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DIFFICULT TRACK RACING Only Pronounced Mud Runners Win at Jefferson Park Old Dartworth Scores His rafiit jj V Victory of the Year Gossip Gossipof of the Course NEW ORLEANS La December 11 There was little if any improvement today in the condition of the Jefferson Park track and only horses of pro ¬ nounced mud running ability were able to show to advantage in the difficult going Cloudy skies kept the attendance down somewhat although a fail sized crowd composed mostly of regulars was on hand undaunted by the inclement weather and unpropitious racing conditions conditionsThe The old gelding Dartworth won his first victory of the year when he accounted for the opening dash He found the going to his liking and experienced little trouble striding through the mud mudAnother Another oldtimer favored bV the going wai Sosins and he beat W H Buckncr and General In the second nice niceSalgeorge Salgeorge proved best in the twoyearold race while in the mile and a sixteenth dash Doliua led home Harwood and Lucile P The fifth nice fell to Inquleta with Robinson in the saddle while Handful took the measure of Ellison and Semper Stalwart to score in the final race of the afternoon afternoonGeorge George Land who trained the horses owned by B J Brannon has severed connections with tha stable and owner Brannon will hereafter train the racers until he arranges for another trainer trainerThere There was an almost icntire cessation of training operation at Hie local tracks Tn daj morning due to the closing of the courses to the horstv This action was taken in order to save the tracts ii Iwing cut up upWalter Walter Kidenour hailing from Lexington Ky nov in the employ of Al Kirby as exercise l oy Will start riding slwrtly He is eighteen years of age can make ninetythree pounds and in the opinion of his employer is a most promising rider riderWilliam William Short who rode on the far western tmcka as far back as the year 1888 has charge of a small stable at the Fair Grounds Among the number is the fouryearold Earlymoru EarlymoruC C W Clmppell one of the veteran turfqien of the west has arrived and will remain for the winter He has been racing horses since 1SS and has seen his colors carried on almost every track from Chicago to the Pacific coast He formerly owned and trained the long distance horse Peel which was previously the property of Senator Stanford StanfordDr Dr Tuck owned by A L Kirby which arrived here in bad condition is showing lint slight im ¬ provement and his owner believes this good mud runner will hardly be recovered sufficiently to face the barrier until next spring springThe The horses belonging to Lick Watkins shipped here from Maryland in especially good condition The shipment comprised Langden Ninety Simplex Romeo Seafarer Petrograd and P G King KingThe The condition of jockey Clavcr attached to the A 11 Bresler stable who is ill with influenza wus reported to v much worse today Mr Bresler who is ill with the same disease is rapidly im ¬ proving
