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TRESERVATOR WINS THORNTON STAKES. Wiro In Unfit for the Four-Mile Contest Favorites Deliatcd With Discouraging Regularity. San Francisco. Cal.. Marcli 17. Outsiders swept the card at Oakland this afternoon. The Stover entry was nominally favorite In the first, but lacked support and steadily receded in the betting. Toco-laws defeat by Lacene was due to Knapps over-coiilldence in easing ills horse when lieginnlng the last furlong and his inability to get him to going again. The valuable Thornton Stakes at four miles developed into a farce. The favorite. Wire In, papahlr unlit and ridden by an Inexperienced rider, who adopted suicidal tactics at the outset, was beaten nearly the length of the stretch by W. D. Randalls Preservator. The racing for the day ended with a real thrilling contest, Beknighted winning a brilliaut victory from Soufriere and Com Blossom.
