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UNRELIABLE KINGS CHAMPION Runs One of His Occasional Good Races to Win Easily. i » 1 Form Awry in New Orleans Mud Racing- and Favorites Mostly Prove Deluders. i ♦ NEW ORLEANS. La . January 10.— Anoll downpour visited this regiea this wnlii and c;ni-"i aaoUtioaal in ikI . affordiag oaport Baity for i ln» - with :i gifi for running well ia tbia going 10 perform at their best. ! lie i.H-in.L however, did not naffer, fei i rtcra In aaoal ease* -bowed ability to race la la* difficali footiag and battled ii urn resolutely, win. ling »p their tattle* la fagjed ■ad spent style. Tke backers were all astray in tli ir jadgmeat, fur the aaast heartily aupported horses arere beatea in :ii! eaee*, exceptlag ia the initial race. Ii- e cdstlgaa aaade it raaaway of it aad waa mark the ht-st. Be was away poorly, bal raced aroaad the ethsis in :i flash :uii. oace ia command, be steadily drew away t" wia as hi- rider i l«-.i - f Tin- mile and aeveaty yarda daimiag aaadieap or ;i parse at 81,988 furnished the eatstaading aawet of the afteraooa in the clean eat victory that Kins1 rfcaaipioa acored. it waa :i rastly different Kings champion thai raced this afteraooa, for, ajthoagh awaj with his camtoaaary ilowaeaa aad far liixk for a half Mile, he rushed aroaad the ethers arlth a hrlliiaal display of apeed aad al the end vv:t- easing up with a margin of two lengths ov r W. unowned, whi-h. liarrl rhMea, just aaiaaifd to sotstay Coaler. The sixth race broach! with it what appeared tor. :i time :i serious accideat, lint lackily terminated in nothing beyead hnrtaea Car Joe hey Thaaaaa aad :i severe shaking ap for Oar Birthday. The horse i leaked arlth terrific force agalasl the fence rati ■rhaa aa eighth froai the finisii and fell ia :i heap, the rider being piaaed aaderaeath. lie «:iv % tricated aeickly aad rashed to the track emergeary hospital, where lie aooa rallied and showed no serious bruises. Oar Birtbdaj remained on the greand for aeaae tiaae, bal finally revived aad waa led to liis atahle. Wiio Cares, ridden by Lang, aad a real "1 1 thing,** waa here after baring run oat on all the turns. Lang ais.j figured in a . ry oa Verity in the closing race, for arbich Waraan was aa extensively backed as the wiaaer. Commander alclleekia waa aa oatataadiag failure of the afteraooa whea he aaccaaabed to klarsdale a the mile dash, for three-year-olds. REMOUNT SERVICE BUYS HORSES. Daedalus and Shilling have finished their raciag careers. Roth were purchased by Major loaea of the Daited States Ararj Keaaeaaf Berrice, the fonaer from ;. C. Winfrey and I be latter trom C. R. Aadersoa. They will be sent to the Bemount station at Fort Sill. Okia. Major loaea arlll condacl a drive fat Reaaoaai aaemhers at tie race track at l oclock Friday aad hi hoaefal of enlisting prac-j licaliy all of the horsemen here. lackey A. Kicklaas, who rode la tteeplechaoe races as well as oa the flat in the East hist year, made his debet at the Fair .rounds today oa Consul in the opening race. Be is under engagemeal la the Pelieaa Stable, owned by w. B. "Gnaher Bill" Bowe. Xickiaaa awl with a fair awasare of «acceaa over the Jnaaps, far better, ia fact, than on the flat. Ceraelia* Fellowea returned froai Sew York to-daj Darias his a hoe ace his rolora were carried to i lot] i Boaa lee, daaakter "f Qraaite — Irsuia Emma T r! rharcbill paaae out of his race in a had way and was with difficulty gettea off the race track. lackey r* ;ii.k"i Laag acored a doable, .is msc- rssfol inoiints beiag on Who Cares and Verity. I-niu has won . no or more races for alae coaaecatire days, his last failure hi laf the day before the Jef- -iii Park meetiiiK rtasedL • CURLEY" BROWN A VISITOR. H. P. "Cat ley" Bream, race track promoter for muny years, waa anions todays visitors at the ! h Grounds. lie left tonight for Havana. Brown 1 bailt the Cahaa track, as well as the racial plants at City Park her. . Jacksonville. Kla.. Laarel, Mil., and several other places. Government ageata have taken possession of the [ L, i. liauer horses because of alleged irregularity in scheduling income tax returns. •I. S. Bayea today dispos-il of Johnny Overton, a relent winner at the Fair CJronnds, to Clyd . ■ Freeman. The consideration was private. ■ George J. Long. ...vnei of the famous Bashford I Manor breeding farm in ar I.ouisville. K.. and one . of the most prominent figures on the American ! turf for m.:ny years, was an antral today. He . plans :m extended slay. One division of his stable . is tacfcag at the Fair Orowada in charge of -lohn c. leiriss and George Molrsworth. while lie has the , other end at Churchill Downs. It has been many ■ years since this lurfiiian visited New Oilcans and I he expressed himself as being highly surprised at ; the many new improvements made at the old race . track and the magnitude of the sport here. .Jockey Fred Smith was the first rider at the Fair •irounds meeting to be disciplined by the stewards Me reported in the jockeys room in an tinf.t condition to ride and his license was ordered suspended.
