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BETTER PATRONAGE AT MONCRIEF Surprisingly Good Crowd Comes Ont for Races at Jacksonville and Betting Is Lively LivelyJacksonville Jacksonville Fla November 28 The attendance at Moncrief Iark this afternoon showed marked im ¬ provement It was a large crowd for Monday and j speculation was decidedly brisk Large fields went to the jtost in the first two races Ixith of which were for twoyearolds AAillie Shields furnished the win ¬ ner in the first of these races in The AAhip which cantered to an easy victory while J E Gaffneys Husky Lad took the other twoyearold race Both winners were ridden by jockey Goose The other four races went to the favorites the fifth and sixth Iteing won by Ben Double and Font carrying the colors of Francis J Pons Obert had the mount on Iwth of them Ben Doubles victory came after a stirring stretch drive with Flying Squirrel while Font came from behind in his race and beat Dosconj nets in the closing strides stridesThe The track was in good condition despite heavy showers which fell this morning The going was a bit cuppy and this helped to beat some of the horses that fancied a hard track It probably counted more against Descnmnets than any other horse that started during the afternoon afternoonStarter Starter Dade found occasion to discipline some of the riders Herbert being suspended for four days and Musgrave being fined 25 for trying Id beat the gate gateJockey Jockey McCabe left for his home in Baltimore where lie will remain until after the holidays It turned out that McCabe broke one of the small bones in his arm as a result of his tumble from Mon Ami tin other day dayThe The stewards warned jockey A AValsh that he must be more energetic in his riding in the future They were dissatisfied with his handling of Iag man Saturday SaturdayTwo Two horses in the McCarren stable died this morn ¬ ing One was the twoyearold Itosebnrg III and the other a yearling tilly by Hapsburg Kthol Vheat VheatPaul Paul Miles arrived from Latonia this morning with his stable and M Burns got in from Maryland with his string which included Joe Kose and Collis Ormsby OrmsbyLive Live AAire which was beaten in the sixth race Saturday was claimed by Ed Trotter while the winner Arondack was bid up 300 over her entered price by Dave AVcodford The latter also ran up Eye AAhite winner of the first race the same day the same amount
