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Show Veteran Racer That Ran in Ruck Tuesday Equals Track Record Wednesday. LADY ELIZABETH IS GOOD" THING IN THE LAST RACE Jockey Hopkins Set Down for Week by Starter D.wyer for Not Deing Alert. The accident to Jockey Roy Selden. which is described in another column of today's Tribune, cast a pall of sorrow sor-row ovor the crowd of regular turf patrons pa-trons yesterday. Many of them arc personalty per-sonalty acquainted with Selden and officials of-ficials of the association wero kept busy answering questions as to his condition. Before tho last race was run it was officially of-ficially given out that his recovery In expected and this news was received with much relief. Cluny. the two-year-old that Injured Selden by running Into the fence, was mercifully shot shortly after tho mishap. Cabin, which opened at 13 to 1, won the third race and enriched the long shot brigade by many dollars. Cabin ran Tuesday and was beaten by nearly all tho horses In the race, but yesterday he seemed like another steed, outgamlng Jack Stryker In the stretch, equaling tho trnck record for the mile and twenty yards. Torbelllno, Sinn Fcinn. Dave Weber. Dorothy Ann and Lady MeNally woro the others In the race, and Cabin, according ac-cording to the bookies, was supposed to be the least likely to win. Plungo on Cabin. This view was somewhat modified, however, when the sharpshooters began sotting In money on Cabin. Tho layers first rubbed to 12 to 1, then to 11 and on down to 10 and 8 to 1. At this last price most, of the players got aboard. One reason why they did not got the more liberal prices was that they did not decide to play Cabin until some large speculators put down their money on him. The rush that followed was so dismaying dis-maying to the bookies that they rubbed the prices quickly. A number of winners after the race, instead of congratulating themselves on their good fortune, were expressing disappointment because they did not got the high price. Such remarks greatly disgusted cveryuodv who liad failed to baok Cabin. Ton horses went to the post In tho first race, which was a four and a half furlong fur-long event for two-year-olds. Staede from J. E. Cushlng's barn was the favorite, fa-vorite, but Electric, Vnlhal. Nldad and Best.wlte were all well played, while Mlmorloso. the winner, was largely neglected ne-glected except among speculators who make It a rule to play the second choice when they do not like the favorite. Staede was close on Mlmorioso's heels at tho finish, while Nldad was third. Tho time was nearly six seconds slower than the track record. Salnest, the winner of the second race, was not played by many persons. Lena Lech, Doll and Swagcrlator were the public's best bets. Lena got the place and Dell ran third. In the third race old Cabin came lo life. Doiothv Ann was second and Jack Strylter third. Abound Tip Mysterious. Abound was the mystery of the fourth rnco. No one scorned to know much about the horse, but at the very opening several speculators, who during the meeting have nlaccd their money on several successful long shots, began bombarding the bookies with money on Abound. This was enough for the crowd and Abound was played until the layers kept their erasers in their hands. Presently, whon the rush subsided, everybody began wondering why they had played the horse, but this was a riddle that the race failed to solve. Elizabeth Ilarwood apparently did not know that she had nuch a well-touted competitor, for sho won Impressively, with Workbox. the favorite, second, and Rue third Angellx and Barnydale opened at about equal prices In the fifth race, while Gra-mcrcy Gra-mcrcy was only a little better, odds being be-ing quoted at i to 1 In the beginning. Barnsdale won, Angellx was second and Gcnova third. Black Sheep made his appeafanco in the laBt race and the bookies promptly made him the chalk favorite. This in not because he has made such a good showing at the Lagoon, but most persons Interested In racing have been astonished two or three times a year In the last three years by Black Sheep winning somewhere at tremendous odds. Aunt Polly, old enough to be tho grand dam of almost any steed at the Lagoon, made a stroncr bid to win. but Lady Elizabeth would not permit It. so Aunt Pollv finished In tho place. Jim Mo was third. Lady Elizabeth opened at a liberal lib-eral price, but was played away down and then abandoned so suddenly that her price loosened up a little. Those who got her at post time realized about 1 to 1 for their money. While thoro was the usual good-sized crowd at the track, the assemblage seemed small in comparison with the tremendous tre-mendous crush on the Fourth. Overnights Indicate an exceptionally good card for today. Jockey Hopkins was set down for a week by Starter Dwyer. Hopkins in most of his recent racos has been unable to get his mounts off with the others. |