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FINE CRESCENT CITY RACING «. Great Throng Crowds Spacious „ Fair Grounds to Repletion. * — , Guy Wins the New Years Handicap in Real Race Horse Style — Daniel Makes Good. NEW OatLBAXB. i.,.. January -■ Bifteea thousand ikm.jiIi-. MM of In South- BMSt BPWJMU live, and including the li it; In--1 of New Orleans social set, wen at the lair Grenada that afteraeea i" arftnesa the inauguration of the eighth uml meeting under Ike auspices of 1i:o Bnsinem Mens Racing II anuria • ion. A more perfect setting for the sport oubl not l»c conceived and the interest in the racing and attending incidents «as If flenhla| and wholesome. even the uio-t bla-e i ming innnoulat.d with th" xpirit of the day and in several cases were caught cheering the various contenders with a zeal that put the occasion.-: I rnCBBg visitor to blush. Weather rendrthma were .f the best, eaeegk tiage of ahaqamaa being in the air to -erve a- a rcuiuinth r of winter. No disagreeable incidents marred the occasion and the speatag panned off witii a routine regularity that left one to imagine there iiad been no interruption to the Fair Grounds action from last rear. The highways and byways to the Pair Ore— da became congested at tin early hour. Seemingly til roads led to the racing ground tind the -pa. ions grandstand began filling at a great Pace long before the hour set for the nn ■leg dash. Late teasers were at ;t disadvantage I ri the matter of vantage points, but the sloping luwu aud the auxiliary grandstand in the paddock served well and few in tl," big throng ■dated Witaeaatag any part of any of the race9. the spectators were highly pleased with the improvements made on the plant, which had their comfort mainly in view. Manager Bshert X. Kddy. Jr.. felt highly elated with Ure monster turnout, which was easily n record for attendance at tiny track here in the history of racing. Be voiced his gratification and expressed his pleasure over the co-operation .,f the boreeaeea in making th- opening so attract ire The lig gathering at the course ni ample -in v that the people in these parts are for the sport*; betters that it i- a good thing for the community aud will be reseatfal of any interference with it. NO INTERFERENCE OR ARRESTS. No arrests or atteaaaca at arrest were Bated, but the district attorneys sffire will be faraisbed with names of these having eagaged in aeothag prices. It is prekakli thai dratriel attorney Usrr win :":«• ;m informal ion against them. The orderly pre-cednre in obttiining name- "I thsse looting prices was not generally known to any ,.f the layers. The New Year-- Handicap with its ,BM added ami worth gS.C7S Bet. fell t,, ;.;•. rarryiag the "•I.rs of Mrs. .1. Phillip- in ceanaaadiag style in Hi" tnst time ..f I :4.~ . which i- saly one-fifth of a second slower than the track record. Hands • f P/Ieesare. running a great rate from where he got off. landed in secead place, with Tipoity Witchct third. There arcre eleven starters la the race, 11 • ream of the handkap division sere, and 11 proved an interesting contest throughout. It was Gays lirsi start in these parts this winter ;tnd hi- per-fsnaaaee marks him a daag.1 isss fsctsr in his ni cut form in all the races he Btay be started in. Neddam was favored slightly over Irish Kiss. Tip-pity Witcket and Gay, hut if mi ■ raise alarm, for he was always far in the far of tin- leaders. Considerable la teres! teetered in the iaaagara- tisa numl Which brought to the past a dozen •woyearoiis la their first raciag esaay. it was won by Hie mil. I. -heralded and lo.