Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-21
A BIG CUT IN ADMISSIONS
Only Two Favorites Won at Crescent
City Yesterday.
JOCKEY GARNER IN FINE FORM
Boston Nationals Turn Down Wicker
and Jude-Sayres Outboxed Nc
Garry-Bowling Battles.

NEW ORLEANS, December 21.-Another
race track war has been declared Yester-
day the Suburban Racing Association,
which conducts a race track at Agiers.
just across the river. announced that in the
future il would hold meetings every holt
day. Saturday and Sunday. Heretofore the
track has been operated only on Sunday
This move is in retaliation for the rulings
Recently made by the Crescent City Jockey
Club and the New Orleans Jockey
club warnnG all owners. trainers and
jockeys from participating in the Sunday
merry go-round on penalty of being ruled
off the track. This order caused number
of horses and jockeys to be withdrawn from
the AlSers track
Confronted by seciusion of the worst kind,
with d Chinese wall barring out all train
ers. owners. jockeys and horses, and with
only a limited supply of racing material on
hand 10 draw from, the Algiers club deter
mined To enter the enemies territory, and
they sent bomb into their rivals camp by
publishing a program for Christmas day.
The cara is made up of six races with
$500 handicap. The management believes
ny Offering liberal purses and assuring plen-
" of racing to owners that many horsemen
will leave the ranks of the old tracks and
cast their lot with them. They expect to
receive their share of patronage. as they
Will charge only 90 cents admission, while
admission.
The racing yesterday afternoon at the
City Park track was marred by cold wealth
er ana track that was deep with heavy
mud. Favorites after the first two races
failed utterly to sustain their hackers con-
fidence.
DargiB and Tinker won the opening races.
After that long shots roAed home with ri
diculUus ease. So much money won on
these results by the bookmakers that their
pockets could not hold all the greenbacks
hn had 70 ha
secured in order to bring the money safely
into the city.
Jockey Garner who has become the race
track idol and holds the same relative posi-
tion here with racegoers that Walter Miller
did last summer in the east, again rode two
winners. His successful mounts were
Tinker and DR.. McCluer. Both horses won
at good odds. and the Garnerites were the
only racegoers no returned winners on the
day.
The Summaries.
First race. six rurlongs-Darein. 1Oe (Austin). 3
to ;. Won; Cannon Ball. 1i2 Mountain, to l.
Sscnnd; Monterey lo2 II snIsy to 2 third
Nutwood Rainand Signal II and David Hopkins
also ran.
tGarner'. II to 5, won; John Garner, 1o7 Swain,
to | second; Foreigner, 1o2 NIcMahon,, II to l.
maryi GIRL "s 5e imp asTt an
Mrs. Annie also ran.
10 to I. won; Harmakis. lo7 Ciountan,. S to !.
s.c"nd; tlavigny le2 lMartin,, 10 to L third.
Il'h", l-4i Glen Gailant, VA stone ana hleih-
wood also
Fourth race. five furlongs-Nedra. sc (Go,dsten),
Ii TO H. Gold Circle, 90 Martini, to 1, Sec
nnd: Prince Brutus. ITO tDay), IL to I. third
Time. .US 40 Minot idalia. Grace George, Para
gou: Beau Brummel, Schroeder's Midway Mary
CaLdlemas and Laura Hunter also
Fifth race, six furiongs; selling-tiold Proof Ill
tNicnh o. TO .. won; Bertha E. 100 (Hennessy)
to . second: Gauze. 10I uloyd). g to l. third.
Time. III 20 Favorta Lady Carol, Kara, Fargo,
Posing and Miss Dustin also
Sixth race, mile; selng-Dr McCluer. 80 tGar-
nerI. ! to l. won; Happy Jack. 1872 tAustlnl. 8 to
/ second: Lampadrome, 90 (Englander), IL to 1,
third Time. 1.47 As. Bon Mot. Footlights Fa-
vortr. Balshot, Society Bind, knowledge and Falk-
land also