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FINE WEATHER, TOUGH TRACK . ♦ Sunshine Brings Hope of Better Going at New Orleans. ■ • Gourmand Wins the Feature Race, [ With the Unreliable Favorite Kings Champion Last. J i NEW ORLEANS. L;i.. January 27.— Todays diffi- i run track and poorly judge rides 1I1..1 !♦•% el»!»«-«J , with tiie running at each race caased form to go 1. wiv and brought winner- from MM unexpected . wi era. 1 lie J* key- coaM net he bussed eerieesly 3 Cor their btnaeere. They were eager t« pick the better portion af the racial strip, hal in most cases h resetted diaestreaely far their menatn. Jage waa the ealy eatetaadiag choice ta win. hut Little Kd. total favorite with Tal*a la the caa ■-lading race, srns extensively sapnerted and all | snrrtee cast the leyers considerably, i Then was considerable asndc rattan from the eaM J that hai ruled here during the week and. for the I first lime -in -.. Santiday. .1 flood of saasbine flooded the course. 1 lie -aid was of the decidedly * off-day variety, the difficult track being responsi- 1 M ■ for the ahaeare of the better grade al hemes. • In the mile and an eighth tl.Tg handicap, under ! claiming conditions, in. onsistoni King- Champion • m Mipported Willi avidity, bin lie was not in a miming mood and the finish found liim haatea off. The consistent and aiach raced Qeermaad again fi»r- j ured in a winning race, far h" won in cns. style . from Pastoral Swain and Bep. Tlie laal aaaied and Ciasarraa were the chief eaatoeders la the earl running, srlth c. matron taking command on the I Ht retch turn and seeming the winner, hut at this ■ ilUK-tate sue was sent into the docpe-t part of the crack and ii resetted in her undoing, for she tired to exhaustion in the laM sixteenth, which eaahted tlie placed trie lo pa-- her. Ooui maud winning by » -.ant length from Pastoral Swain. King- Cham-]d ui will fimi a day to race la sridel] different fashtoa. Day Lilly furnished the apaei in the sixth race, la wlii.ii some of the better trade racern 111-t. la lading Who Care* and Lnnepes It ws* tbe hitters initial star: in the Biv.rdale rotors and he araa peesibty best, bat McC wa- aaeqaal to be i.i-k f raiding bJai praaert and he atao was ■ offerer from the laterfereece he met while round ins the fii-t turn. II marked the fir-t defeat registered for Lnmnes tins winter Who Cam atoa araa the victim of faulty riding in the race, far Lang rook him meareeaaarily wide f..r the entire distance. This enabled Daj Lilly, which saved mnch grannd on the turns, to rave into the lead in the stretch. Bonero Dine. Archive and Granny Lee famished a snecteeetor struggle in the anew r with Baoera Dlii" the winner. Inn about to su. . ninlt to Arehive. The erratic Rentier, onl for the firsl time in a laag while, showed docilitij al the poet sad beginning wiih the ethers front an outer post position wna peed eaaagh to arid. BeeV Wing, an outsider, landed in second pla • - 1 1 Helen Atkin finished third. JAGO COMES BACK AND WINS. Pool never left the resell in doabt astride lago, beginning witli him In front au l shea ting him into a long lead, which he retained throughout. Betatada .ihd Bach Baj toagbl it onl for place bowses, the Worthtagtee mare mashes it easily at the end ftnteta .11 •! in Betsy were the heat supported in the fourth race, bat Delhi Maid heal the pair home. tor Betsy was pesaibtjr best in the •are. hut got bunted aaaa after the -a:, fot ring her rider to take h r hack ta last place, she raaae with a tre ni.MKioii- rash iii Ho- - ret h. bat failed to overhaul the leading pair. Little K 1 had no trenail Sheet keeping in the lead after he had headed Tntoa, hut .lohn Arbor al ..tie stage of the stretch drive made him hackle to hi- tank in pood style. hour horses entered today were ineligible to 1 ■tart. High Voltage was ordered taken out of the first race, which was for maidens, it being di--.oveied that he had won at the Kcataek* Suite Fair. Tlie De.ision. King Trojan and Alex Jr. were entered where the conditions called for non-winners since a certain period and their victories 1 Thursday automatically threw theni out. The new program hooks embracing the racing period from January 3 to February 9. inclusive, were distributed among the horsemen today. Seven races for two-year-olds are provided for in them. 1 aaall Laaa ran eritbeel plates in the se,- .nd j race n dHy. Notice to this effect was posted on the , blackboard. It did not help her any. as she finish" d 1 far hack. Former jockey Tom Tavlor. who saddled Bonero j Btae, which won the first race, had not sent a 1 winner today. Thi- vas Hay Lilly In the sixth race. He has not had many horse- under his care and I several times has .|u".t the profession for brief f periods. He is a brother of jot key Walter Taylor. .lo.key .1. Owens, who graduated from the maiden 1 ranks on Thursday, came right back with another r winner today. This was Day Lilly in the sixth race. Owens weighs »3 pounds and rides a horse fairly , well for a lad of his build. . . — a. — —
