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JEFFERSON PARKS PLANS Seven Races Daily and Increase in Money Distribution Announced. Six Purses of 00 and One of ,000 the Daily Program ,500 Each for Thanksgiving and Xmas Handicaps. : LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 29. The Jefferson Park management is arranging an ambitious racing program for its winter and spring meetings, according to an announcement mada by general manager Robert S. Eddy to the members of the Thoroughbred Horse Association at its gathering Wednesday night at the Seelbach Hotel. According to the announcement seven races will be held daily with six purses of a 00 value and one of ,000. This is considerably in excess of what the horsemen raced for in previous years. Formerly three races were of the value of 1924.sh00 each and three others had a value of. 00 each. Occasionally there would be a feature of ,000 value and only six races were run daily. In addition to the increased purses, the Thanksgiving Day Handicap of ,500 will be offered and a like amount will be added to the Christmas Handicap. The Louisiana Derby will be the outstanding feature of the Jefferson Park spring racing season and will be run March 17, the closing day. For the 1925 running of the race there will be 7,500 in added money and should attract to the Crescent City tracks some crack three-year-olds, for in addition to this rich prize, the Fair Grounds has in view a 5,000 stake for three-year-olds and over at a mile and a sixteenth, which will gave a three-year-old racing in New Orleans during the winter season a handsome earning power. According to additional word from Jefferson Park, manager Eddy and his associates are active in arranging for the coming meeting, opening Thanksgiving Day, and are rushing many improvements to completion. Mr. Eddy and his associates in the Jefferson Park track are striving for co-operation of the horsemen and are aiming at a high-class meeting. "We believe that the good will of the horsemen, is the greatest asset we can have for our organization, and we want to assure the horsemen that my associates and myself will at all times do everything in our J power to build up a feeling of confidence and mutual good will," said Mr. Eddy last night.
