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JEFFERSONS LAST WEEK Splendid Program Attracts Largest Monday Crowd of Meeting; . Angry Wins Feature Race at Odds-On Regren Purse to Dick Morris Elston Stars. NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 18 The final week of the Jefferson Park meeting opened under pleasant weather and excellent racing conditions this afternoon and the combination of clear skies and fast track and above average program proved too much for enthusiasts to resist, with the result that the attendance was the largest for a Monday during the season. A majority of the races were stubbornly contested and productive of thrilling finishes with favorites in the ascendency. Gilbert Elston, leading rider of the meeting, had another of his not infrequent good days and rode his third winner of the bright, balmy afternoon when he drove C. V. Whitneys Angry, odds-on choice, to victory by a half length over A. Pelleteris Fiddler in the fifth race, the principal event. Five others started and Frank Serembas Etonardo, which was making his first appearance of the winter, finished third, six lengths back of Fiddler and only a nose in front of Who Win. Prose and Poetry, Plumage and All Upset completed the field. In scoring this popular victory, the second in as many starts at the meeting, Angry led from the early stages and, standing a S long drive gamely, stalled off Fiddler in the final furlong. The latter persisted in bearing out, particularly so in the last three-eighths, and the loss of ground entailed probably cost him the race. After keeping within close proximity of the leaders to the stretch turn, Etonardo found the pace too fast and, while tiring steadily thereafter, narrowed the gap separating him from those in his wake until at the end he had only a nose over Who Win. FAST TIME. Angry carried 112 pounds over the distance in 1:13, the fastest time of the meeting. When the program was made up today, the third and sixth races as scheduled were transposed, the change bringing a field of twelve to the post for the third, which is used in the Daily Double. Twelve three-year-old fillies raced three-quarters in the opening race and the contest revealed Jane Packard as much the best. Ellen D. finished second to the Haughton filly and Lady Couvin was third. Moving up rapidly during the first three-eighths the winner took command on the stretch turn and, racing into a good lead, held her position safe without full effort in the last three-sixteenths. A loss of ground on the stretch turn was sustained by Ellen D., but she came on in determined fashion when straightened out in the stretch and led -Lady Couvin by three lengths for second at the end. The latter outfinished Sporting Maudie in the final strides. Dropping out of it in the opening sixteenth, Marlene, which had a big following, was outpaced by the leaders thereafter. ORLOFF BEST. Elston rode his second winner when he drove Mrs. A. Luzaders Orloff to victory by a nose over Anne L. in the second race, which attracted twelve maiden three- and four-year-olds, over six furlongs. Suffer accounted for third, with Imelda fourth and Continued on second page. JEFFERSONS LAST WEEK Continued from first page. Bottled Bourbon, favorite, among the others. The latter was outrun after a quarter, and the effort turned in here was below his best. Coming through fast in the final eighth, Orloff gained much ground to head Anne L. as the latter reached the end of five-eighths leading by three lengths. Suffer j turned in an even performance, while Imelda and Doreen Princess quit after displaying a good brand of speed for a half mile. Skidmore, son of Sir Greysteel and Rogue, racing for S. W. Labrot and ridden by Gordon Arnold, scored his maiden victory when he won the third race for three-year-olds in a thrilling finish with Prince Reno and Lawful Gamble. Two noses separated the trio, and Peal, which was crowded back by the leaders in the final eighth, saved fourth money. Arnold rated the winner in nearest pursuit of the leading Lawful Gamble for three-quarters, but after getting to the front, the Labrot gelding tired, and the fast-finishing Prince Reno and Lawful Gamble narrowly missed heading him before the finish. It was one of the most spectacular finishes of the meeting, and the result was popular, as the winner ruled a strong second choice to the field, comprised of Prince Reno, Beaver and Tonight. Getting away in motion, and with a commanding advantage, Dick Morris, Knebel-kamp and Morris useful sprinter, easily accounted for the Regren Claiming Purse, the companion feature. He made every post a winning one, and after reaching the last of the six furlongs far in the van of My Hobby, was taken under strong restraint. This permitted My Hobby to cut down the victors margin, and the Southland Stable gelding was but three-quarters of a length back at the end. Finishing in her usual whirlwind fashion, Durva got up for third place, a length and one-half back of My Hobby, and six lengths before La Compere. A dull performance by Bill Orange marked the race. E. Paul Waggoner came down from Dallas to make an indefinite stay. A division of the Three Ds Stock Farm Stable, headed by the crack three-year-old Liberty Limited, arrived at the Fair Grounds from the arm today. The Three Ds colors " will be seen in the Jefferson Derby Saturday, also in the Inaugural Handicap at the Fair Grounds next Monday. A. E. Van Ree has taken an optional lease on the contract of apprentice M. Clancy, from C. E. Simmons. Van Ree cancelled his plans of shipping to Cuba and will remain for the remainder of the New Orleans racing season. J. B. Theall, trainer of the Lone Star Stable, is confined at his home with a severe cold. Amos Wallin will be in charge during Thealls disability. Dr. Bidencope, with six horses, three of which are the property of John Marsch, intends to load Tuesday and ship to Cuba. Fred McElroy will take Bob Up and H. G. Knott ships Solus and Finnath in the same car. E. McCown, acting for Mrs. C. E. Gross, sold the three-year-old West Virginia to Mrs. D. Levy. G. R. Yeargin will do the training. The Western Fruit Jobbers Association will assemble here in convention beginning Tuesday and all delegates will be invited to Jefferson Park as guests of the track man- agement Friday; when a special race card dedicated to that association will be run.
