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ST. PATRICKS DAY FEATURE Liam T. MacCosgair Sweepstakes for Juveniles Heads Attractions. Miss Careful and Nituma Expected to Provide Exciting Contest Fillies Best of Youngsters. NEW ORLEANS, La., March 15. Juvenile racers, perhaps future makers of turf history, have their inning St. Patricias Day at the Fair Grounds when they meet in the "Liam T. MacCosgair Sweepstakes, a dash of three furlongs. Black Gold was a development of winter racing in the Crescent City some years ago and there may be another sturdy youngster among the 200-odd two-year-olds of the present crop uncovered. The MacCosgair Sweepstakes is certain to attract the best of the "babies" in training in this section. Miss Careful, a bay daughter of Chance Play Meddlesome II., has won three of her four starts, while Figuriste, another double victor during the winter season, has two triumphs chalked up to her credit. Indications point to a filly ruling the roost in the juvenile division, as a majority of the races for members of this rank have been accounted for by the feminine sex. Nituma, a miss that campaigns in the silks of Carlos Ormsby, a Kentuckian, is credited with two victories and a third, as well as two of the fastest races of the season. The daughter of Cherokee established a record for a quarter of a mile in her initial appearance under colors at Jefferson Park, then was defeated by Miss Careful. The Ormsby youngster demonstrated her class beyond doubt by coming back and soundly trouncing Miss Careful and in near record time for three furlongs. Some of the other "babies" that will be among those seeking the ,000 added prize are Black Squaw, Gloritone, Boston Waters, Justice Logan, Crucial Test, Strideaway, Marion E., La Contessa, Spanish Way, Alma-dele, Sir Michael, Rigaud, Colored Artist, Girl Graduate. Miss Bunting, Merovech, Captain Jerry and several others which have not yet been seen under colors.
