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Show IBedwelPs Grack Flyer Defeats xrasee, Chester Krum and Other Good Ones, i FOUR HOT FAVORITES AND ONE SECOND CHOICE WIN Another Large Crowd of Lively Speculators Give Books Severe Drubbing, j Attracted by the Lehi handicap, a J crowd estimated at 2700 persons j four hot favorites and one second choice win ut tho Lagoon race course yesler- j day- The one thins that mitigated the j woes of the bookies is that JLasoon patrons are not all favorite players. The 4 contingent known as "tho talent" is j smaller at this track than at Churchill A Downs or Latonla. All last week those 1 who hacked second and third choices and I omcUmes a long: shot were successful. Their losings yesterday helped tlic books pav out losses to favorite players i Will Hall in Th Tribune handicap picked four winners and cnllcd two t races one-two-thrcv. The Lohl handl- can was one of rhem and the other was j tho fifth rate. Me also picked a number of Ft-cor.d choices. , , , , ,i The Lchi handicap was one of the best , races seen at the Lagoon cour.se. t.hcster Krum was makinp his debut at the Lagoon La-goon and manv persons for whom lie has ' won mono ai other tracks went to the f Lagoon Tor the sole purpose of backing , lnm. i Beriwcll's Madman was the favorite. with Arasee and Marchmonet second and J third choices respectively The contest uas six furlongs- Madman was on his j good behavior. He watched the others won jnound at the post and showed good horse sense by not Imitating- them. I The moment the barrier was sprung he i was off Ilk a shot. He took the Eed- i we. colors to the front and kept them I there for the balance of the route, j Madman Is Speedy. M" Madman ran the first four furlongs in :4."i --5. according to a number or , timers, although the official tlm makes M 't After he was wo'.l in the load I hp. logged alone comfortably. Jockey A. J AValsh ' looking b'ick now and then to f make sure no other stood wan coming J fast At the finish Arasee, which got M.e 5-lace. was fully three lengths e- hind, while Mnrchmonet. which showed, was a half length farther baok. I Madman's victory was exceedingly I , nopular. especially with women specu- I lntors. The messenger-bookmakers, some I of whom had neglected to lay off their j j wager., had to tap their inside rolls lo k rav the bets. Arasee, too. was we'.I I I , backed, but most of the yncciilntors I i. rlaycri him to win. Chester lCrum. the Ij idol at whose shi hiev thousands of west-; II tT' I Wiliimih 111 U Jill'i IUHIISV. v.i.- 1 i Text to Inst, being more than ten lengths behind Mailman. Elsewhere had an easy victory in the ?irst race, but " to r wns the best, ob- i tlnable. and very few played her. Some j of the lr.rge IWtors put up 550 to win S30 and the bookies quickly oul the price i to I to 2. A3 all th other horses in this J ra were at odds varying from ' to 1 ' to 10 to 1 mb? of those who did not refrain from' bettJpr selected a long shot J and put up a small sum. ? There was loss money watered on the J race thin there would have been if lv'se- 3 tbere had been given a nnl competitor, j For the most of the public the race, il from a speculative standnolnt, was the poorest .that has been offered. ;i There are hundreds who positively will "I not net tirless thov-can get as good aa 1? A to u. and in this contest they were sriven the alternative of putting up .1 to J 5 or p'aying an outsider. Royal Tea. however: had- f-ome -backers and -got the ; place Ostentations was third. Tr the second race He Knows was the t favorite, with Davie' W.-.rfleld the near '. favorite. Odds on Ho Knows opened 2 I to 1, wliile "Warflcld's price was 5 to 2. Pedro, open'ni at 1 to 1, was well liked by many. Sacculation was lively in this race and when tliev went to the post the books bad roundfd out their list by netting wagers on nil the nine enn- i tenders. The result was Warfield. He ' Knows am? Anna May. L; Silver Stocking Repeats. n Sliver Stocklne came back In the third . race and brought big sums Into the pockets of her backers. Although she I was played freely, the books only cut I j The price from even money to to 5. Ill She was off second, but look the lead A at once and made every post a wln- I.; ning one. h The. next race was tho one in which t'A Madman defeated Arasee so decisively. 1 1 i, Tn the fifth race Fred Mulholland was H Mt aain. Mulholland. notwithstanding Irj his failure to win the last time out, when IJ he was an overwhelming favorite, was IS made the favorite acain today and had li no trouble in establishing' his right to I'D thnt title. Jockey D. "Boland rode him li and gave a very different exhibition than IiK that given by Jockey T. T. Bums, who fl was suspended Indefinitely for his re- l-J cent ride on Mulholland. Cabin finished SI In the place and Fereno third. Fereno li was well played, but Cabin was neg- I leeted. 1; The last race was supposed lo be at . the mercy of Elizabeth Harwood. but I Rue. as good as 5 and 6 to I,, came, on I in the stretch and won from Goldfinn, I with Elizabeth Harwood next to last. I Pickaninny was third. I'. Notwithstanding the heat the big : crowd enjoyed the good racing and the I, maiorlty went home hotter off finan- : dally. Considering the fact that so many ' favorites won. It seemed Impossible lo tlic I wjnnlng bettors that anyone should have It' ost every wager, but that was the case I with many players. They spurned the I, favorites and were looking for to 1 I shots. Few of them got Rue. so there I, was quite a contingent that lost, not- - -withstanding the the good form in which the pomes ran. There Is another excellent card on for J today. |