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SUNSHINE AT NEW ORLEANS * • Genial Warmth Serves to Attract a Great Crowd. « , Bygone Days Defeats Slippery I Elm in a Canter — Track in Its Worst Condition This Winter. i • NFW ORLEANS. 1*1.. February 1.— Following the www mm « if almost tropical Remit] raaar .1 li I of -,,11-l.iiic Bad v.attmu that v..,s a welcoaae relief froaa the frigid weather thai baa beea here for 1111,1c t tin 11 :i week. Thht iaap aacBwal la weather rea ditiea « waa reflected laataatly by the vastly improved atteadaaee thai jaaaraeyed io the catenae aad took wbeleeeaee eajeyBaeat la the sport. deeafte iIih ahoeace .f star~ in the different races. The track ataa ;ii aaoal trying of the Bteetlag aad the foalealaala freajaeatly ataaahled aad blaadered Baaay being mi the ezhaaatlaa point 1 ;; rrarfciaa; the finish. Tin- Baeeesa of Josephine C, hoMiag an laser rail post position ;it the si;iri aad her aabeeejaeol forced journey next the inner rail, aenad a ■ trail blazer for the ethera and changed the jockeys methods .f guiding their aaoaaata for an eater strip. As a result there waa Icaa zig-zag raeiaaj Ihia afteraeea. Form waa fairly welt ekeerred, winuers coming from the ranks of the bmbi ataackly -bached aaea, with cheieea aad aecaad favorites fbgarJag prominently in all the reeadta. The ,500 aaiie handicap, featare of the day. proved an easy affair for *. J. Brockinillers sturdy Bygone Days, which won in •■asy style in spite of conceding weight to all the ethers. Btippenr Elm was the ruiiiierup, lot; iiad hie aak eal out to lipat Blarney Si. me hSBBe by a scant half length. The mile in 1 :-i"4;. marked a need aerforaaaace in the going ay Hjgooe Days. He held -nay from the start and won a- h - rider pleased. H. Y, Oriffiaa Keetlia waa given the all in ihe opener, but he tailed Io fei a pari of tke , i .. the contenders here finished in ■ reaanacl group of si* with only small margins aefMratieg them la Bephine C. being lie victress orer Athlete, "i:. The Muleskini.er in third Bta e.
