The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28
GOOD SPORT AT NEW ORLEANS.
Six Thousand Spectators for the La
dies Day Events.

New Orleans, Feb. 27.-Cloudy. showery
weather marked ladies' day here, but the
special attractions offered by the man
agement drew out fully 5000 people, one
fourth of this number being ladies and
children.
The programme of the days sport was a
good one, decided over track but little
the worse for the rain that fell. but long
delays at the post for the first and fourth
races nearly threw the sport in the dark.
A delay of forty-five minutes before the
start of the first race was made, changed
the result in all proba bility, as the two
favorites. Ondague and Van Brunt, COW
cred a lot of ground at the post. In the
final struggle, Masonic Home, Z to |
shot, beat the favorite, Ondague, and
Gold Dust, a long shot, got third. The
latter was clearly fouled near the last
furlong pole, but no action was taken.
Another delay of fifty minutes at the
post for the fourth event, the Plantation
handicap of 5000, also ensued, but this
time the favorite, Fannie RoWena beat
Old Saugus by head. Old Saugus, who
was at long odds, could not have lost with
a better boy up but his jockey, Hirsch,
after leading nearly to the finish, lost his
head when Fannie Rowena challenged
him, and that mare just got up in the
last stride.
Backers of favorites, however, did not
fare any too well during the day, Fannie
Rowena and Uncle Jim being the only
ones that scored. In Uncle Jims race,
June, came together and Hill beat Thorpe
by a short head.
In the second race Cochina and Twelve
Fifty, two long shots, beat all the FAVOR
ties out, and in the third event the hot
test faVorite of the day, Jim Flood, at
odds-on was not in the first three at the
end. Piccaroon, the second choice, won.
In the last race, Joc-o-Sot, the second
favorite, won easily.
A summary follows
First Race-SeVen and one-half furlongs,
selling Masonic Home, 40, Hart, Z to /,
won, with Ondague second and Gold Dust
third. Time 1854
china, 107, Duffy, to l. won, with Twelve
Fifty second and Georgia Smith third.
Third Race-Seven furlongs, handicap.
Piccaroon, 1OS Hart, to 2, won, with
Queen Bess second and Cave Spring third.
Time 1923.
Fourth Race-Plantation handicap, six
furlongs. Fannie Rowena, 10S, HILL to
s. won, with Old Saugus, IL to l, second
and Bloomer third. Time ZIG.
in ffth nfe Jim s a All to f5g Ron w Sf1
Alto June second and Hot Spur third.
longs. selling. Joc-o-Sot, 1O7. Scherrer 3
to 1, won, with Prytania second and Mark
S. third. Time 1876.
The entries for tomorrow follow:
First Race-One mile. Gladiola, "a: Pert,
Sc; Haeckel. So; Newhouse, 80; Albert S.,
81; Judge Debouse, Sauterne, "a; Ross
more, 161: B.. f; Fly, Jr., Lightfoot. Mid
star, 106: Jim Flood, 10S.
Second Race-Half mile. Imp. Substitu-
ton, Clara Jewell, Koenigen, Clematus,
1O1 Roltaire, Tom Paine, 1O4
Third Race-Fifteen-sixteen of a
mile. Chugnut. "a; Campania, Hippogriff,
SO; Billy Mckenzie, Old Gentleman. Sunup'
109: David. Ill; Masonic Home, Ia
Fourth Race--Mile and a sixteenth. Dutch
Arrow. Haeckel Fondest, go: Peytonia,
1922 Haroldine, 80; Clarus, IS; Ondague'
101 LIE Banjo. 80: Dockstader 1907 Helen
Wren. 81: Orinda 106: Emin Bey, 49,
Fifth Race-Mile. Mopsey, Panway,
Satinet, 10o; Pokino, Denver, La Vergne,
fee, Coronet Fakir, 40.
Sixth Race-One mile. frankie D., Lady
Unde, 105: Incommode. Old Pugh Gov
HILL Nectar. Bankrupt, John p, Cont,
John Irwin, 107;. Oak Forest and BurrelPs
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