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Show ItCll O'BRIEN WINS HE iPEfUL STAKES Purse Is Worth Seventeen Thousand Thou-sand Dollars; Oceanhound Disappointment. SARATOGA. Aur. 11. Before a crowd of .13,000 .lames MeMartus's Kocky O'Brien, at -10 lo 1, won the $17,000 Hopeful stakes, six furlongs, here today. Ho showed surprising improvement im-provement over his previous races. He was admirably handled by Vincent Powers. The favorite, .1. K. Kcano's Sweep, carrying ton weight, 130 pounds, was second, with Barley Tliorpo third. Tho surpriso of the race was the poor performance of W. Clays 's filly, Occnnboimd. She was considered the best of the 3"cur. but when she wore out at the stretch horsemen were ready j to declaro her only an ordinary filly. |