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Show "MUD LARKS" GET INNINGS . AHAGOOIi Rain Hakes the TracK Little Heavy and Featureless Card Is Ran Off. BY CE. WOOD. A featureless card char aetarlsed Wednesday's racing at the Lagoon track, and for tha first time in the meeting tha track was henry, consider able rain falling daring tha running of tha race. Thla gave tha mod larks chance to win a purse for their re ipective owner. .A nam inferior lot fated Xht. bar n'er in the first rare and the talent was at aea aa to who to plav, hut finally went to Louise B., narking her from 7 to 2 to 8 to 2. But third was the best she eould do, although getting off rerr badly, fche might have won with better rating lurk. Altair, with Jockey B.' Martin In the saddle, was the first to catch the i'udgee' ere. winning In n hard drive iv half a length. Barnsdale. S to 1. wae aecond. In the aecond race, for two-year olds. Ymir, from the stable of O. W. Berry and a wun favorite at even money, made a show of his field, winning bv ten lengths. I. awn was second, a head in front of Thistle Hose, third. The rest or the Beld waa rioeeiy nunrnea. Beven Full, making his first start for over a year, waa installed an even money favorite in the third rare and. after leading clear to the stretch, dropped out of it. finishing next to Inst. She waa evidently not up to race. Dareington, receiving n good ride from Jockev Cotton, came from a rear poai-tion. poai-tion. but won handily by two lengths. Paasenger at iQ .to 1 waa aecond, a head in front of Maying, third. Moleiley, a good mudder, with Jockey A Walsh up, had no trouble in winning the fourth race on the card, finally finding a track to his liking. He won easily bv three length. Tavora, at 8 to 1, and Captain Renaett, well played at li tn 2. ran like a team to the head of the stretch, and in n ding dong finish Charlie Clow 'a mare put it on the Captain hy n whisker. Round and Round ran aa if he did not like a heavy track. The same can be aaid of Dave Weber. Both of these horses were beaten off. Mini opened np favorite in the fifth race, but a verv heavy plav do' veloped on Necklet, aending her an enual choice to the post. Judith Page, off favorably, set a fast pare to the head of the atrrtch. when aha quit, and Massa. under n good ride from Jockev Mentrv. came on, winning easily bv two anda half lengths, with Page the same distance from Necklet, third, who was rirteen lengxna. tn rroni oi tne rest of the field. Annie Wells in the last race opened at 3 to 1, but went to tha ridiculous price of 7 to 1, and, after getting off in front, had a hard stretch duel with Cisco who wa ssecond, one and a half lengths in front of Genova. third. Cisco was heavily played be the ' 4 smart" set; so waa Binocular, backed from 11 to 5 to S to 5. He had an excuses and. after laving in a con tending position, tired badly. Jockey Cavanangh's ride on the winner win-ner was a good one. The jockey honors of the day went to Jockev A. Walsh, who rode two winners. Nine books were on- and the plav waa good, the public about breaking even on the day. |