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SIMMONS SCORES AGAIN AGAINSimmons Simmons Morte Mote Fonse Fosse and Pinkey Pinkeye Potter furnished the closest finish so far at the Ingalls Finals meeting yesterday The trio was in a mile Fell ¬ ing King race along with Paladin Thurston Turnstone Snllrosa Slaloms and Rudolph It was a grand field to get to ¬ gether ether in a selling race and the betting on it was extremely brisk Monte Fonse Fosse closed a slight favorite over Pinkey Pinkeye Potter at 2 to 1 Simmons was quoted at 6 to I and liberal odds against the others who were alljwell Caldwell played playedSimmons played Simmons acted mean at the post and caused a fifteen minute delay Ho finally got away well in his stride and going to the front on the first turn raced all by himself to the three quarter pole where Pinkey Pinkeye Potter challenged him The Gushing gelding hung to him to the sixteenth pole where he weakened a bit and Simmons appearpd appeared to have the race won Morte Mote Fonse Fosse however came with a wonderful rush right on the end but Simmons stalled it off and won by the shortest kind of a head headBloss headless Bloss Loss rode a beautiful race on the winner He got away well and used judgment at all stages stagesB stages B J Johnstons Johnston Diggs Digs who was a record breaker in his twoyearold toehold form but a counter ¬ feit feint last season was in the threequarter treasurer handi hand ¬ cap with a feather on his back He had Miss Young Indra Indrawn and Uncas Uncaps to beat consequently 12 to 1 was offered against him He had been working well and the smart ones about the track backed him forcing his price down to 6 to 1 There was nothing to the race Diggs Digs got off in the first flight and galloping Uncaa Uncap and Indra Indrawn to pieces early came on about his busi bus ¬ ness in the final furlong and won as he pleased pleasedCavalry pleased Cavalry the natural favorite and well played won the first race easily and Knowing walked home with the twoyearold toehold race Knowles Snowless opened at 6 to 5 but owing to a heavy play on The Professor his price receded to 11 to 5 5The The Fosters were down good on Caufiold Scaffold in the last race and he should have scored but Barrett Barrette raced him into the ground the first half chasing after The Hook who would have stopped on her own accord after going five eigths eights Bar ¬ rett Brett has thrown away several races for these people peopleUncas people Uncas Uncaps ran away about five eighths yesterday morning and that accounts for his race He may have won had he been fresh