-all swaed Daniel which amaaged ts get hease a asse in advance "f K. K. Bradley- Metier Lark, with Hughie in laird place. The three glared ones raa a* If sort to raciag, Better Lark coming with .a grand rash Bad would have "on in a tew moie sri.Vs. Iti iliiaui Kay, which ha- beea raciag raaalal eally at Jeffersea Park, animates! far the aeeeud race in good style bam Made sty, with Bt. Maurice in third place. Irish Dream, a pcaaasaared favorite, mad- ir the third aaeeeaafal one to score tor the tateaf arhea he won the third race from Banter h. aad lanky P.. VALOR AGAIN DISAPPOINTS. Pastoral Swain furnished an upset when he won aatiptiUdly in th" fifth nice, for arhick Valsc arai the favorite. Valor flattered extensively in pace-making until leaching the stretch, a here he began tiring badly. Tra estate, exteaairely backed in the sixth nee, aastayed the favorite Horray by a scant half length ami itoyai Back bad no trsaMe loading the field in the mile aad a Barter dash of the concluding race. Piece "Bed*" Wiagfleld ha- beea earded as the tra. tier of the M. ami .1 La wi as at la hors.- the base baprared rapidly. .t lefferaaa Park he s;id- dleil rtaary for a winning race, while today he sent Basal D: efc t" Ike past. .1. I*. Phillips aaasred rare hadgaseal arhea he sklvped Gay direct here from lataala in sraer to freshen him up for a Whiter campaign. The an of Leonid Bell.- Itankin was raced hard during the WHini months, but his rest has benefited him eea- ■hserably, as his arksaasaj taee in the Bew Years Handicap attest- This made the third esaaecatiTe victoty for Guy, he having won his last two race* at I ..a Ionia Owners, traitors jockeys and. in fact, the genera] puhic. arc baited from the infield during the raa-ning of th.- races tit th" Fair GrasBMts, Oeaeial niiin.iger Baaetl S. BBdy, -Ir.. went to considerable exgease in sowing gras. and planting flowers in this eectleej of the essnee aad the ban was put on in an effort to aid their growth. The purse distribution at the Fair Grounds today totaled .M0. This is a mark for winter race tracks to shoot at. Further evidence of the liberality of the Business Mens Racing Association toward the horsemen is shown by the fact that on no day will the distribution be less than .o IO. The special train for Mexico City, embracing eight express asm ears, several sleepers and a diner, will dep.n: tomorrow morning at It oclock. Some of inc. nriag ofliciulb will make the trip ou it. Starter F.ddie Tribe, who officiated tit lefferooa Park, will depart for Mexico City 011 Thur-day. He will serve a- a placing judue there. Jockey Clarence Turner made his debut on the opening day and it was the first time in some years that he rode at a winter race track Tumor •n.joyed a saceeasfal season in lh« North and Ei-t and should base his own here. He will ride for Commander J. K. L. Ross next year. Among the new comers from Cincinnati were Lonis Itigar. Mose Rubenstein, Nat Kubenstein, "Chick" Abel and Frank Moote. They plan to stick the ae-eting out. Jockey Spencer Pullman r-turned to the saddle today after an illness ,.f serosal weeks, a- the remit of being ovoroon.e by gas He araa on Modesty in the second race and finished second with her. B. A. Psraha "parlayed" Mayor Gaisia into Cerilia today. He purchased the f-irnier from L. ■"-■-••. .i:d used u" ..• chsim the latter out of the seventh race for . 600. .locivcv "Chick" Lang, who lad the rider- in 19L*1 . Started off the new year in au auspicious manner by winning a pair of mean Be piloted Guy home in Cue -take race and in Hie following race was aaneeaafaj with Pastoral Swain. The Fair GrsSBSaa track gave every indication today that it will be faster than ever for the pres-•nt meeting. It is no; at its best, but fast time was the order of the day in every race. This course has been given an unusual amount of attention dining the past several months, and no expen-o aaa b"en spared to make it one of the best in the country. B. J. Brauuon. whose horses have b"cn here for several weeks in charge of former jockey Casey Jonea, was an arrival from liis home in Kansas City. He s|M-nt the greater part of the time since the close of the Kentucky fall racing season in .1 hospital suffering from an eye ailment. For a time he was almost blind, bur litis regained the u-e of one eye now. BlBBBSn tamed Drastic and Colonel Livingston out in Kentucky lot liic B/fcsaag, i I
