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film FAIR GROUNDS PURSE OFFERINGS Daily Average Distribution to Be Slightly More Than ,400 . i No Purse Less Than ,000 Inaugural and Pont-chartrain Handicaps of ,000 and ,000 Added Value Respectively NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 11. Purse distribution during the first nine of the forty-eight days of the Louisiana Jockey Clubs meeting, opening at the fair Grounds on Mon- day, January 25, will average slightly more than ,400 daily, according to purse figures contained in the initial book of conditions distributed today. No purse of less than ,000 is offered, while four of ,200 and two stakes, the ,000 added Inaugural Handicap and ,000 added Pontchartrain Handicap, are the richer offerings during the first nine days. As the title implies, the Inaugural Handicap will be run on the opening day of the meeting, when it will top a program of seven races. It is given over to three-year-olds and upward and will be decided over three-quarters. Nominations close Saturday and weights will be announced Wednesday, January 20. A subscription of 0 for each entry and 5 starting fee "5 prevails. In support of the opening day features, racing secretary Joseph McLennan has the Chalmette Purse, at three-quarters, for three-year-olds, and the Old Town Purse, at one mile, for four-year-olds and upward. A race for two-year-olds, at three furlongs, will open the program, which also includes three claiming races at distances of three-quarters, one mile and a sixteenth, and one mile and one- 3 eighth. Only four-year-olds ana older racers can participate in the selling races. Entries for the Pontchartrain Handicap, to be run January 30, the first Saturday of the meeting, will close Saturday, January 23. The same entrance and starting fees as for the opening day feature are contained in the conditions for the Pontchartrain, weights for which will be announced three days before the date of the running. The ,200 Quick Fire Handicap, a three-quarters dash for three-year-olds and upward, is of secondary importance on the initial Saturday card. Claiming races at three-quarters for four-year-olds and older horses to be revived during the meeting, are offered every other day, five races in all for horses of the ,500 to ,500 class during the first nine days. Charles J. McLennan will assist William H. Shelley and H. P. Conkling in the judges stand during the coming meeting. He and Mr. Shelley are newcomers to the Fair Grounds stand, succeeding Noah McClelland and Julius G. Reeder. C. J. FitzGerald, who succeeds George Brown, Jr., in the stewards stand and his associate, Martin Nathanson, will arrive this week end, or early next week and their first official work will be the consideration of hundreds of applications for trainer, apprentice, jockey and agent licenses. These applications are now being accepted by Charles McLennan. With less than 200 vacant stalls on the grounds, track superintendant Frank M. Kelly can take care of less than one-third of the horses of owners who have expressed a desire to transfer their racers from Jefferson Park to the Louisiana Jockey "Clubs course. Those unable to obtain stalls at Fair Grounds will remain at Jefferson Park whence horses raced will be vanned to the scene of engagements.
