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COMIC SONGS REVIVAL Gives Weight and a Beating to toParader Parader Luckily Hidden Jewels Bad Race Crack Cracko o Dawn Runs Well Biff BiffCrowd Crowd Visits Park NEW ORLEANS La February 15 Comic Song accounted for the feature race a mile and seventy yards handicap defeating Pa ¬ rader with Vennie third and Valor and Co lando the other starters following Comic Songs margin at the end was a scant half length and his backers were none too san ¬ guine that they would cash their tickets when Thomas rider of Parader made a claim of foul against Comic Song There was a short deliberation on the part of the stewards and the official placing was undis ¬ turbed turbedParader Parader probably was best but a combina ¬ tion of mishaps and a poorly judged ride was his undoing He began well as a matter of fact had the best of a poor start but on the first turn Comic Song forced him back when he cut across his path Thomas then made much use of him and regained the lead only to be cut off sharply by the unmanageable Colando He again raced into the lead and was clear of the others on the stretch turn when Comic Song again crossed him in rac ¬ ing into the lead The final sixteenth found Parader gaining again but he failed by a scant half length Comic Song and Colando were post offenders and delayed the start for eight minutes Parader was the favorite but Comic Song was not without friends friendsTodays Todays attendance was again large de ¬ spite defections on the part of many who came here to visit the Mardi Gras festivi ¬ ties There was a falling off in ring activi ¬ ties The stagnation is the result of a few wellknown layers being in line AVith the exception of four possibly six layers here the others do not seem to have the knack of making a book The few big layers gather all the business businessELMEU ELMEU K SHOWS SPEEB SPEEBHidden Hidden Jewel was an outstanding choice in the third race which brought to the post a speedy band of sprinters but this pre ¬ viously consistent son of Disguise offended and ran far below his true form failing to get even a portion of the purse He lacked his customary speed and gave up the strug ¬ gle after traversing a half mile Elmer K which had got away well showed the most speed from the start and held Monastery his closest follower safe for the entire race With a bit more energetic riding Auntie May would have been third She succumbed in the last few strides to James F OHara OHaraCloser Closer racing was the order in most of the dashes and an instance where a jockey stole a race developed in the last race when McDermott slipped through next to the inner rail on Johnny Ovcrton and beat Light Wine The same kind of a ride for the latter would have caused him to win off offCrack Crack o l awn and Ramkin were the choices in the fifth race and again jockeyship played a part in determining the result for the veteran Thurber outrode Harvey and it enabled Crack o Dawn to win Harvey was all awry and got his mount away badly then closed a big gap in the first half mile He tired before the horses did for Ramkin came again near the end like a shot shotNUVAICA NUVAICA A OFFE BEH BEHNuyaka Nuyaka was the offending favorite in the second which brought to the post an or ¬ dinary band He never figured seriously in the race Ghost leading for the entire way to boat Slanderer and Rupee RupeeThe The opener foil to Moon AVinks which won in a canter after overhauling Col Taylor with AVar Pennant landing third thirdThe The horses campaigned here by Mose Gold blatt departed for Louisville this morning in charge of B AValters They will be quar ¬ tered at Churchill Downs where they will be joined by the II P AVhitney division that Goldblatt will train and race in Ken ¬ tucky this year yearThere There will be several departures for Ti ¬ juana tomorrow including A G Blakely in charge of the Daniel horses horsesAVilliam AVilliam Shields returned today from his trip to Binghamton N Y where the four ¬ teen twoyearolds he will have in charge for W S Kilmer are at present being win ¬ tered He stated that Eugene Wayland will on March 15 and that the AVayland division will consist of four twoyearolds and nine older horsfts including Exterminator Sallys Alley and Sunference the latter a highly rogardcd one and a candidate for the Preak ncss Stakes and Kentucky Derby DerbyThe The Jefferson Park Racing Association yes ¬ terday morning paid over to the Charity Hos ¬ pital 2500 The fee is in the form of a li ¬ cense and it marks the second of the same amount that the Jefferson Park Association has paid this winter to the Charity Hospital
