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EXODUS FROM CICERO BEGINS Majority of Horses From Chicago Sent to New Orleans. J. B. Theall Ships Big Lone Star Stable Band to Crescent City Officials Depart. CICERO, 111., Nov. 1. With racing ended jn the Chicago district, horsemen began shipping to various points, with the majority heading South. Four carloads left Sportsmans Park Tuesday morning for Jefferson Park and the most important of these were the horses of the Lone Star Stable, which were loaded under the direction of trainer J. B. Theall, who sent the following horses to the Crescent City: Roguish Miss, Lazy Mary, Aunt Deb, Dick Chevely, Miss Delight, Miss Sorority, Michigan Boy, Riff Raff, Skidmore, The Okah, Chicon and Upon. Theall will not accompany the shipment, having made arrangements to take Durva, Morsun and Doramelia to Latonia, where they will perform before going South. Sam Gorbet and A. G. Tarn made up another carload, of which the former sent Amsterdam, Valley, Arcadian Flag, Ada Epinard, John Greener, Chiefs Camille and Port o Play, while Tarn shipped Blue Day, Jack Biener, Excellency, Mozart, Silver Man, Abstain, Royal Sable, Thistle Joe, Frank Light and Gay Donn. G. R. Allen, A. Yeargin and Harry Fleming made up a carload and this had the limit number of sixteen. Yeargin had four, of which Predict, a consistent winner during the Sportsmans Park meeting, was the outstanding performer. J. D. Mikel, who had one of the most extensive stables which ever carried his colors, sent a carload to New Orleans and also loaded one for Agua Caliente. L. M. Sever-son, Jack Hanover and F. T. Miller are others that made up a carload for Jefferson Park. Clarence Davison changed his plans of going to New Orleans immediately and will campaign his stable in Maryland, where he shipped today. Apprentice E. Arcaro, who led the riders at Sportsmans Park, accompanied the shipment. Continued on seventeenth page. EXODUS FROM CICERO BEGINS Continued from first page. Judge J. J. Graddy departed Tuesday morning for his home in Lexington, Ky., and was accompanied by judge S. C. Nuck-ols, who will spend a month at his home in Versailles, Ky., before going to Cuba. Fred Digby, sports editor of the New Orleans Item-Tribune, who acted as one of the stewards at Sportsmans Park, left by motor Tuesday for his home in TTew Orleans. Ralph McBain, custodian of the jockeys quaiters at Havana and Fairmount Park, will visit his home at Buffalo before going to Cuba. Paul Sanford, who was suspended for unbecoming conduct, was reinstated. The following jockeys have signified their intentions of displaying their wares at Jefferson j Park: J. Neel, Leo "Lightning" Jones, R. Heigle, L. Wilson, W. Boganow-ski, Frankie Burley, A. Colvin, C. Hooper, Lloyd Geving, M. Verbus, J. Majestic, J. McLaren, J. Molthrop. Jockeys Melvin Knight, Tracey Reno, T. Shaw and J. OMalley left for Bowie, where they will ride before going to New Orleans. Racing secretary Robert S. Shelley and presiding judge P. C. Galliger departed for Louisville Tuesday. Shelley and Galliger will be affiliated with the newly organized Los Angeles Jockey Club. Francis Patrick Dunne, another of the National Jockey Clubs officials, left for Pass Christian, Miss., where he will remain before taking up his duties with the Fair Grounds Association. Jockey Charlie King, under contract to J. D. Mikel, accompanied the Mikel shipment to Agua Caliente. Apprentice Harold Chinn, one of the most promising of the younger riders, left for Latonia Tuesday. Buddy Berry, his agent, accompanied him on the trip.
