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Show FAVORITES CROWDED 10 HEAR ST IKES Big Crowd Present, Hreaking All Attendance Keeords Hie Present Season. Not a favorite shoved his nose to tho front at the Buena Vista track Friday afternoon, but. four second choices camo home in the (list four races. The horses In the first throe races were a lot of cheap selling platers and the entire bunch could probably have been purchased pur-chased for tho soiling price of fc200. This fact kept the public from plunging on the favorites, and as a result the bookmakers book-makers held the prices close and the belling bel-ling foil off considerably. The fourth race brought oul the Hist classv mold of tho itny. Buckthorn opened lavorltc. but no one wanted him and he was run down to third choice, going go-ing to the post at 13 to 5. Ho made good bv winning the milo nnd an eighth, showing show-ing that his first price was correct. Oberon. the 0-to-5 favorite, was beaten to place by the Duchess of Moutebcllo. Kent, riding tho latter horse, was cautioner! cau-tioner! by Judge Skinner to come down the stretch in a line, for if he was called to the Judges' stand again H would cosl him a big fine. Buckthorn was bid up 'by W. Shoit. but E. Moyne, tho owner, retained the horse, bidding 5700. It was indies' day and nearly o000 people peo-ple took advantage and wore present at the races. It was tho largest crowd of the meeting so far and the weather was Ideal. Tho summaries: First race, tlve furlongs, purse 200, selling Clarlnnls (Molesworth), ?. to 1. won; Flying (P.ooney). 10 to 1, second: sec-ond: Lady Box (Howard). 20 to 1, third. Time. 1:02 4-si. Will Morris. Ernest. San Leandro, Glover Kyle, Tom Adams and Dorothy B. also ran. Second nice, six furlongs, purse 20, selling Gosslper II. (Van Dusen), .". to 1, won; Sabado (Gangcl), 12 to 1. second, Bnnthel (Smith). 20 to 1. third. Time, 1:15 3-fi. Sam McClbben, Moyca, Charles J. Harvey, rigarllghter. Unmasked. Jack Lavin. Itunsum, J. W. Fuller and De-ii'mi De-ii'mi also ran. Third race, six furlongs, purse $200. yolllngSalpcarl (Fischer). 4 to 1. won; Wevtnouth (Boland). 0 to 1. second; File;:.- (Taylor). 7 to 1. third. Time. 1:11 .1-5. Prometheus, Rhinestone. El Porfcoto. WIneberry. Thierry. Royal Klver. Cheswardino and Swell Girl also ran. Fourth race, one mile and an eighth, purse J350, celling Buckthorn (Buxton), l.t to 5. won: Duchess of Monlehello (lvent). 11 to 5. second: Oberon (lvers). 9 to 5, third. Time. 1:51 1-5. Corrigan and Manila S. also ran. Fifth race, six furlongs, purse 5250. sellingSnowball sell-ingSnowball (Ivors), S to 1, won; Airs (Shrlncr). 2j to 1, second; F. Mulholland (Battlstle). 1 to 1. third. Time. 1:15. Tug Boat. Ramon Corona, Maid of Orleans and BcIIfiowcr also ran. Sixth race, one mile, ptirso 5250. selling Flora Riley (Wrlspen). 7 to 2. won: Mike Jordan (Denny), 20 to 1, second; Sam Bernard (Fischer). 6 to 5. third. Time. 1:12 2-5. Tavora, McNally and Coppers Cop-pers also ran. ' Kctchcl Whips Smith. NEW YORK. June 10. Stanley Kctchel knocked out Jim Smith of Now York midway In the fifth round of a scheduled sched-uled ten-round bout at the National Sporting club tonight by a right swing to the Jaw. |