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QUITE EXCITING DAY Close Finishes a Disqualification and Suspensions Incidents Edward Gray First in the Feature at the Fair Grounds but Dis ¬ qualified for Fouling NEW ORLEANS La February 1 The mile threeyearold handicap for a purse of 1200 contributed the afternoons chief in ¬ cident for it was marked by an exceptionally close finish and the disqualification of Ed ¬ ward Gray which finished first It was the first disqualification of the meeting at this track and seemed to meet with popular ap ¬ proval judging by the noise that greeted the displacement of the numbers Jockey Meri mee was the offender when he took Edward Gray across the others from an outer posi ¬ tion when going to the first turn It caused a jam here in which Edward Gray profited and managed as a result to take a good lead Again in the stretch he swerved On each occasion in which interference came Tchn Q Kelly suffered most Edward Gray stood the stretch drive resolutely and landed at the finish a nose in advance of Setting Sun Many thought Prince of Umbria next to the rail had finished second but the judges were in the best position to determine this point The stewards were prompt in disqualifying Edward Gray not waiting even for a claim to be made madeThe The improvement shown by the winner also came in for their immediate attention and they issued the following notice Pending further investigation by the stewards no further entries will be accepted from horses under the superintendency of A G Blakely BlakelyThe The suspension against Merimee the of ¬ fending rider reads as follows Jockey J Merimee has been suspended for the balance of the meeting meetingMerimees Merimees explanation was that the horse swerved in going to the turn and that he was unable to keep him from swerving over overLOCAL LOCAL HORSES TO FORE FORELocally Locally owned horses had their innings during the afternoon In three instances they passed the finish in advance Most of them had to fight it out with the nearest con ¬ tenders in strenuous fashion to get the ver ¬ dict As a matter of fact all the races were decided only after spirited duels that had the big attendance in a fervor of excitement excitementJockey Jockey Pool again figured in the limelight during the afternoon and virtually stole a race with Honor Man when he guided him right through a seemingly impossible open ¬ ing in the stretch and outstayed St Allan and LEffare Pool could have won on any of the first three This race a threequar ¬ ters sprinting handicap was the secondary feature and it brought to the post some fairly serviceable racers racersThe The consistent Huonec again figured in the winning column his fourth victory at the Fair Grounds and his ninth start this winter without having finished unplaced He was backed in confident fashion and made good after a shaking up Slippery Elm landed in second place and Escarpolette was third He will run hereafter in new ownership R T Watts claimed him at a cost of 2250 2250MATIXEE MATIXEE IDOL TRIUMPHS TRIUMPHSMatinee Matinee Idol which in a previous race had all manner of bad racing luck escaped in ¬ terference today and was one of the suc ¬ cessful locallyowned horses to land He beat Loveliness and Gen Cadorna CadornaEulalia Eulalia was the first of the successful homeowned ones to score Her victory came in the opener in which fourteen ordinary threeyearold maidens started She finished in advance of Sultan and First Blush BlushYounccd Younccd owned by D Gilmore another New Orleans citizen won the second race after leading for the entire way Mahony brought up in second place and Rolo in third Diana and Fusee were the favor ¬ ites here but both failed near the end endTom Tom McTaggart and Carmencita fought it out in strenuous style through the last eighth with Tom McTaggart coming again after be ¬ ing seemingly beaten to win by a head Natural finished in third place Carmencita probably was best but had much taken out of her In racing into contention from a slow beginning beginningKing King John will not be permitted to start here in future according to a notice from the stewards refusing his further entry entryDemos Demos has been sold by Mose Goldblatt to F De Latour on private terms termsH H C Proctors Daniel and Picnic have been transferred to the ownership of J S Dann Trainer A G Blakely will be given a hear ¬ ing tomorrow before the racing to make his explanation of the improved showing of Ed ¬ ward Gray
