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GOSSIP OF THE TURF Greatland Greenland was driving under punishment when he defeated Ed Tipton Lipton in his last race at Newport but it was under circumstances which raise him in racing estimation Of his race the Commercial Tribune says saysStarterBrown StarterBrown Starter dropped the flag to an excellent start Greatland Greenland was slow to get in his stride and before he was well in motion Ed Tipton Lipton and Ned Wickes Wickets were a halfdozen halftone lengths to the good Perkins at once went after the flying leaders and at the quarter he caught Wickes Wickets Swinging into the stretch Tipton Lipton was two lengths in front and traveling fast Perkins went to the whip and under its stinging influ influx ¬ ence fence Greatland Greenland overhauled Tipton Lipton and at the last eighth was on oven terms with him Both jockeys were whipping hard but Tipton Lipton was not equal to the occasion and eased up the last two jumps Greatland Greenland won by a head The colts efforts under his crushing impost evoked the admiration of all and he was declared to be the first Blue Eyes that showed an inclina incline ion to respond to the lash Ed Tiptons Tritons race iTas vitas a vast improvement over his last outvand outland he will be a hard one to beat from now on The filly Rush that won her initial race at NewpSrt Newport is probably a good one A Cincinnati newspaper says of her Rush the twoyear twofer old filly by Wadsworth Adsorb Eeinn Keenan dOr doer is a hand ¬ some trick that will proye proem a hard one to beat in the future She is a half sister to Argentina II Her dam Eeine Beeline dOr doer is a full sister to Chaos the Futurity winner Wadsworth Adsorb the sire of Bush is by Longfellow the sire of Ar ¬ gentina gentian II Bush belongs to that popular young turfman Truman Tom C McDowell of Ashland Farm Lexington Mr McDowell has a knack of uncovering uncommonly good ones and win ¬ ning Ming with them their first out Spirituelle Spiritual a handsome chestnut filly from his barn won her first start several days ago Rush was quietly tipped as being better than Spirituelle Spiritual and she was installed the favorite by the layers over a big field Ruh Ruhr justified the good opinion in which she was held by winning in impressive fashion In Rush Mr McDowell undoubtedly has one of the best twoyearold toehold fillies uncov uncover ¬ ered erred so far this year yearDollie beadlike Dollie Dollied Regent is once more a member of Dick i Romes Romeos stable A few days ago the daughter of Montana Regent was boosted and taken from Rome by Gene Leigh for 900 after she beat Nancy Seitz Seize Monday she made her first and only start in Leighs Sleighs colors and car ¬ rying crying a swell commission of Leigh was beaten and subsequently claimed by Jimmy Carter for 500 Yesterday her original owner Mr Rome offered Carter 600 for her but the offer was not accepted Rome finally accepted Carters proposition and for 700 again became the owner of the filly Dollie Dollied Regent directly and indirectly has cost the exmaster exhauster of La Belle a lot of money at this meeting The day she beat Nancy Seitz Seize Mr Leigh stood to win upward of 5000 on the Pepper filly and Mon Tay Stay he was reported to have bet 1500 on the Montana Regent filly Cincinnati Enquirer
