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i j | ; ; | . H [ J || 1 ■ ALL READY AT SHREVEPORT City Hotels Crowded with Pilgrims From New Orleans. Abundance of Horses for Racing Purposes and Local Objections to the Meeting Vanish. BT J. I.. IiPMPSFY I BBRRTEPORT, La., rebmary 17. The hnd rea- tUte of opposition to the contemplated race minting. which begiis here Saturday vanished late tonight when prominent hanineoK men r,t tins city Is-gan espousing racings cans and tin- few insurgent* who started an opposition movement found them s,-ies hopelessly in the minority and voiceless The steady ram which visited this bustline; little city did not dampen the ardor or abate local Interns! : in the coming meeting. The steady arrival ol turf followers speedily had the leading hotels ;t the crowding paint, while a continuous flow of requi ts for resignations from those intending to reach here h. morrow- and early Saturday morning promises to cause a shortage of accommodations in the more pretention* beatetries. but there will be ample accommodations for all. At the Fair Grenada construction is being rushed ! with a view to having everything in readiness for ihe opening. Prospect* for a ancceaafnl short term of lacing never looked better. There is an abun- dance of horses, jockeys and layers, with continued additions. There is every reason to believe that the managements expectation of twenty layers operat- j tag on the opening ,i.,y will be f, n far that i many came from New Orleans and at least eight are coming over from Mm Barings, a short distance I rem here. Ihe lain which fell hnpeasnntly throughout the day retarded progress ;,t the track and will cause the going t.. lie heavy for the op.-uing. It also entailed discomfort in unloading the hig hand of horses that came from New Orleans, bin the hois, men were not daunted, they manifesting enthusiasm and surprise over the promising oat look ami the modernism of this little city. Judging from Unfavorable expression* heard here, tin- coming meet- ;ni: has aboal l.hUOo „f the J3.7 H iniiabi tanls as 1 -bis for the lacing. All tin- iifiienils wCm will aerre. excepting Joseph A. Muiphv. are here. The hitter will arrive tomofiow. l! lias m|s,, | M settled that lames will preside at the barrier. The reason thai Bade is ii,,; going to do the starting is ,[.- to a misunderstanding. The arrival* this morning from New Orleans were niiiueions and gave ibis city an appearance of having had the racing crowd transferred from the freacenl City in its entirety. Because of tin-changed track and limited number of horse-, only -■"«ll being at the track for the opening day. it may be acre weary to ran only six races, unless an extra race can be filled each day. There is a KUffieient number of riders, and includes Itodrigttez. stack. .M, I. ; in., 1 1. Richcreek, Nolan. Cruller. A. Collins. Aran, llregory, J n. Rnrke. F. si ilth. F. smith, s. Wida. J. Coni, .y. Pollard, Babin, Crick son and Itomanelli. Becanse oi the narrowness ,,f the track on the barkstretch the f;,:.ts will lx- limit. d to eight starters in races under a mile and not more than ten will be allowed !,, atari in the longer races. Among ihe layers already present are n. John. W. Arnold. Chris Ktapers, II. .Mart. M. Hynma, Pete Hlong. Frank Shannon. Hairy Griffin and lake Wetasteia. Sam Libermaa and K. J. Callahan, who are in New Orleans, expect to come over and Joe Blume will head a contingent that has announced its coming from Hot Springs. lie idtiiisMon will be tS, including war tax, the association deriving SI. 7." from it. eighteen cuts going to the government and the other seven to a fund for charitable purposes
