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SPRIGHTLY RACING SHOWN Improving Jefferson Park Going Produces Interesting Finishes Pluviada Makes a Winning Debut Kentucky Boy First in the theMain Main Race Track Gossip NEW ORLEANS La December 5 Todays rac ¬ ing was by far the best of the present meeting and though no outstanding features were on tap the different dashes brought about spirited finishes of the close variety which was highly pleasing to the big concourse in attendance attendanceThe The improving track was resjwnsible for the intro ¬ duction of many new starters and from now on it is expected that the better grade of horses will be active participants Jockey A Johnson under contract to J H Kosseter was the ridics star of the afternoon and landed two winners in addition to finishing second OH two other occasions His winning mounts were Pluviada a newcomer from the east carrying Chicago OBriens colors which won in a hard drive from Effie Randall and Frank Shannon ShannonBlaise Blaise an outstanding favorite accounted for the purse in the second race but only after Frank Robinson had to exert his l t ekjii t tv v nnt ta Orderly which had Eddie Ilaynes as his pilot the third race with the extreme outsider Jack K which he kept in front throughout and beat General There was considerable crowding and bad riding in this race which accounted for the poor showing of Hasty Mabel and Bon Otis OtisJohnsons Johnsons vigorous riding of Kentucky Boy was the main factor in his success over Little Cottage in the fourth race Berlin an expected contender stumbled in the first quarter and it eliminated him as a contender Kama carried J B Goodmans colors to victory in thefifth after a hard drive and Billy Bernhardt the local owner added another purse to his credit when Blue Rock led for the entire distance in the last race raceThe The Bowie special catrying about 150 horses arrived here tonight many hours behind scheduled time It brought a number of the more prominent stables that had been campaigned on the Maryland tracks the great majority of the horses being un ¬ loaded at the Fair Grounds GroundsJack Jack Thornby has had his good twoyearold Fannie Mchan fired for ankle trouble He had been in hopes of getting her back to racing trim in time for the Fair Grounds meeting The fouryearold Franklin that Sam Louis claimed from John S Ward and afterward sold to II S Konpin of Detroit arrived today from Mary ¬ land consigned to trainer T F Bornman BornmanE E C Crockett got in from Latonia with Chick Barkley Flapper Herbert Temple Little D Reuben Hugh Transportation and several yearlings Upon his arrival he found he was unable to secure stalls at either track trackNOT NOT SATISFIED WITH KEZTAHS RACE RACEJudge Judge Murphy was not satisfied with Kcziahs race Wednesday and questioned owner Gasser in regard to the mares indifferent showing Gasser disclaimed any responsibility in the matter and mentioned the fact that he had bet heavily on the mare It had been his intention to engage Ensoi to ride but that jockeys sudden illness compelled him to get F Smith SmithJoe Joe Tevis has arrived from Latonia with the selling pltiter King Mart MartDr Dr C ami veterinary surgeon reached here today from Kentucky KentuckyThe The stewards today handed down the following rulings Jockey K Martin having bfeen warned off at Hot Springs has been denied all privileges including admission to the grounds while this rul ¬ ing is in effect effectThe The applications for licenses of jockeys M Garner and J Melntyre have been laid on the table Garner got into some difficulty on his arrival here and Mclntyre was refused a license by the New York Jockey Club this year yearCounterblast Counterblast was claimed by W C Weant for 1200 out of the second race Ed Nash agent for the Arlington stable arrived Wednesday and reported that the stables horses would get here on the special train from Bowie BowieJim Jim Osborn assistant to starter A B Dade who will send the fields away at the Fair Grounds meeting commenced the work of schooling the year ¬ lings at that track this morning morningWill Will Woodard has reached here from Latonia with Opportunity and Arthur Middleton J Huff ¬ man got in at the same time with Mary H and one other horse horseJockeys Jockeys J Mclntyre and Bert Pinnegar are now attached to the Cebrian stable and will soon start riding J Clark a California boy also has been secured and will do the lightweight riding for the stable stableThe The local riding colony received several addi ¬ tions when Jockeys Molesworth and Stalker reached here yesterday Continued on second page SPRIGHTLY RACING SHOWN Continued from first page George J Miller arrived with El Mahdi George Washington and Daybreak DaybreakDel Del Fountain got in with five horses including Thorn Bloom and Manoevre ManoevreSlim Slim Peterson is here with Grey Kagle and Tommywaac TommywaacGeorge George Adler and Ed Farrell are recent arrivals from New York YorkA A R Breslws wife and child are confined to their home with the influenza influenzaThe The stewards concluded their investigation of ofeen een Grass running and found no evidence of fraud Jockey Gnilwr however was given to understand that a similar riding exhibition as that oir Green Grass would result in the revocation of his license licenseJocLVy JocLVy W J OBrieii was innong the newcomers from Maryland He stated that the Beach Stables horsts in charge of R F Carman would l e wifi tered at Bcnning BcnningSeveral Several shipments of INJISVS from Latonia got in Wednesday Among them wen the consignments of John Lowe Charles E Patterson George Coch ran and Frank Goring Jr The Lowe consignment comprised ten head including the twoyearold American Ace the property of Edward Cebrian which has been turned over to Trainer Al Farrell Among the better known ones that were in the Lovre shipment wen Bon Tronin Brynliniah and SwWpJng Glance Charlie Patterson brought two horses Drastic and Kewpic ONcil Cochran brought Grasmere and Jason JasonAssistant Assistant Secretary W It NorveH will be at the Fair Grounds each morning during the remainder of the Jefferson meeting to accept entries E D Kauffman has arrived from Maryland with his stably including Miss Fuuuic and three other horses
