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PILGRIMS DEPARTING Followers of Racing Leave New NewOrleans Orleans as Fast as Possible Louisiana Derby Horse Voted to toHave Have No Chance Against Really ReallyGood Good Three Year Olds NEW ORLEANS La March 18 It wag moving day for numerous easterners who were ready for departure immediately after Escarpolette had put the purse in the sixth race marking the close of the local racing season to her credit The departures were steady and every outgoing train had to attach extra equipment to accommodate the travelers travelersHot Hot Springs seemed a favored destination and New York was the next largest objective objectiveThe The race for the Louisiana Derby continues a topic among the few faithful still here The victory of a local horse was pleasing to those in this vicinity Trainer Lettelier was generous with his information that Amolo would be a dangerous factor and the localities profited for they took advantage of the In ¬ formation formationAmole Amole developed from lowly rank to a Derby winner He Avas obtained last winter from T H Griffith for the modest sum of 7JJO He won his maiden race January 2 after having summered here His Derby was his second victory He dsplayed the Vul cain characteristic yesterday by running freely in the muddy going of the day dayXO XO CUE AT QUALITY SIIOWX SIIOWXNot Not much can be said for the threeyear olds that contested the 10000 race The Kentucky Derby will not be prey of any of the band that started in the Louisiana Derby unless mighty improvement is displayed Amole is not entered in the Kentucky Derby DerbyThe The Louisiana racing season terminated yesterday in the proverbial blaze of glory and the Jefferson Park luck continued to the last in the matter of weather The attend ¬ ance exceeded by far any former crowd that had witnessed racing at the track There is magic in the word Derby and its huge success will cause it to be an annual race at the track The management is planning largely with regard to it and next winter will probably increase the added money to 15000 This is with a view to enticing the entry of a better grade of threeyearolds It is also proposed to have the entries close about January 1 1Tiie Tiie success of this meeting has caused Jefferson Park to become ambitious and next winter will find the management making a strong try for a better class of horses the in ¬ tended lure being several richlyendowed stakes Although at first there was some objection registered against the Jefferson Park meeting during the period of Lent this subsided and many who were against the racing were at the track to witness tlio Derby DerbyEXIIOUTE EXIIOUTE TO MOBILE MOBILEThe The exodus to Mobile of layers followers owners trainers jockeys and others will set in tomorrow morning It is only a matter of less than four hours travel to reach the gulf city Reports from Mobile indicate that everything is in good condition there for a successful meeting meetingThe The promoters are to he commended for their liberality in the matter of purses No offering is of less than 500 500There There will be an abundance of horses there but the meeting will suffer for want of some capable jockeys jockeysAt At least twenty layers have signified in ¬ tention of operating operatingFrank Frank Bain and Eddie Cohen were the out ¬ standing winners at Jefferson Park It is said that between them they profited to the extent of a quarter of a million millionThe The Jefferson Park meeting was disas ¬ trous to the backers All the big punters were severely hit W Ryan the New York and Chicago operator did not fare well en the local racing season
