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. | i | 1 I : i ; I I I | ; 1 ; I | I 1 • M ■I . 1 1 i ! I j | , ! : I ; I ! ; : ■ 1 , 1 j | j ■ 1 . • ■ - : ; • 1 1 • : j I . - 1 I SHREVEPORTS OPENING DAY ■..." .- - % ■■ - — "tl.— . ♦ Cold Weather and a Heavy Track Two Disagreeable Features. _ . — ♦ — Promoters Satisfied the Meeting Will Prove a Success When Agreeable Conditions Arrive. HY .1. E DEMISEYl BHKBVEPOBT. La.. February lo Baciag re-reived its baptima here this afteraaea and never was the -iioi-i railed em to stand -mh trying te-si as the opeaiag afforded. The weather wa- frigid and e-en deterred the mo-t hardened regalar from journeying to the open field Fair Greaada, fa- from ailaiital.le |n winter racfcag. In spjte of ths drawback I a da true weather ami track eeaditioaa, a Karpriaiagiy large gatberiag. but toeapoaed mainly .1 i-ilinu turf followei-. w.i- on hand to view the opeaiag proceeding*. There was ,-i fairly trood smat- tering of local people at the coeree, hut nowhere near the big rrowd that would have been preeeat had conditions been more propitious. The geaeral opinion ,f the critics -i- to the after- aonaa proceedings was that Bhveveaart is a fruit - fill field and that a short raciag term anmiall. lo follow the New Orleaaa aaeetiaga will meet favor and lie sncces-lnl. nmagh nal alxteea layer- qneted prices, there was -uffieieiit betthag for twice this number. The tardy arrivals from Hat Springs, aad also several delayed btyera from New Orleans, were rr npeaalblr for a smallei- nu.ubcr of price .Uoters than was ex pe,-ti-.l and in no re-speet did this afternoon- rfceg actiitie- differ from the New Orleans acttea. There wa- an nl.undance of big wagers accepted and ir was fairly diversified. It aarariaed anch old timers aa E .1. l allahan. Harry iriffin. 11. Kohn, M. Been-1 berg and other big operators. Of ecu:- . the con -■; tiniii.u- -ii.ee— ,.t favorite- sau-cd a los- to the layer-, but I hey were not over chagrined lor they argued that when the betting i- so healthy as it showed this afteraaea, there i- an opportunity for breaks iu their favor. The track was ;i .piagmire ami several of tin-F dashes were reduced bj withdrawals. It required a sturiU berae to race in the going aaccessfully ami early -peed wa- likewise ;i v.-fpiisjte. It was tilting that the initial dash -hoithl he taken 1, a locally -ow 1 racer and this occurred when sr. Maurice-. :, two-year-eld rarryhag the color- of W. H. Bowe. snoasec of the meeting here. led the roaagaters borne lie- met in the- oiiener. He was ridden by a new- begiaaer. N. Tiller, aad was gabled iu faultle-.- -tyle. lie won after having led for the c-utire way from Una, a tir-t time -tai-tet. owned by la - Arthur, with Bellr Wrack in third place. St. Maurice wa- the favorite Another winning favorite raaae iu the following dash, when lVppe-ry Folly, after a hard stretch drive. -uc.--e,|,.,| in disposing of Lady Mildred. Hack Hay. another heavily-barked choice, proves beat in the third race, bur had to be, for he began -lo.vly and gave hi- aappailna some eoacern before he- overhauled Mary Pease and Miikev M -e. Ead- Ijow was then th,- eall in the fourth race, but In- snerambed readiij near the end to the challenge of PHbhertygibhet, Warsaw landii,, ihird. Aila/.e was the next siuci.--tui choice and her vide ry wa- the a-iest of any occurring dnrine the- afternoon. The fiaal ami ;i nh loag dash .ai On- rard was ,-i thriller, with Walter Tnrnbow getting i!i in tin- la-t stride- to win fr Bpearlene. with Siiniluria iu third place, only a nose iu hack of the pair. With a good ride Sinidurii would have been mi ei-y winner. Koh-i-aeor and N K Heal w.i.- ii,, c-iioic, - here, but both retired after going i half mill w. li. How.-. Howard o.,ts ami other* interested iu the -,,,,,--- of the meeting were well satisfied w ith the result of the opeaiag. "More severe conditio, i- could not have pre railed," -aid manager Oots. "It was really aar-, prising thai such a big attendance- -houhl have i-ited the- track. With g I w.-Hther i- boaml to come impr.voincnt and it is rertaia that the experimental meeting will mec-i with aacceaa." a
