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Show nett, after many attempts finally I found himself iu a soft spot among tho bunch that faced the starter In the third race, and when the barrier j went up he proceeded without delay to take full advantage of It. He was ' lept In close attendance upon War- faro, the pacemaker, and when tho latter showed signs of ennui." on the turn Into the home stretch, Rill Cotton Cot-ton a old breadwinner went to the front and showing gameuess came to the handy victory. Warfare got the j place by a safe margin from Netting I which was heavily backed to win. ' , j Ocean Shorn Defcatod. The fifth race witnessed the downfall down-fall of Ocean Shore which was fan- cied by a largo number of admirers to win. The winner turned up In Ny-anza, Ny-anza, which chafed Ocean Shore all the way and taking the lead In the last furlong got llrst money with ease, ! while Ocean Shore had all he could do to nave second money from the fast coming Harry Stanhope. One of his feet had became Injured in somo way. NOTES OF THE MEETING. There were a number of new arrivals ar-rivals at tho track yesterday, and several sev-eral more are expected today. Among the homes to get In yesterday were: Busy Man, Llberto, Meda, Inauguration Inau-guration and Paul Morris. Two of the horsemen at the track indulged in a little-swapping yesterday, yester-day, when J. M. Stowc exchanged neaumont with B. P. Hobart. for the three year old Tanscy. Horsemen are divided in the opinion as to which man got the better of the bargain. Tor somo unexplained reason. Jockeys Jock-eys Lindhorst and Gaugel did not j have a single mount yesterday. The.e boys are two of the best riders at Ihe track and are deserving of more rld- ing engagements, it would seem. The racing officials are being put to a lot of trouble In keeping the ublqultlous small boy from getting too close to inner rail while the horsey are running. As the horses invariably invariab-ly run close to the Inside rail, it follows fol-lows that anyon.? standing near or leaning over the rail Is in danger of being injured when the horses fly past at great speed. Oil SMS SPLIT Will) WRITES The fifth day of the race Wetlng at the Fair drounds was characterized by fine weather, and tho class of sport furnished was of the best. In marked contrast to previous days of tho meet Ing when closo linishea were the rule, yesterday's winners, with one exception, came in the wire by good margins, and did not have much trouble in winning their respective re-spective races. Tho only exception occurred in the closing event when, a very closo fit resulted between Judgo Shortall ond Ttunsum. with the decision going to tho former. New Track Record. The stellar attraction was the Og-den Og-den handicap, in which a scleoi Held of five of the hest sprinters at the track were asked to go five furlongs for a purse of $250. The wiuner tumped tum-ped up in Thistle Belle, which made all the pace and after standing On Parole on her bead, came on to win in a mild drive. On Parole tired palpably, palpa-bly, chasing the winner, but managed to last long enough to snatch the place from Balronla by a nose. Bal-ronla Bal-ronla bore out on the turn into the back stretch, and by doing so lost considerable ground. The winner's time for .the five furlongs, fur-longs, 1:02 3-5. is the best lime for the distance ever made on the local track East End Wins first Race. Carrying the lightest Import of any horso in the field East End backed from four to three to one. made good 1 iu the opening race, when he came home an easy winner three lengths in front of Susie Gregg, with Byron taking the show, the shiiw distance back. Ketchel. the favorite, had bad racing luck all the way. He got sharply shut off on the first turn, causing him to loose much ground, and when he recovered It was too late to help his chances any. Easy for MI6S Greenwood. Tho second race was easy for Miss Greenwood, the favorite which shot to tho front at t.h? barrier's rise and taking the shortest route around the Keene filly got to the judges stand first a length and a half to the good. Amargona ran a clever race, and after i taking the wind out of Copper City she came on resolutely and took second sec-ond money in easy fashion. Charlie Wilson's Albetto, slow to beelu as usual closed a big gap and got up in time to snatch show money from tho fait tiring Copper City. The old campaigner, Captain Bur- |
