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Show leas ride on the horse. The boy gave heed to the' warning, for he rode tho horse as though his life depended up-on up-on 1 and It must be aald he got every ounce of speed out of the horse. ; First Race Was Close. ,' The opening' race furnished a very close and exciting finish, when Aquiline, Aqui-line, coming like a flash on the rail. Just managed to snatch the purse from Sainest, tbo favorite, by a short nock. The Cain mare lost the race simply because she Indulged In her propensity propensi-ty for running out at the turns, and It was linpoeslblo for the boy to hold her In. Salomy Jane, running for the first time at the meeting, ran a creditable race. Nebraska Lass Wins. Nebraska Lasa proved to be pounds the best In the second went, for she smothered her field after half the Journey had been traversed, and won in a big gallop with four lengths to spare. Gellco, the favorite, managed to get the place after the toughest kind of racing luck. Callahan unavoidably got him In a series of pockets, and when he finally got Into clear Balling it was too hue and the chances of catching the flying leader were nil Tho consistent Runsum stuck it out gamely the entire Journey and was rewarded with the 6how money. Big Play on Metropolitan. The biggest play or the day came In the third race, when Metropolitan, running in Billy Cain's colors, waj backed from an opening of 5 to 2 down to 3 to 2. That the confidence of his backers was not misplaced was proven when the colt ehot by Zick Abrarus on the back stretch and assuming as-suming the lead thereafter never left the result iu doubt He withstood tho challenge of Novgorod all through the stretch drive and won from the latter In a sharp drive. Sir Parry came from behind in the last sixteenth and managed to grab tho dhow money. mon-ey. Treasure Seeker Wins. The long distance race was taken by Treasure Seeker, which was held In reserve for the first half, and after aft-er Cabin had run himself Into the ground Anderson let the Ornament gelding down and tho later, answering tho call, forged to the front on tho last turn and forcing the race In the final sixteenth came on to win In a sharp drive. Cabin got the place, with the remainder of tho field far in the rear. The closing race was simply a canter can-ter for Nyanza, tho oddson favorite, which jjpreadeagled her field, from start to finish, and won without the semblance of an effort. Howard Pearson easily annexed the place money, while Dorothy Ann was a distant third. Howard Pearson pulled pull-ed up lame after the race. : ' - 1 , ' - J - FAVORITES HAVE MING DAY Fine sport was enjoyed by a banner crowd that turned, out yesterday at tho Fair Grounds to watch the races, and with a continuance of the gTand weather that has prevailed all through the meeting, combined with spirited contests In all of the events, there was nothing lacking to make the afternoon aft-ernoon a .memorable one. 1 Metropolitan Proves Feature. The feature of. the afternoon's sport was tho remarkably fast time made in the different events, which goes to rrove that the Fair Grounds track is one of the fastest in tho west. Notably Nota-bly fa6t time was made In tho third race, when Metropolitan stepped the five furlongs In 1:02 3 5, which comes pretty close to the record for a half-mile half-mile track. r Iu the fourth race No Quarter reeled reel-ed off the seven furlongs in 1:29, which Is by far the best time for tho distance ever made hereabouts. The track re-cord for a mile and a sixteenth almost went a-gllmmering when Treasure Seeker hung up the fast time of 1:49 4 5, which time will not bo duplicated for some time, It I is saio to day. Favorites Run to Form. The public choices fared fairly well, ' as all of them with one solitary exception ex-ception either finished first or second. The only favorite to finish outside the money was Zlck Abram3 in tho third race, and his poor race Is un-explainable un-explainable unless it be that ho has been raced too much and has staled off. No Quarter copped the feature race, which was a seven furlong journey, and fourth on tho card. The winner had to do some pretty tall hustling to get to the judges first, however, for ho was hard pressed all tho way, and at the md was only a nose In front of Chief Desmond, equal choice with the winner. Special Delivery got the show money, while Biskra, the only other starter, was never In the hunt and wus boaton off all the way. The latter ran Into the outside fence right after tho start and thereafter there-after was never a factor In the race. Both Special Delivery and Biskra attracted considerable play, and while the horses waro on their way to th post Cavanau&h on Special Delivery' was called to cmo sIJo by Judge Skinner Skin-ner and cautioned not to put a list- |