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MORE HEAVY TRACK RAGING 3 Jefferson Park Going Still Bad and Weather Chilly. ! Long-Priced Horses Carry Off the Spoils in Some of the Dashes. BL J. L. DEMPSEV. NEW ORLEANS, La., December 7. Raccr.s of the most ordinary kind filled the spotlight this afternoon at Jefferson Park, due to the difficult nature- of the going. There was improvement In the weather only by virtue of a cessation of rain, but cold continued and it kept thp surprisingly large attendance continuously on the move. The course and vicinity showed traces of the flooded conditions of yesterday, but the approaches to the track had been put in good order. The steady influx of arrivals in the city during the past twenty-four hours swelled the crowd in goodly proportion, and there was also additions to the laying brigade, forty-slx odds purveyors quoting prices. Betting activities were on a par witli the best days and favored the layers at the close of, the afternoon, as some of the most heavily backed ones failed. There was no outstanding race on the card that could be termed the feature, but some of the dashes were interesting and in some instances attended by close finishes. Glooni, an extreme outsider, started proceedings in tire initial dash, when King by a rousing ride succeeded In outstaying Old McKenna, with the favorite Normandie in third place. Seguroln tfnd Ionia , had the call in the second race, JiibothTjroveddismal failures, "Mary Ponso winning comfortably, from Walk Up arid another Outsider, American Maid, landing in third place. Dr. Campbell just managed to stagger home in-the third race a scant head in advance of Miss Kruter, witli Beau Brummel II. in third place. Dr. Campbell was in the nature of a good thing and had a close call to escape defeat. Lykes presence in the saddle on Fantoche gave him a slight call over Huen, but in the running the . latter dominated from the start and won easily, Fantoche having difficulty in outstaying The Moor for second place. Anticipate, favored by the going and helped by a good ride, landed the fourth race from Wild Flower. Witli a good rider Blaise would possibly have been the winner here. Another race thrown away by a bad ride came in the-sixth when F. Smiths blunders cost AVarlike the purse. Spearlene won here by a close margin from Harvey Smarr, with Warlike in third place. The latter was taken all over the track and raced as if best. S. A. Clopton joined the claiming brigade and took Anticipate out of the fifth race for ,700. L. A. Seregni has bought Le Bleuet at private sale. Tom Shaw will arrive next Monday to remain for the winter racing season.
