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BIG HOLIDAY ATTENDANCE Immense Crowd at Jefferson Park Witness Only Ordinary Racing Jockey Ensor Jumps Into Popular Favor by Riding Three Win ¬ ners Track Improving Niw Orleans La November 28 For the first time at this meeting Jefferson Park track pre ¬ sented a rval ratins atmosphere and the immense crowd i hand t view the racing taxed the plant to UK utmost It was a pity that a better card voiill not have been provided for the holiday throng But track conditions were the severest since racing Iwgaii over the course and owners in co Iccfed to keep their lictter grade in their u uictux ictux stables stablesTor Tor the first time pleasant weather was on tap and it aided vastly to the enjoyment of the crowd The racing as WIK to bu expected was ordinal and brought with it repeated upsets some of t winners turning up from the most unexpected quarters quartersJockey Jockey Ensor who has jumped into jropular favor with the masses here furnished the outstanding in ¬ cidents of the afternoon by landing three of his mounts winners also finishing second and third lespcctively witli Breezy and Frank Shannon his o her two mounts He l egan his success with Kiifbelkamp Howertons Audrey 1C and followed in succession with Keziah and Irregular IrregularClaiming Claiming was inaugurated this afternoon for the first time at this meeting and two of the starters in the final race changed ownership Irregular the winner was taken for 1500 br Pat Dunne who was represented in the nice by Ollie Martin Buck Itresler claimed Berlin for the same amount S A 1 Clopton rciircKtiiting J O Tallwtt also put in a claim for Merlin but was beaten in the draw for him himThe The ring brigade had additions this afternoon by the arrival of Whitey Beck Peter Bloug Joe Illume and Leo Mayer Tim activity was consider ¬ able and the repeated failure of the best backed m s to get home cnablcd the new operators to start off styleThe tin season in highly profitable style The newcomers today included Ccorge C Bennett who ranic down from Memphis and James Duck ¬ worth who arrived from Cincinnati The latter Joined the layer brigade at once onceJohnny Johnny Lewis was also one of the new ring oper ¬ ators Hawk with seven horses G E Chancellor with twelve John McPhcrson with nine and P J Miles with three got in this morning from New York and Latonia LatoniaCharles Charles Cuheii was an arrival from New York usd immediately began missionary work for the Westchester and Saratoga stakes for next year also soliciting entries for the 1921 Futurity which closes shortlyW shortly W C Clancy got in late this afternoon from Cincinnati and jockey W Obert who expects to ride here came from Baltimore BaltimoreApplications Applications for stall space have to be turned down steadily but some of the applicants may be accommodated later as the building of many new stabJes at the Fair Grounds is being considered But it is doubtful if the desired number can be completed this year
