Two Forsyth Favorites., Daily Racing Form, 1897-04-18

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TWO FORSYTH FAVORITES Saturdays balmy beauty of air drew a big crowd to Forsyth It saw good racing out of a light card cardThe The local ring and outside poolnwms were keenly hurt by Alec Covington and his coterie over Rachels win in the first race The filly had started before but shown nothing sharp It was a bad lot and consequently 40 to 1 was offered in the opening betting against her By post time she was backed down to 12 and less She got off near the front and wearing Sligo down in the stretch won by a narrow margin right at the end endIt It was not a good day for the betting public Two favorites only Abuse and Miss Hoy both at odds on winning Miss Hoy looked to be in a soft spot and 7 to 10 was a royal price against her She got away in the first flight and going to the front when ready won pnlled up Abuse also looked a good thing and his price altogeth ¬ er to long Ho won as he should off by himself himselfGlenmojne Glenmojne was an odds on choice for his race and got the right backing but ho found the weight too much and Weola too fast He fin ¬ ished an easy second secondA A very close finish came out of the last race Teota May getting up just in time to win by a nose from Philomena


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