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COLD WEATHER IN SOUTH PATRONS OF MONCEIEF PARE BACING PUT IN A DISAGREEABLE BAY Donald Macdonald and Master Robert Figure in a aStirring Stirring Finish in Feature Bace Hugh KcCar KcCarrens rens Expensive Mistake in Medicine Jacksonville Fin December 1 Moiicrief Park patrons experienced i disagreeable day The ther ¬ mometer hovered around the freezing point and heavy coats and wraps were decidedly necessary Evenly balanced fields went to the jiost and keen routests were the order Close finishes attended Ihrce of the races including the feature a mile tonditioii event In which Donald Macdouald heat Master Roltcrt a scant half length after a strenuous Mrctch drive Donald Macdouald carried top weight iu this race made all of the iiace and ran the mile In lBlj a good performance considering the state of the weather Other winning favorites were JosephAbrasion Abrasion Sal Volatile and St Joseph Abrasion and Claque won their races by short margins after driving finishes The easterners put vcr a good thing in the opening dash when Lada Mtle won The filly was well hacked at remuner ¬ ative odds She was ridden by Goldstein who also w m a race with Sal Volatile Eastern owners fur ¬ nished four of the winners winnersAmong Among todays arrivals was jockey Joe MeCahcy who arrived from Philadelphia where he went to visit his folks at the conclusion of the Norfolk meeting McCahey will ride for James Fitzsiinmons during the Moncrief meeting meetingCharles Charles O Walker wired that he would leave Oiicago tomorrow He will join the ranks of the layers operating here herel l I Chinn who is racing a stable here Iu part ¬ nership with J W Frey is due here from Lexing ¬ ton Sunday SundayHoots Hoots Sou arrived today with U See It a bush sprinter sprinterH H McCarrcn lost another horse today the two yearold James Me This is the fourth horse in the MeCarren string tliat has died since his arrival here Through an error Mr McCarren had been treating his horses with a prescription that was meant as a stimulant for horses recovering from fever The medicine instead of helping the horses had the oiposite effect effectTom Tom Healey wired A O Weson that he hail fui iMd to him six yearlings belonging to II T Wilson Jr by boat from New York Mr Westou is limn lling the division of the Wilson stable that is being raced here this winter winterMark Mark Moore who arrived from St Ixmis yesterday WHH among the twentythree layers that cut in this afternoon