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IVAN PARKE AT LEXINGTON To Ride One of H. P. Whitneys Starters in Rich Breeders Futurity Saturday. LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 18. Jockey Ivan Parke, Americas leading rider, was an arrival yesterday. He is here to ride one of the Harry Payne Whitney representatives in the rich Breeders Futurity, to be decided the closing day, next Saturday. He was persuaded to accept outside mounts and will ride free lance under the direction of Moso Goldblatt, who also came here yesterday. Parke will, after the running of the Breeders Futurity, depart for his home in Delco, Idaho, to visit his parents and also get a close up of the improvements recently instituted on the extensive farm he purchased last spring. He will remain in Delco about ten days and will not bo on hand for the opening of the Jefferson Park meeting, as at first contemplated. He will report to the Goldblatt establishment about December 2, and remain in New Orleans for the remainder of the winter racing season.
