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Show .17IIIS DOTH . PROJMC Star Has Comparatively Easy Time in tete&'dzi Rest of the Field. About S000 people witnessed a fairly good eard of races at tha Wanda-era motordrome last night. . Rap Seymour took tb big professional - events and aa a result, Manager Ivor Eedmaa la mora determined than over to aem re a professional whs can trim' tha Indian crack. Mat Wardsa looked like tha winner la tha four mile open trade alder event, until tb pump' of his sserhtne went wrong and fee was forced tn slow no. Thia accident resulted In !:isnn finishing fin-ishing ia front with Johnson sec""'! and Warden third. The time waa 3:v Claflia and Warden did soms great jockeying ia the tares heat ' to decide their three-mile mstfh rare. Claflin led all the sit ia tha Brat hot aad Wardea ret. loose with a snnnt in the last lap, not crossed the tune five yarda behind Clsfiia. , The tune w S:37 44. Tha second hext went to Wardea by eight yards. There was so mnrh jockeying in this svent that the. time was :'. The excitement came in the final heat to decide tha race. Hoth rider went around- the tre'k inch's apart, lap after lap, Claflin i'ni ' winning by a half whrtel Irngih ia t: 8 8.' " . Tha B elaaa unknown distsnce rar was won by Bsrustrum after four miles aad two fane had bees covered. He mad tha distance la :S0. McNeil waa second aad rjmalliug third. Thomas dropped ant at the third mils and Mf Call was tha only "also rsn." - Tha sight-mils opea profeasional race developed into a two-man content, he-tweea he-tweea Whittlef aad Beymour and furnished fur-nished nna of the brat fSnmhea of the . night, Bevmour winning bv lees thsn a yard la 4:07 16. Ward waa third and Brodbesk fourth. , Seymour had a eomparatviely esy timo ia tha twelve-mile open prefp-sioaal prefp-sioaal raea after Whittler dropped out after tha seeoad lap because or trouble with his engine, brodheek flniabed second, sec-ond, MeNsil third, hernstrum fourth and Thomas fifth. Ths time was :15 2 5. Whittler failed to lower th mile record rec-ord because of motor trouble which interfered in-terfered with hi tiding during th n-tiro n-tiro evening. |