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Show FL R A G qjj m p r The fall race mc-etlnp of the Opdcn Racine association at th Fair Grounds opened yesterday under tho most favorable conditions, and If the t Mrst day Is any criterion, the success of the rueetlng is alroany a-sfiir'l. Weather and track conditions could noi have been Improved upon, for the sun shone from a cloudless ;ky, making mak-ing tho afternoon an Ideal ot while the courso was in perfect condition for racing The atrndance was law considering consid-ering that the owning took place on a Friday, which Is not by any means the most favorable day of the week to throw open tho pates for the first day. Brilliant Racing a Feature. Brilliant racing, attendeJ by closo find exciting finishes, was the rule rather than the exception In all of the events, tho finishes In some of the racfs being fo close that none but Ihe Judges could place the winner. The spectators were kepi on their feet by the stirring contests, and notably no-tably so when the fields came thundering thun-dering down the stretch In the last, drive to the wire Unfortunately there were a couple of bad spills, involving horses and riders, which were wholly una void able. Two Bad Spills. In the second race, while the field was rounding the first turn, there was a Jam when Gertrude G., Lady ' Adelaide and May Pink came together, togeth-er, causing the three horses to fall The two first named luckily escaped Injury, and getting to their feet scampered scam-pered away. May Pink was not 80 fortunate, for she remained prostrate for some time, and when she finally final-ly staggered to her feet It was found that xhe had sustained a broken leg. In order to put her out of misery the Cain mare had to bo destroed. Her rider. Rosen, escaped injury, a? did Httle Itadtke, who had the mount on Gertrude G. Smith Gets Broken Arm. E. Smith, who fell with Lady Adelaide, Ade-laide, was not so fortunate. This rider fell headlong in the path of the oncoming field, and one of the horses must have stepped on the boy's arm, for when he was picked up and carried to the track supcrln-tcndeiifs supcrln-tcndeiifs office It was found upon examination that he had sustained a broken arm. Smith was immediately taken to the hospital, and was reported report-ed Inst nipht to bo resting easily. Moisback took a tumble right after aft-er the start In the fir6t race and unseated Ivers, his riJor, but fortunately fortu-nately the boy received nothing worse thou a chaking up. ( wjg to the parade of the live slock In front of the grand stand there was a slight delay In calling the horses to the poet for the first race. The other races, however, were ruu off in their order with clockllko precision. Dwyer's Starting Gilt-Edge. The work of Starter Richard Dwyer was of the gilt-edge order, th fields being dispatched In every race In perfect per-fect align uient. Favorites and second choices divided the purss, and on the whole the public had a most profitable profit-able day. The Wasatch handicap, the feature of the card, furnished a rattling good race, with the favorite Balronla triumphing tri-umphing over Cabin at the end Tho winner, however, had no easy task by anv means, for Cabin, which was the only one of the field that seriously seri-ously menaced the winner, contested every Inch of ground the entire Journey. Jour-ney. Prettiest Race of the Day. It v.Crt a pretty race to watch, and one that evoked considerable applause. ap-plause. Bnlronia took command right after the raise of thu barrier, closely attended by Cabin, which reoelved an excellent ride from Buxton. The two horses ran like a team the entire Journey, and on the back stretch the second lime around Balronla mad? a futile effort to shake off the Umen-Fetter Umen-Fetter gelding, but the latter clung on lenaclotLsly and fought It out all the way around the last turn and all through the fttretcb to tho wire, where, under keen urging, Balronla managed to get her nose In front. Fancy finiHhed a dUtaut third, five lengths behind Cabin Tremnrgo, which finlslxvi last, pulled up very !ome. The time for the mile, : 13 r.-S U very creditable for a half mile track. There was considerable curiosity on tho part of the spectators to Bee Aunt Polly, which was named to start in the third race. The aged mare ran a very creditable race and was only beaten a neck by Genova for firt money. Many who bad read or heard of the mare speculated on her chances purely from sentiment, and were satisfied after the race that she is game to the core. Gaugel took her out In front right nt tlie beginning, and after she had stood off tho challenge of He Knows she only succumbed to Genova In the I lust few strides. Aunt Polly wa.H giving giv-ing the winner ten pounds, hut at equal welght3 she would undoubtedly have won. Attractive Card for Today. The card for today has six races, and is an attractive one. Although the fields are small, this should not in any way detract from Its merit. The fourth race, which i a selling ntfalr at a mile and a sixteenth, will bring together five of the Ik-si longdistance long-distance performers at the track, and should furnish the afternoon's feature. fea-ture. In point of attractiveness the last race of tho day cannot be excelled by any other race, as It will bring out what are undoubtedly the four best printers at the track. With such rficrling performers as Thistle Belle, Silver Stocking, Hannah Ixuls and On Purole as rivals, there Is bound to be a real borse race. With the exception ex-ception of Silver Stocking all of this select field have hooked up on sev-c-rnl occasions during the summer, and the o,ue3llon of supremacy among th-ni Is yet to be decided. All of the events carded are of exceptional ex-ceptional merit, and reflect credit ou Ilandlcapper Frank St, D. Skinner. |