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I NEW ORLEANS CAMPAIGNERS . i Horses In Various Stables Which Are Ready for Racing. Many Yearlings in Active Preparation for the Two -Year-Old Sprints of Next Month. BY J. L. DEMPSEY. NEW ORLEANS, La., December 4. Marked by the best racing to public form since the revival of the sport in this city, the Jefferson Park meeting is making better headway than ever before despite the absence of many of the professional element who are waiting until later in the season before making their journey southward. The daily attendance thus far has been all that could be desired, while the sport Itself has been productive of more than the usual number of thrilling finishes, with most of the favored horses on the right end of them. Usually the first part of the winter racing season here, finds the backers at sea in an effort to classify the horses because of the mixture from all parts of this country and Canada, but this year it appears to be no trouble at all for them to pick out the best one on form. As a result of this the odds layers have been given a steady drubbing since the meeting opened. Even rain and a muddy track did not help them any, as the first time that adverse conditions prevailed seven choices won. Thus far the racing of the better class of horses has been limited, but there are plenty of good ones on hand and they will .bo. .seen in action, regularly in the near future. Most of the stake and handicap horses raced extensively in Kentucky, Canada. New York and Maryland during the warm months and their owners and trainers are giving them a breathing spell before beginning their winters campaign. There is no lack of purse money here for the good ones to run after, as there is a ,000 feature race programmed for each day at Jefferson Park, while the headliner at the Fair Grounds daily will be worth ,500. Upon several occasions the ,000 race failed to fill at Jefferson Park and the money was distributed throughout the rest of the program, bringing the total for the day to the ,000 mark. CLYDE FREEMAN DOING WELL. Clyde Freeman is one owner who got quick action with a small stable of horses here, he bringing five horses down and in the first fcur days of the meeting won four races. His outfit consists of Ina Kay, Lloyd George, Silver Springs, King Neptune and Murphy. Witli the exception of Silver Springs, which belongs to J. W. Beau of Washington, D. C. Freeman owns the rest of the horses himself. Freeman .was the first trainer cf the meeting to win three races in one day. Another outfit that was not long in meeting witli success here is the Florisant Stable, owned j by Kirk Harrington of St. Louis, and under the I care of Ed Trotter. There are eleven horses in this : establishment, and they are about as useful a band as one would find anywhere. They are Redmon, Gecrge Starr, Troilns, Repeater, Our Birthday, High Cost, Ras, Ionia, Mahony, General Average and A. N. Akin. Trotter owns the last named. George J. Long, owner- of Bashford Manor, near Louisville, will be represented by a half dozen horses here this winter, they being in the stable of John C. Ferriss. Four of them Tharcu, Petrarch. Doric and Demons will be traiued by R. Williams, while former Jockey George Molosworth is training Focarno and Orlova for Mr. Long. Molesworth also has Montello and Cortez under his care for Ferriss. Others in the Ferriss stable are Quito, Hadrian, Blcniiy, Slieka, Magikon and Malva. James H. Baker brought an even dozen horses down here from Kentucky, but after winning two races with Dahabiah II. he lost her via the claim -; ing route. She belonged to Treacy and Walker, and now this firm has only one horse in training, Dane- ing Spray.. Baker . has lour horses for. Joe Keith of Lexington, True Friend, a two-year-old, and 1 three yearlings. Two of the yearlings are colts and they arc tho progeny of King James, while the-1 other, a filly, was sired by Orinondale. For L. E. ! Kraft of Chicago Baker is training Bounding Through and Big Idea. Smith Baker, his nephew. 1 turned Harry Burgoyne over to him at the close of the Louisville meeting, while his own outfit here consists of Columbia Tenn, Ophelia W. and Rapid " Stride. L , NINE IN E. R. BRADLEYS STRING. 1 Trainer William Hurley has nine horses in the division of the E. R. Bradley stable here this winter and, with jockey Lawrence Lyke to ride them, they should ho heard from pretty often. They are Iwin, By Heck, Brotherly Love, Be Sure, Bit o Glory, Bill Rendered, Bit of Green, Balance Wheel and Brown Check. Owner Bradley will bu here about the middle of the month to spend a couple of weeks preparatory to going to his winter home in Florida. In addition to eight yearlings E. W. Moore has six older horses in his barn at the Fair Grounds, i This is the largest stable that this veteran trainer has had under his care in quite a while, and, if the f yearlings pan out as good as expected, it should i prove formidable in the Fair Grounds raciug. His . old horses are Ed Stone, Besthoff, Chief Bartliull. . Suuduria, Ivan Mist and Captain B. Moore brought the latter down for Harry G Hidings of Toronto, who raced him throughout the summer on the Canadina circuit. I James Osborne and Will Hamilton, assistants to starter A. B. Dade, are schooling the yearlings daily e at the barrier at the Fair Grounds, and they hope " to have their education so complete by the first of the year, when they will be eligible to race, li that the juvenile races will be more truly run y than ever. Last year the system of schooling the g youngsters thirty days in advance was tried out , and it- proved Serviceable. Starter Dade came down from his home in Henderson, Ky., last week, but I I racing is the farthest from his thoughts at present, e J as he is enjoying himself on a hunting and fishing trip, ,
