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AUSPICIOUS OPENING AT NEW ORLEANS Jockey Frank Bobinsoh the Star of Inaugural Days Sport with Tour Winners to His Credit New Orleans I u November 23 Jefferson Park got under way with its race meeting this afternoon in far better style than was generally expected the attendance outnumbering that of hist years opening and this too in spite of the unpropitious weather The cold bleak moisty weather did not have terrors for the hungry racing devotees hen and the full quota was on hand It included many of the more prominent citizenry headed by Mayor Martin Bchrman who was kept busy shaking hands with his numerous acquaintances Owners here owe much to the Mayor who has worked zealously in their behnlf behnlfThe The hard rains caused the course to be a quag ¬ mire and it required an extra sturdily built racer to run in the going with any degree of success Most of the winners won in runaway style and they had their opiwnents well beaten before the last eighth was reached reachedKing King activities were of the usual volume and the dil system ssemed to be working in better style than formerly The talent was in superb form and they Inuiled on winners with a regularity that proved disastrous to the Odds quotcrs quotcrsTcckey Tcckey Robinson and the stable representative of J O Talbott starred during the afternoon the cr k rider pilot ing four winners including Iilsen Knltur am Kentucky Boy which carried the colors o J O Talbott Robinsons other winning mount was IStaisc the cutties t winner of the afternoon afternoonThe The sport began with a victory for Sailor an outstanding favorite which triumphed handily over Dahinda and Toddler Pilsen was supplanted in fa ¬ voritism by AVarsaw but won handily over the latter in the seccnd race Blaise followed with a victory in the next race and Diversion another choice led for the entire way in the handicap which featured the days program and engaged the best field of starters Kultur had an easy time of it in the fifth Rice and Kentucky Boy completed the disaster for tlie layers when he won out in the final race raceTodays Todays arrivals were again numerous and included Leo Maver and his staff Jockey Buddy Ensur was also an arrival mid will begin riding Monday Jockey Metcalf came from Latonia The Jefferson Park management was highly u elated over the successful opening and the improve ¬ ment that is bound to come as the meeting pro ¬ gresses and particularly with the arrival of the Kentuckians and easterners now at Bowie insures the meeting to be a highly successful one oneK K K Thornton was among the visitors He will remain until the opening at Havana where he puts in tlie winter
