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FIRST, BUT DISQUALIFIED and -♦ — Thunderbird Gives Shreveport an *M Infrequent Racing Feature. — ♦ — Track Still a Mess, but Pleasant Weather Serves to Attract a Fine Attendance. ta in l _ . cM rbaaaag i eight efcrj ! ! i ,i•,l Sti.iMNl. I.Y .1. I.. DF.MISF.Y.I ! sni!i; i:iiil!T. L«., rebruarj - The i* ■ ! - ,lt i,i-weather, his which gladdened all acre i.-.la . was re-l ! . a ■piwuWilr far tin- bwil :i t ] ■n l:i n .• of the present in., ting, th.- local contingent being Mt in full ■ t"1" this -rat h- enthusiasm over a a I force an. I displaying ■ n -i.li the s|M.rt. Th.- layers also reported :i surprising increase la the betting, tin- i..m.- tal.-nt gradually Boa Konnie foroaaing initiated lata the atyieof wagering. There in |U were again eighteen layers in Dae ami m..~t ..f them . _ had th better of tltelr speculative tilt with lac public , ., There was rant improvement in track conditions, | I Barb uai l ,n t "path racing" was -t i 11 in force and the longest i th--way tin- around the track proved the nearest, f r the outer atrip contained firmer fearing. Sext to the ,|1 on inner rail it araa almost a bog and maiiv of the First Kji. atartera running rloae t» the rail foaad theateeirea mired and exhausted kins before the stretch was •-reached, 1„ , , I-, mi ■ point of reasonably good boraes todays! wit card waa naaalbly the worst ever offered, bat ■aaael ! M sent .if the dash, s were interesting. The tai.iit started off w.-n wltb the victory. af than Belie Wrack, an ovet a helming faTorite, which I aeared as ber rider pleaaed over the extreaae out-1 « for ■iderx klatzavcna and pnlrj Evelyn. "HI name The firsi disqualification of the meeting came | with the running of the last race, in which Thun-derbird -I finished first. She was dieplaced for having noaaud in front of Coaaterhalaace when a sixteenth from the finish. Coaaterhalaace waa givea the vac and Harvey Small, favorite. Bad Which had beea almost left at the post, ret tins second place, Wltb the outsider Willignn la third place. Collin* on Counterbalance dkl much v nghing in Ibe race. for In- cau-.d laterfereace to Thunderbird and ,1 Harvey Smair. I The stea.lv upward movement of Hi Ids nhoai t Terrible Miss. ..-aided with -on..- adverse rumors. eaus.d lodge Murphy to summon Jockey Gregory. and that rider waa made t.. antlcrstand thai unless s be rare his mount his heal riding be would find Id* s rueation gone. The warning proved effective, lor [ a Terrible Mis- won easily from Catania, nilb the supposed rood tiling Vit-Le in third place. b E Dlntv was given attention by the smart set and ,i | " b11 the *»J 2 i waa the second .ace after having ■ oriental Dress, the favorite, landed in second place. „ Ul The foartb race proved only an easy gallop tor "" » S the favorite Valerie West, which won as her r J j, rid.r ptoaaed from Clean Up. with Madras Uiag- c ° ham in third place. Jwdge Price, la thia, stumbled d ■in.l aare Gregory, his rider, a shakiag up. The veteran Back Bay continues in his winning waya aad his rtctotj la the fifth race, la which the .best icrs.s of the daj met, was his thud cob seeatiTe success Beared la as many starts here, lie led all the way. with Henna Soma outstaying Tiger Cos.- for second place K"Pi.-s.i,i.ities of the Mobile, Ala., Baalness Mens Racing Association were here today solicitinK inn-sen for a proposed six days aseetiag. They in tend to follow sh„rt|y after the rloae of Shreveport I mriag There has been fa.OOO subacrtbed for purs.s. which will be of HaU rahje each. It b is l.ropos d to ofrcr five races daily. I — late this afternoon : n | There was no improvement in starter James Osbornes condition. Be continues; H H. unconscious and is in a had way. W. Alford Mas taken to tin local hospital, hawnc IB beea taken suddenly ill lackey Gregory was suspended for three days .v , w by th- stewards for roagh ridhmg. ar
