Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25
B. AND O. OUT OF
SOUTHERN RACING

NEW ORLEANS, February 25.-Winter
race meetings are now q potent factor in
turf affairs. Where formerly meetings In
the Crescent City we're small and inconse-
quential. with purses and horses in keeping
with the money involved, there are now
great race tracks which attract daily at
tendance OF at least 1900 persons. This
increase In patronage has served to bring
large returns. and more money is now split
among horsemen daily than the Washing
ton Jockey Club contributes at the Bennin8
track. Since the opening of the season on
Thanksgiving day the City Park and Fair
$25O,O00. Two hundred and forty-two own
ers have shared this money. The eastern
owners Will carry away the lions share of
this money: Burlew o'Neill top the win
mick is third with $9.775 Edward Corri-
gan, the western owner of race tracks and
thoroughbreds. Is second with $14,5S1. The
first named firm swept everything during
the early part Of the meeting. They won so
many purses and stake events in such quick
succession that they soon reached the fig
ures named. But during the last month
they have scarcely cut any figure in racing.
This was due to the sale of many of their
horses. All Of the two-year-olds the firm
raced here were sold at auction, and one or
two horses in the old division. With their
racing material thus cut down they have
been represented in only few races. They
have practically retired from the game, and
their colors will not be seen In public from
now on except In the Crescent City Derby
and in the more important stake features.
Jimmy Mccormick is now holding the.
center of the stage among the tufmen. He
came here with only a small stable. When
he landed with them the outlook for sue
cess was not bright. The trip from the
north here was severe on several of his
horses. Among those that caught cold were
Fish Hawk and Thing. These horses had
cost him $1,000 In New York, and when the
former died Of pneumonia 1t was a severe
blow to him.
Mccormick Rallies Quickly.
Jimmy didn't spend much time bemoan-
ing his hard luck. He began work in an
effort to drive the cold out Of his horses
systems and get them in condition to race.
He has the patience Of a Job. This stood
him in good need. and instead of forcing
matters to an issue by sending his horses
to the post while they were in no fit con-
dition, he was content to wait. His patience
was amply rewarded during the last six
weeks. His horses fully recovered from
their illness and soon swept everything be-
fore them. Glorifier, Emergency and Tile
ing won race after race, until in short
space of time he leaped from the bottom of
the list of winning owners into third place.
If he maintains the clip that he has set
the last few weeks he will overcome Bur-
lew and ONeill's lead and go back to New
York with the major portion of the winters
spoils.
Edward Corrigan. who is second on the
list would probably have been much nearer
Burlew & O'Neil If he had raced his
horses at both tracks instead of City Park
exclusively. His sense of dignity would not
permit him to take part in the races at
the fair grounds track after his fight with
the Crescent City Jockey Club and his for
nation of the American Turf Association.
Consequently he has restricted the running
of his horses to the track in which he is
financially Interested
Derby is an Open Book.
The Derby will be worth close to 10000.
This is the richest plum of the season and
all horsemen are eager to win it. Success
means assurance that many feed bill can
be met easily.
OF the entrants in this race the horses
most frequently spoken Of at the present
time are Judge Post and Tieing. Both
have stanch admirers who believe they will
win. They are vastly different types of the
thoroughbred, but each has claims as
good racer The former is big and SEEM
ingly capable of carrying stake weights;
the latter is small and has not shown a
disposition to handle more than 1O7 pounds
Judge Post is rather slow, more of a rater
than fast. and must have a dry track to
show to the best advantage. Tileing is
go mile and furlong. He races equally
well over a dry or a muddy track. His one
drawback Is inability to carry stake weights
These two colts are preferred over the
remainder of the field and are the favorites
In the betting for the race.