Thurston Beats Redskin., Daily Racing Form, 1896-10-28

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THURSTON TURNSTONE BEATS REDSKIN REDSKINOld Redskin Old Freelands Forelands brother Thurston Turnstone won a fast race from Redskin and Logan at Ideal Park yes ¬ terday tray and did it in a gentlemaly gentlemanly way Ham after four weeks on tho thou ground owing to a broken collar bone rode the old horse and handled him perfectly Thurston Turnstone was naturally the favorite and even money seemed a big price against him The public took another chance at sulky old Redskin and backed him from fours to threes He ran true but simply was not good enough to win It was a well paced race and a pretty one to look at On the far turn a blanket would have have covered the trio and they raced that way for nearly a quarter of a mile In the stretch Ham called on Thurstou Thurs but the good horse did not need much urging and drawing clear at the eighth pole won rather handily handilyTha handily Tha Thai Kentucky stable had a good day winning two purses with Jack of Spades and Ingomar Kingdom Neither was played here They thought Jack of Spades not good enough and expected Ingo Bingo ¬ mar to sulk The latter was clearly the class of his race still he receded in the betting from 7 to 5 to 13 to 5 He was off badly ran around his field and won in a game way wayJack swayback Jack of Spades victory was a lucky one He bumped into and knocked Necedah Necked off her stride at the start and just beat her on the end The filly ran pounds the best race and with bet ¬ ter tear luck could not have lost lostLone lotion Lone Princess won the twoyearold toehold race and did it so cleverly and in such fast time that she convinced many that she is a filly of some class classSidkel classes Sidkel Side was an odds on favorite for the first race but Ida M beat him in a drive by three parts ef a length lengthSid lengths Sid Regan Egan has bought Farmer Leigh from Tully Coulter


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