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NEW ORLEANS TURF GOSSIP ♦ Cloptons Fast Rival of the Star Lord Allen. » Yung- Ching Viewed With Favor — Sains Daughter Dolly Varden — United Verde in Derby. » NTW WtT.FAXS. La., F. hruary 6 — The peak of the tourist sea -on hell was reached willi tlie final few day- of the Fair Jrouud- uniting. I lnn i~-;i n l~- f visitors coming in from •ill eeetfoua for the Murdi Graa festivities, lie racing adatod considerably In their enjoyment and they termed out in unusually large iiuiiiImis Tin sport iis in keeping with tin* orraalon and drew favorable comment Mai the oat- nf town guests. iii:iii of whom had never vi-ited I winter race lf.uk before. While Lord Allen. T. J. Condorga-ts two-year-old Ma if frizzle Mary King HI being proclaimed the champion of liis ace here this winter. S. A. Cloptoa MM a youngster in his stable that may dispute this honor with him if liny dash. This la New Orleans, a bay colt by Dick Welles -Floral Day. He has been displaying almost phenomenal speed in his morning gallop-. A work-out of three-eighths of a mile in M%, one fifth of a second taster than the track vim old. now held by Lord Allen, caused his slock to Mat and upon the -trenglh of this he is as-iued of abundant backing, no matter what he is called upon to inert. Sieve I.owon-tein. who last year raced the good thre«— year-old luul eidel with mini: sikCi-ss. will have :: strong hand to play in the Kentucky -takes noM siuing with Yung Thing, which -eems i.i Im- one of the Imsi horse* dei eloped lure this winter. fameaalcla purchased the Mack gelding from trainer Tom Welcli. acting for .1. K. Widener. at L.itonia last aiiiunin. the price involved iieiiig sJ.oOO. At thai lime Yung Cbiag was no: at his best. due. it is said, to hi- having been knocked out, as the recall of acting aa a pacemaker for the fast Naturalist in his exercise gallop-, but he ha- improved wonderfully here and is one of the few hois.- ;ii the Fair Qrounda with I mile in better than 1 :.•« to hi- credit thi- winter. He is let much oa early speed and prefers lo lie waited with, but he -how- groat Bated dining the final half mile of hi- races. HEFFERINGS SPEEDY FILLY. .Tames lleffering. who ha- a BtaMe "I borse* r.n ing here in charge of Howard lot-, came dowa lor the wind-up of the Fair llroaad* no ct ing to gel I look at hi- rood two-year-old Flying Beaaty, which won two laces here and appears to be above the ordinary, lleffering bred this youngster, she being the progeny of Valcain Beaaty Spot, anil he raced her dam ai the Fair C rounds I wo veais ago. Tula i- Beaaty Spat* flral foal and. judging from tin- success met by her daughter thus tar. her owner ha- high hope- of her becoming a high-clas- brood mare. The first of the present crop of two-year-oM* bred ai George .1 Langs Basbford Manor farm near I/oiiisvillo. Ky.. to win thi- year was Dolly Warden, a bay daiigliier of the dead Sain, dam F.v.rdeno. Thi- filly is owned by W. II Bowe, wealthy Shi.veport. La., oil magnate and snorts man. Whose boraea race in the name of the Pelican Stable. She -cored al the first a-king in a field of thirteen and showed an excellent performance . W. lark i- one of the tno-t liberal nominalor-to the Kentucky -take-, considering the -ize of his stable, and his horses will be found eligible for all of the rich events in the Blue l.r.t-- -tale where e, ndirion- permit. He i- hopeful of winning Name of the long -distance race- with Captain Mac. while I nitcd Verde will be his chief reliance for tin Kentucky Derby, according to hi- pee Beat plans. Mr. lark won I he llasliford Manor Stakes at Churchill Down- la-t spring with thi- colt and will be represented in thai fixture thi- year by Tom Hare Jr. Jockej Newton Barrett, who ha- ridden mo-i of the lark haiata here l in-- wintei. will do eon-iderable of the riding for that c-tablislmienl in Kentucky also. ieorge Suain. former jockey and agent for the i: I!. Brndlej -table here, i- reeoTeriag from an attack of double pneumonia, which almo-t claimed hi- life For -everal da.v- hope of recovery was practically abandoned, but he passed the crisis I beller Ihan wa- expected. Hi- attending phyil cinns say that everything i- in hi- favor now. Swain wa- engaged in making mount- for jockey Lawrence l.vke w mil stricken ill. lie also eerred I in a similar capacity for the late jockey Sauiidry Mitchell, who was killed in a fall at the Fair irouad- Thoina- M. Murphy, wall known Kentucky breeder whbM -tud is headed by iolden Maxim, will return lo hi- hoaae near Iyillisville at the end of the Fair .round- meeting. A -treet car accident several year* ago left Mr. Murph. in a bad way bodily, causing 1 1 i in to give up all of hi- active business inleivst- except his farm and he came here in ipic-l of health lie report- hi- condition a- im ! proved a- the reaall of hi- month- ataj in thi- sectioll. FLIBBERTYGIBBETS REVIVAL. The nnceriaint.i of home racing, wa- never better exemplified than in two receal performances o, i Fliblieii.gilibet lie started twiie in two day-. Inn-lung third the fir-i tunc and winning the i Other. In hi- fir-t race he aaa heavily bucked In hi- -table c.tinectious to beat D: . Carmen, a right fair mud runner, but lie never had a chance from the start, as the latter opened a hfaj lead quickly and held -way Ihroilghoul . The Inllownit day Flibhcrt.v gibbet was pitted against only an ordinarv bund, but there wa- litlb- or no aapporl I for him ami hi- "dd- drifted a- high a- :t» u, l He won in commanding fashion, much lo the sur-pri-e of those who had backed him the da.v previous | and Iwen I*, ns. hi- trainer, wa- the most surprised Of all This is proving an ideal place for owners to| icplcnisli their -tables with -oiling platers, gal they find il much cheaper lo get thi- ela-s of hor-e through the claiming process than to purchase I them ai private -ale. More claims have bees i-isiered Ibis winter than a! gaj time aince the present claiming ayatem wa- adopted, a number of hoi -i— have changed hands tWO H mure tunes during the winter. The activity of the horsemen iii thia reaped ha- roaalted in better racing among the cheaper grade of tboroagbbroas, a- ii baa kepi the fields mere evenly matched. Whenever a horse show- up in a lace I hat appears to be running out of line the claiming brigade gel- busy ami this keeps owner- ironi taking an advantage by r.n ing their charge- in . t gaaaa baton where they belong. The United] States m-niy officer* who came here I in quest of -uitablc stallions to sire ranlr. hoi -is were elated over their since--. They found the horsemen and race track niaiiiigcment ready to j co-operate with harm in every reaped ami their isit bore fruit to he extent of obtaining eight I horses, which were sent lo Fort Itcuo, Okla.
