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BLARNEY STONE FIRST HOMeI Defeats Wynnewood in the Fair Grounds Feature. * -j ■ Great Crowd Views the Racing ! Despite Rainy Weather and Sees Hot Finishes. ■ i • i i NEW ORLEANS. La., Fohruary 24.— T. 0. Web- , herts Wynnewood, wliioh has been frequently in ■ the racing limelight 1 1» i - whiter, again proved a disappointment when he failed to outstay literacy , Stone for the longer portion of t lie- ,500 MilM , that went with the feature race. The result w.is in a measure decided hy the riding skill of jockey . Mooney. wiio i:id tlie mount on blarney Stone, and , LulJg aboard Wynnewood. Langs forte is not that of a strong finisher and lie has come out second best in lnauy of his eaaae finishes during the area ent meeting. Wynnewood was the favored one. with Iastoial Swain and Gray Gables also sharing confident support. For the greater part of the rare Wynnewood flattered extensively. for by virtue of his early speed lie managed to race into a five-length lead and came to the stretch turn so far in advance of the others that his victory seemed assured. But Blarney Stone, though far hoc* for the first three-quarters, came with a great spurt after being straightened out in the stretch and the last sixteenth found the pair measuring strides on even terms. Blarney stone getting his head in front in the last ten yards. Pastoral Swain headed Gray Gables, both having suffered from interference on the turn a* a result of bumping each other. Cloudy weather With an occasional shower did no deter another big assemblage from witnessing the sport. Some of the racing was highly interestir-g. even if those of an ordinary class met. Four of the fields had the limit number of starters and were of a low grade of racer*. Like on sevral previous occasions this week t lie talent started off auspi -ionsly by centering on the winner in the initial race. This time it happened to be Max Oald, which Laag got off forwardly. and under good riding kept in the lead for the entire distance. Forest Queen, under the ancient Jess • nley, was rkteeal in pursuit, bat near the end almost succumbed for sc, mid place to Hare. Tin re was a ll in store for the backers in the second race when ihey centered chiefly on Fort Churchill and Siesta. Neither of the pair was among the elect at the finish. Herald, under strong lining, getting up in the last strides to down Crest. with Locarno in third place. SPECTACULAR DUEL IN THIRD. The ronstaying lias and Turnabout, the latter slightly favored, furnished a spectacular duel in the C ird race and Pool succeeded in landing the Flori-Mai Stables representative the victor a scant head in front of Taiaaheat. LaM Ef foi t was given preference in the foa.th no e and she made good somewhat easily after having indulged Delhi Maid and flaawarr Curton with tn- lead. T; e latter pair wa« effectively dune after reaching the stretch ami lhis enabled Grace 1 Met and Ie.tiice K. to obtain the minor portions of ;ii - purse. Mormon Elder, with the diminutive Owens up. was given preference in the sixth race, but the sluewd ones centered on Honieo. mainly because of having for the first time- a callable and strong rider aboard. Calculations here were correct, for Hutwell rode Rome-o hard and he raced by Mormon Elder with express speed in the last cighh The concluding race witnessed Tulsa mat lag his first purse of the meeting, when lie outstayed Nordeck and Old Faithful. .1. Kennedy, who sent his horses to Mexico at the conclusion of the Jefferson Bark meeting, was aii arrival from that aatat today. He Maaeaoi of Tlie Trump there and shipped the others to Baltimore. Cain and Sanford disposed of Blantoon and Brown Bill to J. Partridge at private sale. The two horses will be shipped to Mobile. Jockey Mack Garner had sufficiently recovered from his Blness to be at the track this afternoon. He plans to resume riding tomorrow. George Weideman of Newport, Ky. , father of Karl Weideman. who has a stable of horses at the Fair .rounds under the are of trainer George Laud, was among the visitors. He was accompanied by Mrs. Weideman and they will remain for the Mardi Gras celebration. MERRIMAC HERO PRESENT. Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson of Merrimac fame, took in the sport at the Fair Grounds. It was his first visit to a race track in a long while Hnd he was highly impressed with the sport offered. Jake Greenberg. owner of Neddam and several other useful horses racing at the Fair Grounds, returned today from Hot Springs, Ark. He will remain until the windup and then depart for his 1 home in Louisville, Ky. Bob Levy, who formerly guided the destinies of the Norfolk, Va.. meeting, came in from his home in Texas for the final. He has not been active in i racing circles for several years, but always manages to witness u bit of it now and then. Charles Trimble, moving spirit of tlie race I meeting to be held at Omaha. Neb., next summer, will remain until the close and then go to Havana i in an effort to interest the horsemen there in i his venture. William Dondas will manage the Omaha meeting, and Martin Nathanson will be I racing secretary and presiding judge. With the exception of Arrowhead all of the horses sold at the auction in the Fair Grounds paddock Thursday brought poor prices. W. A. Baum-gartner purchased Arrowhead for ,200 and none 1 of the others went above the Sl.OOu mark. Execution, which hailed from the same stable as Arrowhead, that of J. L. Holland, was next in order at ,000. Hal Booker got him. The others sold were • as follows: Superglaria. H. L. Casey. 00; Borget, , H. L. Casey, 23: Goodhart, W. I. Bernharf, 25; Squire Charlie. R. Farris, 75; Wilfex. H. L. Casey, 50; VesuTiuts, H. McAuley, 50; T. J. 1 • , Pendergast. O. E. Tan Winkle. 75: Larry B., G. Ethington, $~ 0; Great Gull, Douglas and Woertz, 0: Hondo, H. E. Wright, 0, and Mary Fonso, Douglas and Woertz, 5. Patrolman, a two-year-old son of Lncle — Little Tee. which J. A. Coburn recently purchased from Kay Spenc-e, broke down so badly during the running of the first race Thursday that he hud to be destroyed. Luckily he was far back when the mishap occurred and a fall was averted.
