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I . v II s y j b , a r I d 1 , 1 P ,] , ,, -. I 1 j I NO REPINING AT NEW ORLEANS Some Owners Will Take Their Horses to Havana and Tijuana Presently. iI.V J. L. DKMP8EY. Ni:V OKLI-IANS. La.. February 7 The carnival spirit abundantly rampant now with the approach of Mardi Gras Tueaaay is a hollow mockery t- many of the owners who had their hopes shattered late Saturday with the aiiaoanccmeiit thai tin Jefferson Park spring meeting was abandon-d. Soi f them had nursed their Charges through a ; manner of ills ami ailments; had painstakingly retained them to a state of racing condition am! had planned a campaign accordingly la recover their heavy outlay at the contemplated spring meeting There is no rankle or bitterness about the deii- sion to forego th.- contemplated meeting. Horse- men and racings best advocates hold that the action will redound to the future benefit of the sport. Il means that compliance with governor Parkers order to refrain from conducting race meetings in I.ouisian , during the Lenten i erind has niaih- him a firmer friend of racing. His objections ti a continuance of racing in Lent could not be mistaken from his following utterance: •There will be no spring meeting at Jefferson Park this year following tin- close of the Fair Grounds meeting on Mardi Gras day. To be more specific, either there will be no such spring meeting or there will be ie- more racing in Ij.uisiana at all. A racing season which extends from Thanksgiving Day io Mardi Gras should certainly be long enough for any community The eleventh hour announcement calling off the Jefferson Park meeting is causing a baatj revision ol plans l. main of the owners and telegrams and cables have been profusely dispatched to the Ha vaaa and Tijuana track-, either reqaeating stable loom or information as p. best methods of shipping to these points. A canvas of the stables at the Fan Grounds and Jefferaoa Park shows a maturity of the on win in tend to remain here for a considerable time. The pleasant weather and tine training facilities, coup hd with the fact that unstable weather conditions are still prevailing in the north, is responsible far the decision to remain in these parts Of the extensive turf following Hot Springs will receive the laigest quota, with Havana and Tijuana in-xt in order The exodus will begin Immediately after the close of the Fair Croutuls racing. Both race tracks will he kepi m just as good coit-■ Hit ion as if racing was in progress and training activities will proceed as usual.
