryland. In order to save the horsemen stabled at the Fair Grounds a journey over to Jefferson Park in the afternoon entries for the latter course will be taken each morning at the former track by Wash Xorvell. An improvement of the motor truck service to transport the Horses from one track to the other is . in sight this year, there being more trucks available and the roads have been considerably improved. Practically all of the best known layers in this country will operate here, among them, being Tom Shaw, "Whitey" Beck, Peter Blong and numerous others. A number of oralizers liave been, here for several days, while more are coming in on every train from Xew York. Deer Skin, a two-year-old filly, by Meelick Paschal, locally owned, was instantly killed today while at exercise. She crashed into a motor truck being used to work the track. Her rider suffered a broken leg. Word reached here today of the death of starter Frank McGinty, who died suddenly at Key West, Fla., this morning. He was well known among the horsemen here.
