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Show Budd Poble Overhauled. The Ciiiciie,o Tribune of Sunday !aut oeii for Budd Dohtc; we give the extract verbatim: "Ti.c recent race belv.Lim 'Ranis' (ud 'End inc.' in which the Chicago bursa was deteattd iu three straight heats, the time being be-ing '223, 2.20J-, 2.2-2J, has bau the means of placing Budd Doblc in a very uucnviablo pcailiou. When tho race was announced it was thought by. Chicago horsemen that it was merely a hippodromiugafUir, as both! horses were a peed Liiut au up-and-up contest would be uery upt to result in the winner's being obliged to trot better than L'.l'J, thereby placing lum in the free Jural Jur-al t races next summer, instead uf iu the 2.10 class, to which both horses arc now eligible, 'BodineV record boiug, 2 lUj, and that of 'Rarus' 2.20. The Ua h lorn ia sports, however, seem to have taken a ditlar-ont ditlar-ont view ot the matter, aud bet their money freely on the supposition that the race- would be "tor blood," tho supporters of 'Bodiue' making that horoe a favorite in the pools, as Doble had publicly announced that he would drive him, thereby causing many to invest wlio would not otherwise other-wise have staked a dollar on the result. re-sult. On the day of the raco Doble was nut on hand, the sickness ol his iyifo being given as a reasun ir his absence. A man who ! witnessed the race says that one circumstance cir-cumstance which did not look just right was the fact mat on the morning morn-ing of the race 'liarus' was worked out troog, while 'Bodiue' was merely jogged around the track a couple of times, when it is well known that he needs a great deal of work to keep him on an dge. - . This is the third time since Dohie's arrival in California Califor-nia that ho has tailed to drive herses after souseuting to do so; one of tho other instances being the wagon race between 'Rarus' and 'Sam Purdy,' John Crooks, who drove 'Bodiue' iu the race is a thoroughly honest man, but never nauUleu the norse- uttlore, and drove him to a break in every heat. In connection with this matter, there I is a strong rumor current in Chicago! horse circles that Mr. H. C. Goodrich, Good-rich, the owner of 'Bodine,' was very much disaaiiotied with the result ol the race, as be believed bis horse abie i-O heat 'Kirua' if properly driven, and that on learning the result of the race he wiote Djblo a short butsweet note, advising that young man to send the horse home if he could not aLtend to driving him." |