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1 1 ! 1 1 1 I I 1 1 ; AT JEFFERSON! PARK AGAIN ♦ ■ New Orleans Racing Shifts Over to the New Track. a Rain Makes the Going Difficult and Leads to Lavish Scratching — Favorites Take Races. tOnr ORLEANS. La.. February 1 v- The shift in the racing scene from the Fair Granada, after forty-one days, to Jefferson Park was marked by dis agreeable weather ami a heavy track, a result of constant rains that drenched the course. Considering the unpropitioiis weather a aarprtelngly large attendance was on band to view the opening of the second meeting, which will • bo in progress for twenty five days. Beeaaae of the difficult track the entire program was riddled, withdrawals being more numerous than at any former time thi- year. Willi the field- reduced 10 a matter of three or four -tarter- nothing laudatory could be -aid of the racing. Rut speculators seemed to apat the winners without much trouhle. and some- well contested finishes served to pleaae the spectator- The fifth race, a dash of a mile and seventy yards, was meant to be- the headline- of the day. but scratching reduced it to a duel between Franklin ami the Solomon coupled entry of Urate and Who ares, the pair going to the pant silghtly the favorite. Rut Franklin was saved behind them to the stretch, with Lively cutting out the pace. When s,,uare j away in the atretrb Franklin came on fast, jilul racing into the lead took the -puis b tarn lengihs from Lively. With only four starters in the race for two-year-olds, which opened the proceeding*. Repeat was served up hot. and taking the lead at once won all the way without a particle of trouble, the lo to 1 outsider Auntie May oimacing Joe Tag for second mum y. It was the fir-t time the youngsters have been a-ked to race more than three-eighths this winter, the distance having been increased to three and a half furlongs. Twelve were scratched from the aeeead race, leaving six to go. Of the-,. 110 mi-lake was mad,-in installing Kingden in the poet t tea of favorite. This formerly speedy horse is not much comparatively now. but he was good oiuoigh here, and racing into a clear lead in tin- stretch won by a length and a half from Watcrsmeol , the- latter proving a head better than Sahretash. EASY VICTORY FOR G0LDCREST BOY. The eighteen carded overnight to go in the third race dwindled away to five when the time for business arrived. Of these OoMrreat M".v was mad,, the wannest favorite of the day. wiih excellent re-as,,n. as the outcome, showed, he winning pulling up by eight b-ngths. with J. C. ttoat second and Charming ihircl. The latter niaele the running to the-far turn, but found tin- going too much for her ami tired badly. Arrowhead added an easy victory f,, his New-Orleans triumphs in the- fifth race. Maiiniti- was the favorite and led to the- stretch, where Arrow head rushed past her and won by a cantering fotn-lengths. Toe- the Mark ran pretty well here- and was only a length behind the favorite at the finish. The last race was marre-il by an an idem that cost Pal Dunne his useful plater Toddler. A vicious kick while at the pool Waited in a broken leg. The race- was won by the lightly weighti-d filly Kee-p. which fed all the way ami won from Prunes by a couple, of l.-ngths. with King Neptune third. Sweet Liberty was the favorite- for the sixth race anil its winner, but was doing her best at the 111.1 to defeat BonateUe. Tin- aarprtee • this tear-home rare was that the asaallj reliable Bobby Allen finished a bad last. Final advices we-re rece-ived today from Hot Springs that all efforts for a apriag meeting at Oaklawu had failed. A commit tec- of represeatative business men of Hot Springs who sought to 111 fhje ace Judge Scott Wood to sanction a meeting for this spring were given a flat refusal. There- will be an ex.idu- of jooke-.vs sex. 11 for the east. M. Ritxlon leaves n,t week and W. Knapp. who has heea ill anil is now about well again. coutemplate-s leaving shortly. W. J. OBrtea goes to Washington, where- he- will assist trainer John K. S.horr in the- pr.-pa ration of 1 he Ldward It. McLean mean now winti-riug at Helming. Jockey K.lsay will join the W. J. Salmon stable, now at ltclmont Park, about March 1. J. Pierre, who is hire- with R. A. Smith, will soon leave- to n-.ioiu his contract employer, fanner Congressman c. V. l.oft.
