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Show GOING IS HARD BUT RACESGOOD Wise Ones Grab Folletta In First - Oat at - Meeting and Clean Up. BY 0. a. WOOD. Th track at the Lagoon yesterday waa much heavier than th day before, bat aU thing considered, th aorsee raa pretty wall to form. Th am a am bar of book war on, nine draw la, aad they war kept busy handling the apeemlators' money. Three favorites aad three outsiders won. Tha feature of the day waa the fourth race ea the card, la which Ave horse west to the post. Car tain Bur-sett Bur-sett alone being scratched, he having had a hard race the day previous. Ia this raoe Fulletta, the winner, was making his first start at this meeting, aad on his Frisco form looked like a 4 to B shot, but the "bookies" laid the liberal price of t to 1, which was eagerly taken by the wise one, backing him to 8 to S, and the race never waa in doubt, aa the favorite simply breeaed all the war. Cabin, a consistent horse, was second, one-hslf length in front of Kaieerboff. A bad bunch started In the first race and Parlor Boy, opening at I to 1 and closing at t to IS, made a runaway race of it. much to the delight of hla backers. The opening slice was a good one and lots of good players took advantage of It. Morada. a aew starter, took the place from Venetian, ennther new arrival, by a head. The laat named waa the medium of a heavy play, opening at 16 and barked to I to 1. Mid-Summer opened, at 11 to i and wont to to l. It waa a euppoed good Milne handed -out by tha clockera, ut ran absolutely last. In tha second race Quick Trip, a false favortt. opened at; S to t and want to t to t. ruhntns; a very ponr ra?a. The winner turned up In Sinn Felnn, opening at I and backed to 4 to 1. Binocular, another an-other short prica horse' It I to ft, was well plaved, out aftr leading part of the war raa fourth.. He la o( no present ao. count. Tha favorite Nortjorod with Jockey Cavanaugh up had a hard time winning the third raoe, barely getting home by a nose from Hckaninny. who waa four lengths ahead- bv Salnest. J. H. Shea ha n, second choir at 4 to 1, got away badly as usual and had no chanr. He is a, bad betting proposition at present.'- In the fifth race, one mile and twenty yarde. Iady Mr Nell? waa th medium of on of the heaviest plays of tha meeting, but disappointed her backers by running second. Opening at I to 1 she closed at even money. Dorothy Ann with B- Martin Mar-tin up. waa the wtnner handily at S to t. McNally aeeond easily by three lengths In front of Hoy la third. Hoyle and Rather Royal went out to make th pace and I ran each other In the ground, having i nothing left to flnh with. Miss Officious. ; also well played, did not run tba race x- i pected of her. I In th last race of tha day the talent picked gut Hold Finn and Elisabeth Har- ; wood and plenty of good money was ! wa acred on each other s chance, but they r doomed to disappointment as Pscla nnder a good ride by Jockey !-den !-den won Nhandlly by two lengths. Gold Finn was Just as easily second and FMItv Myr waa a nose In front of Elisabeth ; Harwood. The getter had no excuse. Ha stopped to a walk the last sixteenth. Jockey flelden was the only on to Hde two winners, "! and Hart a. Dacla. winner of the sixth race, waa entered to be sold for $400. but waa run up tn $700 bv Frank Doea and be obtained her at that pric. X |