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JEFFERSON PARK CROWDED New Track Draws Its Best Crowd of the Meeting to Date. Cheer Leader and Turco Continue Their Sequences of Victories Bringhurst Beaten. New Orleans, La.. December 22. The record attendance of the present meeting was on hand this afternoon to witness the decision of the best racing offered to date in these parts. Summerlike weather contributed to the enjoyment. The racing was spirited and wholesome, several close finishes rousing the spectators to the highest pitch. Cheer Leader made it his fourth successive victory in the feature, the ,000 Mayor Behrman Handicap, named in honor of the popular mayor of New Orleans, a staunch friend of racing. The race was at one mile and designed to brilig in all ages and it brought out some of the best at the track. The finish found Cheer Leader beating Dick AVilliams in the last stride, Polroma taking third place. The consistent Turco again figured in the limelight and now tops the list of horses at the track with the most wins, as his success in the closing race made it his fifth victory for the meeting. Like on a former occasion, he triumphed over Libyan Sands and his success was solely due to the masterful ride that A. Johnson put up on him. Libyan Sands was claimed in the race for 82,100. The short .distance handicap, bringing together a good band of sprinters, resulted in an upset when Emden, at long odds, got home before J. J. Lillis and Murphy, with the favorites Assume and Bringhurst following. Joe Notter was to have ridden Bringhurst, but Keogh was substituted. With the exception of the sprint dash, all the jandtTaceemtffpcttfiwrt H-CrDascb. scored from tnetw5tyear-lnfilil3theV!op?hingtrace at one mile, with Tanlac following and Dalrose third. Jockey Esteps riding of All Bright in the race was poor and the stewards promptly had an interview with him. Regreso beat an ordinary band in the second race and Euterpe just managed to outstay Leah Cochran in the fifth. Mayor Martin Behrman, after whom the handicap was named, was on hand to witness its decision and presented the winner after the race with a handsome silver cup. There were thirty-eight layers in line quoting odds and most of them again claimed to have sustained a loss. FAIR GROUNDS PROGRAM BOOK OUT. The program book for the first eleven days racing at the Fair Grounds was distributed to owners this afternoon. There is no purse scheduled of less than 00 value and the offering for the first day amounts in the aggregate to ,600 for the sir races. J. A. Kyle and D. A. McLean have been appointed official veterinarians at the Fair Grounds and among their other duties they will keep close surveillance of each starter to determine his condition. Sometimes a starter is sick, unknown to his owner and it accounts for a poor performance. Bandages will also have to be adjusted under supervision of the veterinarians and a fixed standard weight bandage will only be allowed in use. A pair of scales will be established in the paddock for use of owners, to weigli the bandages. The time that the different races are set for decision will be printed on the daily program. This will enable anyone with a desire to witness any special race to have a guide as to the time of its decision. The one-time crack Hawthorn, for which an offer of 4,000 at one time was refused by his then owner, Charles F. Buschmeyer, was disposed of this afternoon at an auction sale held in the paddock for a paltry 00. He was in the consignment of G. A. Alexandra, and all the horses offered brought ridiculously low prices. The sale in full follows: Henry Perkinss highly rated filly Gipsy Queen, is working out daily at Jefferson Park, and probably will be entered in some of the handicaps soon. Gipsy Queen is considered one of the best two-year-olds here. Grapeshot to U. De Long, ; Shaban to J. Clark, 35; Baron de Kalb to P. Dwyer, 00; Galeswinthe to IT. De Long, -0; Caro Nome to L. F. Weghman. 25; Lieut. Sawyer to L. A. Mar-rero, 0; Privet Petal to W. Walker, 00; Spring Valley to W. J. Steele, and Hawthorn, 00, to E. W. Mc El Roy. Bonnie Lassie was also disposed of by Stagman and Franks and went to L. O. Sawyer for 5.
