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| _ / a v , 1 I ! | , , , v i , , i 1 , ; I MORE MUD RACING IMPENDING 11 I in Fair Grounds Track Still Heavy with no Relief in Sight. ■ ♦ 1 Attractions This Week — C. W. Clark Well in Advance of the Winning Owners to Date. 1 1 9 NEW OKI.KANS. 11.. January 22. Prospects for fast track for the inauguration of the fourth week of racing at tin- Fair Grooad* tomorrow wenl glimmering when threatening clouds OOSCOCCd the sun shortly afler !» oclock this morning. The tern peratare took a saddea drop end this had a tendency to hold improvement for the lime heing and did not aid the track to any extent in drying out. Thus far the Fair Granada racing has lived up lo .-very piediclion made for it and. as has bCM the Case here at previous ntortlnrn. it i~ certain to how more improvement during tie last half. The loarisl traveling to Crescent City, the most of arhaoi are attracted here by the racing, is snare than holding its own this winter and people piomi neat in cfvy walk of life, from all sectbiaa of •he Halted Stat s. are lo he seen at the track daily. A return to tbe prewar Hard] Gras erfebmUoa iliis year is expected to brim; several thousand more visitors than la aaj year siece l!H7. The main attraction for this week at the local Coarse will be the Ue Handicap, with S-.r.OO added, which will be decided on next Saturday. This race is for three -year-aids exclusively and its distance is one mile. Batrles f«r ii will close tomorrow and racing secretary -toe MeLeaaaa will announce lbs weights to be carried on next Thar day. Another race carded tor this week, which is worth more in sentiment than monetary value, is he 1;. v. Ifagiaa Memorial Handicap, to he run on Wednesday. This rue- is named as a lilting tribute 1 the memory of the late Edward M". Maginn. one of Americas most efficient as well as popular rue ing officials. It is nu annual affair al the Fair Grounds, it will have .si.ran sdded and eatriea for ii also close tomorrow. Despite tbe fact thai considerable ef lbs racing here sj:„-.. the first r the year ha be 01 wei muddy track form has been unosaall] observed To date fifty -six f.r.oiiies have won in Il ; races, a liercentnge -f .45. Choices of tin- odd on v:irict have railed to bold their own, a- only tea "i them .1 e nroa, while eleven arere defeated. The sport has 1-en cleaa .iii fev exceptions and rough riding. has been redmil to ,1 iiiiuiniiim The money distribntioa li totab*d 1130,900 • ■ far, a daily average ol 97, ■- I hi , lias bciu •hand iii bj 156 owners, lie greatest portioa foi i ■■• one stable bn« fallea to C. vV. • lark, his sara ins t dale being S7.UO. Stake victories by I iiited Verde and Tom Hue Jr. were resmmsible for most of this. Verity, i cheap selling plater, lu- placed -T. S. Hayes lecoad on tbe hsi with 5,310 to his credit. This mare run- regularly at tbe aaaae entered price and ha- cap tared five races for her owner since he claimed her at Jefferson Park. Oilier owners who have fared well an- Montfort tones. «3.2»2; G. DnrmbiUer. 92.977; Marshall line., ■-.!«•.";: T. ii Webber, ,883; a in and Sanfor.l, s-.miii: Sunnyland Stable, .-J.71!: lira. J. P. Phillips 92.075, nml V. D. Kernhnnlt, 92.014. Jockey C. Lang failed to maintain his high aver-■gc of the first two weeks during The past six days, but he more than held his own by his winning races in that length of time. His total number of victories is twenty-eight, while Mack Caruer. his closest rival, bat u n sixteen races. i:-cai pnlet ie, which finished third in the seventh race Saturday, was claimed from S. Lando by T. P. Devereoj for 91,900 e ▲
