Sharp Contention At Forsyth., Daily Racing Form, 1897-04-21

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SHARP CONTENTION AT FORSYTE FORSYTETuesdays Tuesdays sunbathed crowd of 3000 folks at Forsyth were treated to some sensational rac ¬ ing the finishes in the third and fourth events being so close that only the judges could toll which horse won wonThe The fourth race was an especially close one Glenmoyne Uncas and Horse Shoe Tobacco landing so that the nod decided the places Glenmoyne was the favorite backed to odds on and his victory was an extremely popular one Little Barrett rode the Foster sprinter and although he got into several pockets early he made up for this at the end keeping the big horses head up and riding a really powerful finish finishL L A Legg had his Punster Spray colt Lew Hopper in with CauQeld and a cheap lot in the last race and backing him from 4 to 1 down to 8 to 5 cleaned up quite a bit over the colts victory Sherland rode him and almost threw the race away by overconfidence in the stretch stretchCnshing Cnshing said yesterday concerning the lot of boys riding at Forsyth that if one could not get either Clay or Caywood it was no use of figuring on winning This statement was well illustrated Caywood having but three mounts and winning with all of them His rides on Plutus and The Professor were really capable capableClay Clay has gone to Windsor with W H Boiler


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