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PL AUDIT GOES BAST BATS BASTIt BASIC It can be stated on reliable authority that Plaudit will not run for the American Derby DAILY RACING FORM is advised that Mr Mad dens famous colt will be shipped from St Louis to New York direct to start for the Realization Stakes This will disappoint those who wished to see the double Derby winner compete for the big Washington Park event but it will bo a great relief to many owners who feared the issue of starting their horses against Plaudit On the whole it is perhaps a good thing for the Washington Park Club because it at once makes the American Derby a compara compare ¬ tively lively open event and insures a greater number of starters than would have gone to the post with Plaudit in the path The big sum of money to be taken into camp by the winning horse will now suddenly grow more distinct to the vision of owners to whom it has heretofore appeared far away