If the reader has been wondering why it is that the ladies of New Orleans attend so humble an orgy as a mule-race, the thing is explained now.

It is a fashion-freak; all connected with it are people of fashion.
It is great fun, and cordially liked.

The mule-race is one of the marked occasions of the year.

It has brought some pretty fast mules to the front.

One of these had to be ruled out, because he was so fast that he turned the thing into a one-mule contest, and robbed it of one of its best features--variety.