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CONSISTENT ELMER K FIRST i *-» ■ — ♦ i ii Wins the Fair Grounds Feature Easily in Fast Time. Comic Song Runs a Good Race , and Ashland Has Bad Luck — , Matches Mary a Surpriser. 9-i » J t EW oblpans La., Jaaaary 17 Todays racing was iii a par with I In- best that has beea shown ] at tlii meeting am] rendered aiece enjoyable by I perfect weather a mi track conditions. The attend- ] hmc m again r geaetaaa proportions and the activity in the pavilion was up to the beat midweek j standard;. The ragtag offering induced tlic presence of several of the better grate horses in some of the I dashes and fast racing resulted some of the time. ] notably that for the three -qua iters purse, the best »■ of the present meeting. 1 The ,906 handicap at one mile proved disappointing as a result of the defeal of Ashland, an -1 overwhelming favorite racing in the silks of Carl Weidemann. who is said to have paid 0,000 to B. H. Knohelk.inip Car him this morning. Aahtaeds downfall was not due t., lack of speed, for he ran I an excellent race and his failure was in part charge- I jible to the action of Turner on Commander Mc- 1 Ifeekia when he guided his mount in the path of Ashland and subjected the latter to considerable interference and farced his rider to zigzag ai! ove- : the track to avoid further trouble. Meantime Comb Song, with ■ fast beginning, succeeded in racing into a long bad and he retained command through- , out. winning from Ballot Mark, which also had a clear course. Ashland, after hi* trying race, did I well to land in third place. If was a sharply cm- I Irasting race that Comic Song ran today under the Inexperienced Thomas to the one he ran when an overwhelming favorite in his preceding race. However, the going was heavy that day. A seeming i. lit ion of racing rules, in which n prominent Jockey offended, came with the running of :iie aeeead race when Garner, astride Gaaiaicr . niton, impeded Dare, ridden by the inexperienced Tl i:iv ta aacfe la pstcel that Dare** rhaaeea were destroyed. The expected disqualification did aol materialize. Ganer volunteering the itiformatinn im mediately on reachiag Ihe scales that it w m m .■•voidable ;■ nt] due lo bis tiiotui I swerving of her own accord. The npracT broagbl oat seaae poor eaes with ric-li.rv gaiag to II •■!. Kiakcr. oweed by Karatogas faail cliief of police. K. P. Carroll. The latter obtained the "inner during the latter pan of August far a mere trifle. Match**- Mar; faraished aa easel ii the secead lace win n she won from . annuel CSurtOa and Veiled Oalleea. PIRATE McGEE AGAIN DISAPPOINTS. ! Pirate M. Bee was mad- r«v« thii d ace j Mad again proved i hud disappoiatiaenl when be I failed to finish better than third. Loiena Moss and Johnny Overton led him io the finish. I.lmer K . continuing te show steady improvement :i in! line h c oii-i-icn-". loot a good liaad if -ninlei-into camp in the fourth race, with Neildam and Mercury following iiim closest The wiaaer here i hawed i display of ii;uh speed ia aaceankiag. Wynncwnod again figured in a winning race wfaea lie carried ill poaaas aad showed the way to Traaalate and Gray GaWea in the sixth race. The concluding dash weal io w. ii Bncfcaer.. Which led throughout ami heal Shillelagh I! and Hoteward Bonad lackey "Thick" Laag scored aaother doable win with Lareaa Mo«ss aad Wyaaewood Lang baa not ■iiaaad winning one or more race* for fittocn days. He began his |,.|,g streak the last day at .leff»rson Till. Toaaya lacceaa ariaga his total winning iie.;nis r,,r thi- year up to tweaty-six. Montalvo. owned by the Sunnyland Stable. mi -tain -d a fracture of two ribs when h - collided with | Louis Lichtenh im fr«.in the W. A. Rhea establish ment at the Fair .rounds this morning. Jockey .T.ie Redrigaea v. as on the Shea berae and he was ! aaahlr to hold aha straight Montalvo. which was 1 ■ raided] starter in the fourth race yesterday, ■will be out of commission for a long time and B. A. ■ Smtli. nis mat I. said that it is doubtful if he will he able to start again. -lames ". McClelland, general manager of Ed Ward F. Simms turf interests, was among todays I arrivals. He lias beea aa a tour of inspection of liis employers thoroughbreds at Havre de Grace , and Xalapa Farm, near Paris. Ky. J. 0. KEENE ARRIVES ER0M CUBA. •I. 0. Keetie. member of the Kentucky State Racing - Commissi, m. and one of the most prominent 1 thoroughbred breeders of the Blue Orass State, came ! in from Havana. Be plait a stay of several Weeks. • One division of the Kecae stable is racing at Oriental • Park in charge of G. II Keene. John I. Smith, trainer for H. H. Hewitt, owner r of Startle, was Mather to get in from Cuba. He j is en rout" to Lexington. Ky.. where he will prepare Startle for her spring campaign. Jockey Joe Kederis. who has been riding at Oriental Park, joined the local colony of pigskin i artists. He is under engagement to J. C. Mil mi i for the Kentucky racing season, as is also jockey i- Mack Garaer. Jockev E. Ambrose has joined the W. A Shea t Stable lerc. La ■ I 111 Ii Lyke has attached himself f to the Winfrey Pros, establishment. Biack Watch II. was excused from starting in j the third race because of lameness Car! Weidemanu of Newport. Ky purchased 1 Ashland from Pat Knelielkanip today and he ran in his „ew owners interests in the fifth race. Knebel-kamp - also disposed of the contract he held on l jockey William Heinis h. a New Orleans boy. to the e Riviera Stable, of which former jockey Fred Taral 1 is trainer. Heinisch will remain here under the wing of Morley Murphy until time to report to Taral 1 in New York. Jake Greenberg. Louisville. Ky.. hotel man and turfman, was among the newcomers. He is associated with rat Knebelkamp in the ownership of several horses. J. C. alilaui, wlio Uafc a lar#e s iaule ut two-jear- i i- t f j 1 - l e 1 1 ohN winterim: at Lexington. Ky.. is en route here for a brief visit and is due in the morning. He is accompanied by B. Brinkley Snowden and Edward Gibbiaa, both of Memphis. Tenn. Major Jones of the Pnited States Army Remount Benrlee, who spent two days at the Pair Grounds purchasing thoroughbreds for the government and staging a drive for membership in his branch. le-i parted for Port Sill, Okla. He announced himself as being well pleased with the results of his work here. Pirate McGee was claimed out of the third race from T. P. Buckley by J. Stockley. Brownie Mc-e Dawell served as the claimants "policeman." The program books embracing the racing period from January 20 to January 28, inclusive, were dis-1 tribnted among the horsemen by seiretury Joe Me-• Leinian. The Kdward W. Magiun Memorial Handi-f cap. an animal feature at the Fair Grounds, is provided for in the new book. It will be run on J.iuu-. aiy £ and its distance will be out mile.
