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ANGON WINS ANOTHER RACE a Outsprints Wyoming in the Fair Grounds Feature Dash. • More Rain Visits the Track and Spoils the Going Again, but Attendance Keeps Up. a— — i IIIY J. L PKMPSET. NEW OKLLANS. La., January 4. -The finer-MUarlefs of a mile hand leap with its purse of ,300 was the outstanding offering on todays card and it enabled Lloyd Reatrya Angon to display his superior mud running ability, or he shouldered 122 pounds canoed a lengthy post delay by Ida actions, and then won with consummate ease from the best that could be mastered here in the sprinting division. The recently uci|iiired Wyoming, making his initial appearance here and running in the colors of the Plertaaal utabh?. ran well, but just last,. I te oatstaj th.- outsider St. ajaentla, with Pickwick following closely, despite having lost an Immense amount of ground by coming wide on the stretch turn. The disappointment of the race xvas P.ullet Proof. The Tiller was an almoal eipial favorite with Angon and never was pniniiient in the running. St. Ouenfin dominated the early running and was the leader until Angon ranged alongside in the ~tretoh. He tired in the last six teeiith and it enabled Angon to draw away decisively. Wyoming, under hard riding, outstaying St. Juentin. Hut for eoming wide into the atnteh Pickwick would have been second. A terrific rainstorm again visited here this in lining and at times the rainfall was almost a dernjCC Tiie ceaaathm f the downpour about noon enabled the full strength of racing eathaaiaaata to visit the course. Withdrawals wore again numerous on account of the muddy track, but the sport did not suffer, for many of the finishes were close after early keen contention. Favorites were it eclipse, most of them going down to defeat. The two year-old dash furnished an upset by the defeat of the highly regarded One Pin. carrying the eidors of John Dundee. Little Patsy bad littel difficulty in winning after having shown a facility for running freely in the going and the most speed from the start. One Pin followed him closely until light at the end. where he began tiring and was headed by Loveliest for second place. .lago showed his usual speed in muddy going and wo:i an i asy victory in the second race over Shoot On and Marie Maxim. White Star Stored the first victory at this meeting for the . F. Clark colors when he won the third race, after Kising Bark, the favorite, had taken a ten-lengths lead in the first three-eighths and then unit badly, but managed to iust save thiol place. Sea Sinner enabled Andy Hlakeley to saddle his second winner of the afteroon when he managed to get home in advance of liiff Hang, with F.scarpolette third. Tom Shaw. Mark Boaaberg and Kemy Dorr, all local layers, and overlooked formerly in the notifications that informations had been filed against them, vveie made acqaaiated with the fact by a deputy sheriff this afternoon and are required io furnish I Is. Jockey J. Kobirts was suspended for three days by the stewards f,,r disobedience at the post in the si e nil race and Aron was suspended for five days f r the name offense. Jockey Kichcreek drew a four-day suspension from the siarter in the closing race.
