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JOCKEY IVAN PARKE Rides Four Winners at the Fair Grounds Thursday. His Extensive Following Profits Handsomely Over His Successful Day. NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 31. Jockey Ivan Parke broke into the limelight again this afternoon and piloted four of the winners, finished second on another of his mounts and third with another. His successes spelled a big deficit for the layers, for in addition to his extensive following the winners he rode were all favorites and came in for confident public support. He inaugurated his successful day at tho outset by landing H. P. Whitneys Brook-dale, a first-time starter at the meeting, winner of the maidien dash, that began proceedings. There were thirteen to try conclusions in this dash and they comprised an ordinary band. Parke waited with Brook-dale until Benigna had raced herself into exhaustion and passed her in the last sixteenth to win well under restraint. Benigna held on fairly well at the finish and held Antiquity safe. Parkes next mount was Guvnor. He was a big favorite, but after racing in the lead until the last seventy yards Paul Micou overtook him and won by a short neck. Parke might have won with Guvnor if he had not permitted him to race wide at the stretch turn, for it enabled Paul Micou to slip up on him next to the inner rail. GEM NOT GOOD ENOUGH Gem was his next mount. She was also favorite, but the best she could do was to land in third place. She was simply not good enough and her defeat was foreshadowed before the last eighth had been reached. The winner here turned up in Jefferson Liv-ingtons Tempting, with Lee in the saddle. She showed fine speed and led for tho entire way, but had to be roused hard at one period of the stretch to outstay Stump Jr. The latter tired slightly in the final drive, but always held Gem safe for second place. The locally owned Centimeter, which has been racing frequently this winter and figured in many winning performances, was an outstanding favorite in the fourth race, tho feature, and he made good, but it took Parkes best effort to get him home a short neck before Childs Play, with Oui Oui in third place. It is probable that Parke could have won on any of the placed trio. Childs Play lost the race due to tiie amount of ground she lost when Lee rode her wide and Stiitts, on Oui Oui, took his mount up sharply after the start for no other apparent reason than timidity. She showed a winning performance. Parke was astride Warren Lynch in tho fifth race, but he never figured seriously in the running and finished far back. The winner here turned up in Flying Fur, carrying the colors of W. J. Salmon. Marinelli rode her with excellent judgmeont, being content to trail in close proximity to Fausto and Devil Girl until they began weakening, when he. rushed his mount into the lead and won handily. Fausto surprised by coming again after seemingly being exhausted and landing in second place. Peggy O., at long odds, finished in third place. EASY FOR ROYAL DUCK Royal Duck, by virtue of Parkes presence in the saddle, was made favorite in the sixth race and again betting wisdom was correct, for Royal Duck found little difficulty heading the others after the field had rounded into the stretch, and he won with ease from Rupee. The latter beat Tan Son for second place. Good Night had a big following here, but Blind allowed him to drop completely out of it in the first quarter and later closed an immense gap. , Tom Cassidy, which Parke rode in the final race, was backed to the exclusion of the others at a short price. It was not justified by his performance, for it took Parkes best effort to land him the winner over Pete Foy. The latter was a distant follower for half a mile and after closing the big gap continued in game and fast style and would have won at a longer distance. Yorick, an outsider, landed in third place. Summerlike weather was again the rulo here. The track too was in the best condition that it has been at this meeting. There were no outstanding features carded, but the large attendance on hand to view the sport would have done credit to a stake day. In the big crowd were many newcomers who will make an indefinite stay.
