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IMPROVEMENT IN WEATHER Brings Out a Larger Attendance to Jefferson Park Good Horses Awaiting More Fa ¬ vorable Track Conditions Favorites Fail to Win NEW ORLEANS La December 14 With the stabling room at both the Jefferson Park and Fair rounds race tracks taxed to capacity and more racing enthusiasts in this city now than ever be ¬ fore all that is needed to make the present winter nice meeting the best ever held here is a break in the weather conditions which will permit a fast track Any number of good horses are housed at the two f local tracks but it has been impossible for their owners to even get them ready for a hard race due to the adverse track conditions More than half of the Jefferson Park meeting has gone and with the exception of a few days the course has been In bad condition Despite this the racing has been interesting although the fields are small and made up of the cheaper grade of horses The at ¬ tendance has been exceptionally good arid should reach tho highwater mark during the final two weeks meetingThe of the meeting The return of more propitious weather conditions today was reflected in the increased attendance Jefferson Park being the scene ot a lively animated crowd of local race followers augmented by many new arrivals from the north Nothing pretentious was offered in a racing way but the sport was en ¬ joyable and speculation of good volume volumeGreen Green Grass ran another of his good races and led by a safe margin in the opening dash in which Sosius was giyejLjnosit consideration in a betting way waySalgeorge Salgeorge was best in the second and ran accord ¬ ingly Miss Fannie furnished a surprise in the following race winning at long odds under a good ride by Mack Garner GarnerOpportunity Opportunity could do no better than finish fourth to Gallant Lad Pepper and Choir Master in the fourth while Jack Reeves was another outsider to score in the fifth fifthThe The final race of the afternoon fell to Lucile P CHARLEY TKOE1EY IS DEAD DEADJoseph Joseph Stern has nrrived with his stable which embraces Polymamist Sea Way Tableau dHon neur and a coiipli of yearlings he recently pcr diased from Willis Sharpe Kilmer The horse Charley Thorley which was secured at the Brighton Stable sale by Mr Stern succumbed today to pneu ¬ monia after being taken ill en route from Iowie Mr Stern reported that he had sent Irish Lady to Mr BriarJ Kilmers place to be bred to Sun Briar J J Troxler has announced his intention of dis ¬ posing of his small stable at an early date Among the ones to be sold are Fern Hundley winner of the Golden Rock Stakes at Churchill Downs and which fan second to Viva America in the Kentucky Oaks The fouryearold Rhymer a frequent winner is also to be included in the sale saleReservations Reservations have been niade at the Fair Grounds for seven horses that Barney Schreiber will ship from Lexington next week weekP P T China was numbered among yesterdays arrivals He brought twelve horses including a number of yearlings He also brought two horses belonging to T W OBrien one of the animals dying en route routeThe The following notice has lieen posted in the secre ¬ tarys office Jockey T Hunt having left his con ¬ tract employer Joseph E Widener without written discharge all owners and trainers are warned against harboring said jockey Hunt Rule 215 will be enforced against any or all parties disregarding this notice noticeThe The stewards set jockey F Smith down for three days for rough riding aboard of Dahinda in the second race yesterday yesterdayThe The following have been fined ten dollars each for violation of the paddock rules C N Darke W C Weant A Luzader A R Bresler R B Stelle and George Arvin
