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ESTIN IN FORM AGAIN Veteran Racer Scores Fourth TrN umph of Winter Campaign. ,. Track Conditions Again Necessitate Rearrangement of Jefferson Park Program. NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 13. Track conditions again kept the better grade of horses out of the racing at Jefferson Park today, but the cheaper ones which started and were suited by the holding track, performed in interesting fashion. Although cloudy skies at times threatened rain, none fell during racing hours, and the balmy weather was favorable for the sport. The attendance returned to almost average figures and patrons manifested a lively interest in the racing, productive of a goodly number of popular results. Estin, now in his ninth year, returned to winning form after several disappointing efforts, due largely to adverse racing luck, and carried off the major part of the purse in the Paul Hirtenstein Claiming Purse, or fifth race. It was his fifth triumph of the winter, and Lloyd Geving got him to the finish of the three-quarters with a good two-lengths margin over Overboard. My Hobby was third and Bill Orange fourth in the field of eight. My Hobby was the favorite. BILL ORANGE TIRES. Showing fine speed after the last quarter was reached, the winner overtook Bill Orange and Overboard in rapid fashion and, after drawing clear, Geving took him under restraint. Overboard was not pressed for second place, while Bill Orange, which tired in the late stages, lost out to My Hobby for third place within a few strides of the finish. The program, as arranged yesterday, withstood a flood of withdrawals, but in obtaining the maximum amount of material for the fanciers of the daily double, the third and first races were transposed. The original third, bringing together at a mile and seventy yards, eight useful and well-campaigned ones of the cheaper variety, was offered as the introductory contest and it resulted in an interesting race and victory for Miss Anna Nelsons suddenly improved Underdun, ridden by J. Neel. The winner impeded Rave, which finished second just a head back, during the stretch run and the injury might have cost the latter the race. Two lengths back, Bunyora drove horn third, followed closest by Colonel Campus, which had a rough trip, as did Matthew, which was forced far out of the real running when Blighter stopped badly in his path going into the second turn. BLIGHTER FAVORITE. Blighter was a slight favorite over Colonel Campus and Matthew was third choice. Twelve three-year-olds met at three-quarters of a mile in the second race and the race had a surprising result when Bag o Gold, racing for Mrs. J. Dreyer, was returned an easy winner over Beauty Bride. Marcelet was third and Newburger, whose early speed took from the chances of Beauty Bride, which raced with him in a stiff duel to lead during the opening half-mile, finished in fourth place. After shaking off Newburger just inside the closing quarter mile, Beauty Bride drew clear, but the winners belated rush completely overwhelmed her and the finish found the winner with a margin of four lengths over the Shandon Farm filly. Marcelet was a forward factor throughout and, holding on in creditable fashion, outstayed the non-courageous Newburger. Piecemeal, favorite, vanquished Motive, Mayetta and nine other of the cheaper three-year-olds in the third race, also over three-quarters and in the opening position on the original card. The winner figured in a short runaway of three-sixteenths at little more than a canter while on the way to the post, but this did not put her at a disadvan- Continued on sqcond page. ESTIN IN FORM AGAIN Continued from first page. tage and was well offset by the advantage She obtained at the start. But for a brief time on the far turn, where Motive had the lead, the winner was in front and, after cutting sharply across in Motives course approaching the stretch turn, she held the latter safe thereafter. Mayettas swerving near the close, where she blocked Beggar Lady, probably aided her in saving the minor award as Beggar Lady was going boldly when cut off. Old Bill, Mrs. L. M. Holmes useful eight-year-old gelding, accounted for his fourth purse of the meeting when he led throughout in the fourth race. The distance was one mile and seventy yards, and while the winner, under an alert and energetic ride by J. Neel, was almost fully spent to score a popular victory, he raced home a length and one-half in the van of Spanflow, which took second by a like margin from Seths Ballot Neel rode the winner hard throughout the Jast half mile and the determined manner in which he held to his task proved too much for Spanflow, which, however, might have shown to better advantage under a better ride. Seths Ballot was forced to lose much ground and, finishing with a rush, he "headed Stupendous in the final strides for third place. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Siegel and Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Grabner, who arrived here Monday from Chicago, plan to spend a week or ten days here. William Hoag has Chicago Belle, owned by Mr. Siegel, in training here. Mr. Grabner is the owner of a large stable trained, by Jake Lowenstein, 4 For four days, from January 19 to January 22, inclusive, delegates to the Western Fruit Jobbers Association convention, to be held here on those dates, will be the guests of the Jefferson Park management. Races on the January 22 program will be named for Charles Trimble, present head of the asso-1 ciation, and for former presidents. When the horses of John Marsch, the Chicago sportsman, are transferred to the Fair Grounds, they will occupy private barn A, which was leased for the season, Ten horses, the property of the Graceland Stock Farm, were loaded Wednesday for shipment to Columbus, Ohio, where their owner, M. H. Murnan, has a breeding farm. They will be turned out until spring whea they, will be returned to. training.
