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MUDDY AT WORTH WORTHCaviar Caviar Mr M H Tichenors recent 3000 purchase romped homo many lengths in front ofjhis field in yesterdays feature event at Worth WorthIt It rained tho entire afternoon and as a conse ¬ quence the track was ankle deep in sloppy mud These unpleasant factors however did not hurt the attendance to any extent and empty seats in tho grand stand were few and far between during the running of races racesCaviar Caviar who always was particularly fond of the mud seemed to be in a soft spot and when even money and i to 5 was offered against him the betting people thought there was some thing wrong as the horse appeared on papar to be a natural 1 to 2 chance The ring often gets out of line however and on this particular occasion it was fairly burned up for its care ¬ lessness Rumor has it that Mr Lansing who sold Caviar to Mr Tichenor for the high price of 5000 bet that entire amount on the colt averaging 4 to 5 for his money Coburn was up on Caviar and all he had to do was to sit still and hold tho colts head up This he did care ¬ fully and Caviar made such useful horses as Ohnet and Boney Boy look like cheap selling platers platersThe The racing as is generally tho rulo when the track is muddy was quite tame but out of the last race came a rattling finish between Shut Up Woodstick and Impromptu the trio finish ¬ ing in the ordor named heads apart apartIn In tho twoyearold raco Minorva showed quite a bit of speed and endurance She was badly hampered at the head of the stretch being compelled to pull up almost to a walk and run around two horses She stood this interference like a good one and then beat such fast ones as Haydon and Yana rather easily easilyMr Mr Lansing yesterday refused an offer of S000 for his Ben Strome Acra twoyearold Brannigan M H Tichenor through an agent is supposed to have made the offer offerStarter Starter Dwyer was quite busy and fined Co burn 25 Dominick 25 and Davisson and Jack ¬ son 10 each eachBookmaker Bookmaker Fay is a recent arrival and in the near future will have his string of horses stabled at Harlem HarlemMiller Miller Finch have bought Johanna D from G B Watkins Terms private
