The evening times., 1896-03-11

Washington during the across-the river RAJ
ing seasons, and who paid the ex peUses and
reaped the profits from his string. has spcn,
winter in New Orleans. This is what he
tells OF his experience in the South:
Il do not know anything about the reports
that have been published about the New Or
leans races. 1t may surprise you TO learn
that there are more than / 900 horses quar-
tered in the neighborhood OF New Orleans.
There is no form To goby, because in u ma
jority of the races every horse engag ged is not
fitted TO run up to the highest form.
The reason Is that there are SO many
horses in training there that as high as sixty
entries have been made to a single race.
actually believe that the number OF entries
to each race will average over forty. Ten
| horses are drawn to start iii each race. and
thisresultsin many ydisappointments to % wn-
ers and trainers. who endeayor to fit their
| horses for certain races.
! This state OF affairs results in many of
theIhorses being oyeyt rained OF else being a
| bit short of condition. As a rule the horse
owners are broke, the trainers are living
on promises, the Jockeys are taking what
they can get, while seventeen bookniaker
| five OF whom are running association books.
take good care or the public. Just how some
OF the horse-owners VIII get wa y rromNew
| Orleans when the racing ceases keeps every
! body that is soiourning in the South guess
| ing. ! am glad to get a way from New Or
leans and have nothing TO SOY about the
management. One Thing will 81 V. ho wever,
and that is that the climate is excellent
Jockey Charlie Ballard is back from San
Er nrisrn He hnd al or
the glorious climate of California and re-
turned with some Western experience. a
pound or two of extra flesh, and a few hun
dred dollars. Ballard did not do much rae
ing while there. owing to the conditions OF
the races calling for light boys. "In fact"
says Ballard, "they have very little use for
boys who weigh more than 90 pounds IL
is great country TO PICK Up flesh. could
gain a pound day there if did not exer-
else regularly. Harry Griffin has picked up
so much flesh that he will not be able to ride
AT less than O6 pounds this season. Hehas
done very little riding. and consequently
has thickened out considerable
One OF the strangest of tancling episodes
characterized the racing at New orleans
recently when an equitable rule had to be
utiitLei III Il CASE not covered DE tue rules OF
racing. Somebody bundercd, of course,
and the blunder marked an incident proba-
bly, having no parallel in the annals of Amer
lean racing. In the mile and sixteenth
handicap there were nine announced start
ers, including Dutch Arrow. The latter was
dilatory in leaving the paddock. and the
other eight. after being lined up, were sent
away at the first break, with Dutch Arrow
still in the paddock,
Starter Fitzgerald said he counted nine in
line, enormously. however, and the mis-
take caused the very awkward and unpre-
cedented faux pas. Well, in the fiercest
sort OF drive, Clarus. a long shot. Won
by nose from Dockstader, with Emin
Bey two lengths away. Then there was a
whirl of noisy excitement, and the racing
governors and juds ses met for consultation
as to what should be dor ne under the circum
stances.
At the end OF ten minutes or so their de-
cisiOD was anuOuDced, which made the race
stand as run. with bets to be paid according
ly. except that The holders of Dutch Arrow
tickets We're to get back the none they in
vested, the club assuming the loss. which
was small one. as Dutch Arrow was a rank
outsider. As there was no specific rule
governing the very peculiar case, the de- |
cisiOn was received with general favor, as /
being fair and equitable under the circum- |
stances.