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SEVERAL TIGHT FINISHES . - i t.U Jefferson Park Racing Provides Thrills for the Spectators Jockey Coltilleti Pilots Three Winners in Good Style Koh-i-Noor Is Claimed. NEW OliLEANS. La., December 1. Improved weather and a .fast drying track were responsible for a better brand of racing here, and It also accounted for a surprisingly large Monday attendance. Many of the visitors were arrivals during the day from Howie. For some reason the ciiril wii" icilueed extensively by scratches, the exception being the fourth race, in which fourteen mediocre platers started, but even here the claiming brigade became active and two of the starters changed ownership. The conditions called for all to be entered at a claiming price of ?400, and KoIi-i-Xoor, the winner, anil Sungold were claimed for 900 each respectively by J. H. GiKdman and C. N Freeman. Jockey Coltiletti;. who began his riding career at the Hot Springs track last winter, iiai who has been considerably in the limelight on Maryland tracks tliis .fall, was in much prominence this afternoon -and piloted three of the winners: He fitfiircd in close f inislics in each instance, and it ."was in a measure due to his good riding that the successes of Hetsy. George Clark and Adelante weru achieved.. His margin with Hetsy was only by n head after a hard drive to outstays. Bagpipe and Sentimental. Witii George Clark he managed to head . Younecd only in the Inst few strides, a poor sendoff and the lame condition of his. mount making his work on this one somewhat tf a herculean task to bind him home in front. With AUelahte he had to drive hard for the entire lengtU of the- stretch and triumphed only in the final strides, outfinlsliing the veterans Hutwell and Howard, respectively astride Little Cottage and Marasmus. The improved form shown by Little Cottage was marked. Favorite backers began auspiciously, but their windup was attended with disaster, as Mountain Itose II. and Marasmus brought about their undoing. They began auspiciously when Howard Dots, Day of Peace led home a band of maiden tworyear-.tiltl. but received a setback with Bagpipes defeat ill th! second race. .las. T. Clark had the call in the third race and he succeeded in binding his first purse .in many mouths when he won, from Scarpia II. and Safranor. Koh-i-Noor continued the good work of the choices when she led thirteen others to the finish, gUideil by Ponce, a new beginner. George Clarks success, also helped the Short-price backers and they might have gotten by in the .sixth m race with Mountain Itose II. but for; Mooneys blunder in rushing him into exhaustion lif the early miming and leaving him with nothing in reserve when Toddler challenged to ultimately beat him home by a head. ROBINSON RESUMES RIDING. D. Lester, part owner of the Ogden Stable, which establishment holds the contract on jockey Clifford Itobiuson. the leading rider of America, was on hand for the first time this winter at Jefferson today. He cam:- with "Bobby" from Louisville., The sanilv-haired rider lost no time in gettiuk- Into action, and his first time out he-. was. beaten only a few inches on Sentimental, finishing tnlril v?Uh her. Miller Henderson, - who is parr owner7 -arid trainer of the Ogden Stable, will shortly ship from Louisville the horses intended to be raced here iiext .winter, .... , n- Toni! Carey,, owner of the Hawthqrno ; tnlf-k jiciir Chicago, was among Mondays visitors. He stopped over on his way back to the Windy City from Los Angeles. . Adelante. which got home in front by narrmv margin in the seventh race, wiis the first horse of the meetiug. to "win two; raQS, . .aiepyon, iju the opening day also". 1 " lw Code of Honor, which was owned, by J. L. Solomon, dropped dead In his stall at the Fair rounds Sunday night. ; Harry Nelson, son of judge Francis Nelson, was among the days arrivals from Bowie. Harry had a long siege of it in the marines during the war, but. came through tii-.seathed after a number of harrowing " experiences."" The jockey colony was considerably swelled Monday bv the arrival of A. Itichcreck, .7. Rodriguez. 1. Stirling, C. Robinson. W. Obert, II. Myers. M. Rowan. G. Walls and T. Pdrringtou. These boys have been ridipg in good, form in fha north and east and they will be welcome additions here. Starter Edward Tribe took up his duties today, lie completes the regular official family at Jefferson Park, all of the other members having been on hand since the opening. W. Walker claimed the erratic Mountain. Rose II. for S900 from the sixth race. .The" horse is. locally owned and has nearly ruined a host of the local turf followers, who continually back him into favoritism.
