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JEFFERSON PARK GOtNG STILL HEAVYl Pilsen Beaten by Berlin Because of Stumbling Jockey Ensor on Three Winners New Orleans La November 30 There was a cessation this morning of wet weather resulting in u big attendance but the difficult track was again l bar to the sport most of the starters being of the poorer grade and the majority of the dashes were tame and uninteresting Surprises developed in several of the races the defeat of Pilsen being particularly costly to his backers and was in the main due to his stumbling several times in the last eighth Berlin which beat him home by a neck after a good stretch sprint was subsequently re ¬ claimed by his former owner W C Weant for 1900 1900Jockey Jockey Metcalf gave a weird exhibition on the favorite General in the third race and managed to get him beaten by Margaret N because of his action in taking the horse to the extreme outside where the going resembled a plowed field fieldJockey Jockey Ensor was again in the limelight and landed half of the card His success began in the initial race when lie brought Salgeorge home iii advance of George Muehlcbach He followed with a victory on Camba and then on Berlin BerlinRing Ring activities again were marked the constant drifting in of newcomers making for steady improve ¬ ment mentSecretary Secretary J B Campbell who came this morning from Latonia at once began his duties and found it somewhat a severe task to secure entries for Monday The card was not filled until late in the afternoon The track is in a frightful state and an owner cant IK blamed for refusing to run his horses over it itThe The shutdown at Bowie will bring Starter Eddie Tribe here and Steward C C Hall It will also land here the track superintendent of the Mary ¬ land track who will attempt to remedy the local tracks defects but it is unlikely that it will show much improvement until a new system of drainage is installed J installedJ H Rpsseter the wealthy California who is attached to the federal shipping board was among the visitors having stopped off en route to Wash ¬ ington His Choir Master was a starter in the fourth race in which he finished third A fairly good sized Latonia delegation came in this morn ¬ ing and included the thirty horses trained by W Perkins Dr C O Richards brought six W H Bakers and Tex Foremans consignments also came and those of the AValdeck Stable in charge of G H Keene are expected tonight Some of the new ¬ comers will experience difficulty in getting stalls for they were advised of the shortage before ship shipJoim Joim C Ferriss string of fifteen in charge of Boots Dickerson came in this morning and jockey George Molesworth accompanied the horses horsesKorbly Korbly which was claimed from Dick Williams this fall came witli the horses owned by G Barnes BarnesJames James Osborn who is assistant to Starter A B Dade was among the arrivals and he will begin schooling the yearlings at the Fair Grounds shortly to get them barrier wise for the racing they will take part in after January 1 1Jockey Jockey Gruber who is now under contract to O P Johnson made his debut here an auspicious one by piloting Margaret N to victory
