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SOME CHEER AT JEFFERSON Fast Track in Prospect it St j n s i f 1 Doesnt Rain Again Jockey Pauley Has Another Per ¬ fect Score of Winners Big Crowd Turns Out NEW ORLEANS La December i Wintry weather had no effect upon the attendance at Jef ¬ ferson Park today A crowd that compared favorably with that of any other day of the meeting turned out for the sport The racing program offered was nothing to boast of the various fields being made up of inferior racers but the sport proved highly entertaining The track showed some im ¬ provement over yesterday and it may be fast for the conclusion of the meeting if no more rain falls fallsHackers Hackers of choices wtra successful in three of the six races with Thirty Seven Foxy Sriff and Bliu Thistle The offending choices were Vigilante and Kilmer while in the third race three horses went to the post on even terms Iiidy Longfellow Little Princess and Parlor Boy u Claiming conditions were attached to all six races and two of them were dashes of better than sprinting distances the fourth and sixth sixthThe The best contest came in the third race in which King Ki just lasted long enough to beat Ruth Strickland by a head The outstnudine feature of the day was tlirr riding of jockey R Pauley who rodv throe winners He had a perfect score for the day This marked the second time during the meeting that he per ¬ formed this feat He was successful with Tliirty Seven Dan Bright and Foxy Griff GriffRacing Racing secretary Joseph McLennati today an ¬ nounced the list of entries for the Xew Years Handicap the feature event on the opening day at the Fair Grounds course nest Wednesday TJie stake which has an added value of 100 drew twentyfour entries as follo s Mauister Toi Di ¬ version Dick Williams Gipsy Queen Ticket Ainh lette Franklin Thorn Bloom Lucky 15 Hank ODay Blackie Daw Bribed Voter Bondage Cobalt Lass Bolster Basilius Courtship Ultima Thvrle Slipi ery Elm Runes Douglass S Graysoii and Waukeag Weights will be announced on Saturday SaturdayPayment Payment of the purse won by Prevaricate on Christmas day was today awarded by the stewards to Moore and HouBre owners of Toddler which finished second Dahiada was given second money and Salgeorge third Moore and Houbre protested the purse on the ground that Prevaricate did not carry his correct weight due to a mistake ia estimating his allowances and penalties penaltiesJames James Uewett has reached the Fair Grounds with Woodtrap Wilfreda Dottafs Best and a cbupl2 of yearlings yearlingsA A Xeal who has been resting his horses at Reno Xev since the meeting at tliatplace last summer got in today He brought along five horses horsesHenry Henry Wcmhoff left tonight for his home in Louisville Ky where he was called by the death of his associate Henry Roririmam Ue wilFTCturn in a few days
