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f . J , | t r ,. i » ; a f i [ t , , , , . i , • t i I ■ I ■ • - I B I | - II t I t I MOBILE PROSPECTS BRIGHTER Change of Weather for the Better Promises Good Going. » "■ Many Arrivals From New Orleans Augmented by Owners and Horses from Mexico City. ♦ MOBILE. Ala.. March 4.— Sunshine tempered the wintry blasts of the past forty-eight hours here today and. not only made conditions far more bearable for the hundreds of visitors on hand for the racing season, but dried the track out to a large extent, as well. The track was well occupied by horses during the morning hours, many of which were getting their first experience in running over half-mile course. There are twice as many thoroughbreds on hand now as were available for the meeting last year, with still more to come from New Orleans. Trains from the Crescent City ngain were loaded to capacity with turf followers today. Despite, the great temporary increase in the citys population the crowd is being cared for in admirable style, with ample accommodations for all in some manner or another. Taking care of the horses is the worst task, as not only are all of the stalls within the Fair Grounds taken or reserved, but those on the outside are filled to overflowing now. Work on the new paddock was completed today. The erection of a new stewards stand was begun immediately and it is expected that it will be finished by Monday. Ed Peters brought five horses from New Orleans, leaving the remainder of his stable, including Veto, at the Fair Grounds. Both divisions will tie sent to Bowie at the conclusion of the local meeting. Those under his care here are Carline 8. and Challenger, which race in his own interest. Kirtle. owned by E. C. Steitner; Rosecliff, the property of J. J. OHara. and Wireless, which will carry the Farnum and Fizer silks. The stable which C. A. Applegate will race here includes Ace of Aces, Flying Orb, Nohant, High Value. Mabel A. and Juno. This string was a recent arrival from New Orleans. Cecil Howard purchased the fourteen year-old Back Bay from E. Furman before leaving New-Orleans and brought him here with Cockroach and Selma G. Howard sold Pretender in the Crescent City. Trainer Frank Wright came in with. La. Kroes and Stevens, which belong to Anderson Bros. Jockey James Grofh. who has not ridden this year, is under engagement to the Anderson stable for the local meeting. Other arrival* from the Crescent City included the horses or E. W. Moore, Otto Wendell. W. M. Cain, Itoscoe Troxler and George Arvin. The greater part of the New Orleans delegation is now on hand and only a few scattering shipments remain to come from there. MANY WITHOUT STABLE BOOK. Mexico City continues to send horses, many of which are without stabling facilities, asthey were ndvivd not to ship here, becanse all of the stalls were reserved. Among the latest to get in from there were R. Warfield with Financial Rooster, _the leading winner at the Mexican track: H. B. Lnrvey. who brought Treadwell. and J. J. "Muggsy" Rn sell, whose string consists of War Club and Ball.i - new. Jockeys Steve Wida and W. Boganowski, l oth of whom rode at Mexico City, joined the local tiding colony today. The former will ride for his brother. who has acquired several hoiscs, while Boganowski is connected with the Warfield stable. Fiom New Orleans came jockeys Albert Arvin. George Walls. Fred Smith, F. Chiavetra and W. J. OBrien. The hitters engagements here will be looked after by Gene Berry. At the conclusion of the Mobile meeting he will proceed to Louisville to report to trainer Darrell Cannon of the G. Driun-i heller establishment, which has engaged him for the spring racing set-son on the Blue Grass circnit. Ed Knebelkamp was among the arrivals from New Orleans. His brother Pat sent his stable. in which Jake Jreenberg U iuterested. to Chnrch-s ill Downs from the Fair Grounds. Jockey Albert WiNon. contract rider for the Knebelkamp and Creeuherg confederacy, departed for his home in Windsor. Ontario, for a brief vacation. Julius Boeder, who is arranging the preliminary details of the coming meeting, departed for New Orleans tonight. His wife is ill there. He will let urn tomorrow night. There will be no two-year-old races here. Only a few stables brought juveniles and it was deemed advisable to arrange all of the races for hordes of the older division. II. T. Griffin, well known layer, who was ou the firing line every day at both of the New Orleans tracks, came in today. John H. Madigan, head of the Niagara Jockey Club, today wired from Buffalo that he would be down for the opening of the meeting and expects to remain for Hie entire ten days.
