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: 1 1 j 1 , 1 , 1 1 JEFFERSON PARK MEETING NEAR END Better Weather in Sight — Statistics to Date — Kiders Leaving for the North. NFW oFFFANs. La., March 7. The beginning of the ml of Ihe winter racing sesame bere i- now at band, tin- being the last full week pf it and. after a spell af several la.- of aauaually cold weal er for theae part-, it appears that the race-raers are going i. eel a toack of real spring for tin- windup. This aeaaon of the year bere generally finds people out af doora in I heir shirr aleevea and with their summer clothes ,m. but last week the temperature naarered around the freesing mark for quite a time. A change for tie-bti.r ciiiiic Ust aight, howovt r. and by tomorron :l bids f.iir to be much warmer. Fvi 11 with the nevere weather Utile effect ..u the attendance eras noticed .11 Jefferson Iark. The turf enthusiasts hae beci me accustomed t-. everything bat snow bere and turn out in large numbers dailj regardless of conditions. Favorite backers fared mm h better last week than in the previous one, seventeen of the choices winning in forty -twe •races, including three at odil-on. Only one al less than evens was defeated. This makes a total of forty victories of favorites at the in ei ine to dale, iii one hundred and twelve f s. Si ...!.! . Da choices have won, while BCVCa -vent down in defeat. The continual eaasaxiag of track condition* has mud,. |i rather difficult for the backers to figure the winners. |„lt they are loinj.- pretty well ander the eireumstancea. Tie- •■■ raliaers" were given their worst lacing of the winter gatnrday, when fn-- favorites and one second choice won, and all were unii-nally heavily backed. la sixteen racing daya lo date th Jefferson Park manag men! has l; i . • 1 1 awny 368,999 in purse money, h has beca -F .: • .1 :n h one hundred and ■a- "wm-rs. Mu : r-011 ,v; Rogers, with ,909 " their ci-.-.lii. i.i-,- ,!„. leaders in respect to the amount ol pin- mom-] takes down. w. Perkins small stable has earned sl..iT ." n for him, while the newly acquired -table ef W. II. Row mil lionaire Shrcvi p rt. La., oil mag ti and sports- maa ia a. 1 ., , r,i, ,- vv |B | ;,.-,,, .loek.y Btevc Wi.l. 1 is leading the riders he i,a - lag wo. eh mu i.,e s. j. Bodrignci is next to ||i"1 with ni winners, but that is ;,.. rar as he wi 1 to. as he was suspended 8a tarda] for Ihe r taaind- • " ,l"- mc tine ror rongfa riding The race r"r honors is much closer than at an] tune tl h winter, as . Kiehereck and IF Tburber have won eight r.i.e- each, Lawreaci Lyke sevea hud J M lev and i. EoeUer sis each.
