Activity At Jefferson Park Track: Training Operations Under Way--Horses Arriving Daily--W. C. Clancys Peter Is Dead., Daily Racing Form, 1918-11-16

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ACTIVITY AT JEFFERSON PARK TRACK TRACKTraining Training Operations Under Way Horses Arriving Daily W C Clancys Peter Is Dead New Orleans La November 15 With the Jeffer ¬ son Parish Fair Associations winter meeting scheduled to open Saturday November 23 there is now considerable activity being displayed at l 6th local tracks where horses are arriving daily Pros ¬ pects were never brighter than at present for the greatest season of racing New Orleans has ever experienced experiencedThe The Jefferson Park meeting will continue for thirtythree days ending on December 31 Purses will range in value from 400 to 500 There will be two 400 three S500 and one 000 purse daily making u daily distribution of 2900 There will be no shortage of horses for the early days of the meeting as there arc a considerable number on the grounds now with many more on the way With stables that are racing on the Kentucky circuit will come south and then it will be a question of providing accommodations for all those intending to race here the coming winter winterIt It J Brannons string of horses with the ex ¬ ception of Colonel Livingston which remained in Kentucky to fill his stake engagements at Latonia has arrived at Jefferson Park in good condition Colonel Livingston will be shipped here later Brari non has some good horses in his stable and should figure prominently in the sport at both Jefferson Park and the Fair Grounds GroundsW W C Clancy has suffered the loss of his promis ¬ ing twoyearold Peter which died at the Fair Ground track Tuesday morning Peter contracted car fever en route here which later developed into pneumonia from which he succumbed succumbedFred Fred Burlew is here with Gold Vale Alvord Thistle and a few others He will probably have the old sprinter He Will in training here hereBeyer Beyer Brothers witli Columbine Orderly King Simon and a few others are recent arrivals at lefferson Park ParkMcKeever McKeever Co unloaded a small string Saturday at Jefferson Park ParkOwen Owen Pons who has been here about two weeks thinks Jefferson Park one of the safest tracks in tlie country His horses will be ready for an early start startEugene Eugene Lutz has a small string quartered at Jef ¬ ferson Park Ed Arlington wilH injtue peedy KohiN6oty St Isidore Questionnaire and others here at the conclusion of the Bowie meeting meetingFrom From Maryland comes word that jockey J Loftns may join the riding colony here this coming winter


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