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RAIN SPOILS PROGRAM : Jefferson Track a Quagmire as Result of Heavy Downpour. Principal Race to Little Visitor Ivan Parke Gets in the Limelight Again. NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec 30. An excel- ; lent racing offering provided by the Jefferson Park management was somewhat marred as a result of the heavy downpour that visited the track this morning and continued during the afternoon. The track, as a result, resembled a quagmire and the inclement weather confined the attendance to the dyed-in-the-wool regulars. Jefferson Park, during the past ten days, has been extremely unfortunate in the matter of weather for not alone has it marred the sport, but it has also cut big inroads in the attendance and caused a financial loss far beyond expectations. The outstanding race of a good arrangement was the handicap at three-quarters, for a purse of ,000 and it originally had among the carded, starters the crack Donaghee, which, toward the end of the Maryland season, swept everything before him and was assigned the task this afternoon of carrying 121 pounds and conceding the other starters much weight. The going, however, was thought to be too severe and he was withdrawn. His absence caused Little Visitor, the good two-year-old Kentucky filly, to receive most attention with Long Point also coming in for extensive support. Petting wisdom was correct as far r.s Little Visitor was concerned, but decidedly faulty in Long Points case, for he was hopelessly out of it after the first sixteenth and brought up a distant trailer. SCORES EAST VICTORY. Little Visitor followed Appellate closely for the first half mile, and when the Bed-well representative displayed weariness Little Visitor came away to an easy victory. The diminutive Stevens allowed Appellate to take a bad swerve in the last sixteenth and this was a contributing cause in enabling Dr. Hickman to get up in the last stride to beat him out for second place. Despite adverse conditions the players were largely successful in their joust with the layers, and they selected the winners frequently. Jockey Ivan Parke got in the limelight during the afternoon and increased his already long lead over the other riders for this years championship by piloting the winners of the first two races. In the opener he was astride Charlnat, and, getting him away from the post in a forward position, he passed La Belle when reaching the stretch and drew out thereafter to win well under restraint from Lucky, with Silent Lillian just failing to wear down the former by inches. On Peter Piper, his successful mount in the second"Vaee, he had little difficulty in maintaining the lead for the entire way and the old sprinter won with consummate ease. Bush Buck, coming with a great rush, landed in second place, that position being acquired in the last stride from Eventide. MAJtY ELLEN O. AGAIN. One of the best contests of the afternoon came with the running of the sixth race, in which the consistent Mary Ellen O. again figured in a winning performance, but it required her best to outstay the fast-finishing Wrangler, -which she beat by a short neck. Llewellyn, heavily backed, finished in third place. Mary Ellen O. was pursued closely by Wrangler from the start, and in the last eighth it appeared as if he would overhaul her, but she held on determinedly to the finish. Marsdale and Thimble, the other starters, were done after going half a mile. The third race brought about a disappointment when Lucifer, backed to odds-on, failed, partly because of an advantage that St. Charles had at the start, but primarily because of the faulty riding he got from Harvey. The latter was responsible for Lucifer losing much ground when he rode him wide from the start, whereas St. Charles saved ground. The latter won by half a length, with Rodeo landing in third place because Gad, the only other starter, bolted at tie first turn and followed far in the wake thereafter. Koellia, a heavily backed outsider, furnished an upset in the fourth race, when he lasted just long enough to beat home the favorite, Promising Tom. The latter had been far out of it for the first half mile, but he came fast during the stretch, and beat Ebony Belle. A. heavy mist enveloped the starters in the closing race, and it was with difficulty that the colors could be distinguished. Yoshimi, racing in his best form, picked up the leaders just before reaching the stretch, and thereafter held Escarpolette safe. The latter beat Asa Jewell for second place. Yoshimi was the favored one.
