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Show ORT WELLS FIRST HI HOT DRIVE The Picket Finishes One Length Sack, Irish Lad Sulks and Barely Bare-ly Gets Inside tha rVloney. Cornmon ealth Handicap Was Feature Fea-ture of the Card at Sheeps-heod Sheeps-heod Bay. NEW YORK, July 2.-Ort Wolls, tho favorlto, won tho Commonwealth handicap, ono mile and a quarter, at Shoepshead Bay today. The Plckot, paving 4 to 1 for the place, was second, and Irish Lad third. Irish Lad, winner of tho Advanco stukes, ran truo for a while, then began to sulk and fell back. TheiBtart wi good and Irish Lad showed In front, with Light Brigade sec-end sec-end and Ort Wells third. In tho run down tho back stretch Irish Lad was still leading, but near tho half-mllo half-mllo Ormonde's Right, Rlvor PIrato and Toboggan moved up to tho leader, who dropped back, and Toboggan led tho field Into the strotch- O'Neil Makes His Bid. When atralghtenod out for tho run home O'Noll, on Ort Wells, sont his mount up In a hot drlvo and won by ono length from The lickol, who also olonttd very strong ln tho strotch and ncoured tho placo by three lengthH from Irish Lud. Tho finish ln tho Spring stakos was very close and exciting. The first thrflo horses were heads apar Attendance, 25,000, Third race, tho Spring stakoo, six furlongs fur-longs Red Friar won. Ascot Bollo second. sec-ond. Waterside third. Tlmo, 113 3-G. Fourth race, tho Commonwealth handicap, handi-cap, milo and a nuurtor Ort WVllo won, The Picket second, Irish Lad third. Time, 2:03 2-C. Fifth race, nix furlongs Cloton won, Kohlnoor socond, Grey Friar third, Time, "s'lxh race, milo and one-slxtinnth on turf, selling Jane Holly won, Clnclnnatua second Gold Domo third. Time, 1:47 S-6. |