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Show 00 OIL MAGNATE WINS RACE HORSE VERDICT NFW YORK, March 3. Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate and sportsman, was awarded $H0,00o by a jury in tho Brooklyn supreme court Thursday In a suit against James S. Johnson to recover the purchase price of the race horse. Playfellow, a brother of the noted t horoushbrcd Man O' War. Sinclair brought suit to recover his money on the ground that Johnson had concealed from him the fact thnt i l i fellow w,i9 a "oribber" and a "wlnd-ucker." Tho horso, he contended, con-tended, was guaranteed to be in first class raring condition, but the defects complained of wore brought to llsht soon after had been placed In :he Sinclair stfi I Ifl Johnson denied stoutly that any warranty was given. This w&fl the second tn.ii of th suit, th Jur in the first trial having disagreed. |