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MATCHRACE DECLARED OFF. RAIN AT GRAVESEND PREVENTS CONTEST BETWEEN ROSEBEN AND LADY AMELIA. May Como Together Later Running Water Wins the Albemarie Handicap Backers of Favorites Have a Winning Day. New .York, September 27. Lacking suitable track conditions, the special for the sprinting championship- between Roseben and Lady Amelia -was declared off early this afternoon. Up to 0 oclock the track was good enough to have suited both owners but-as the rain continued to fall A. J. Joy--ner for Mr. Thomas telephoned to President Dwyer of the Brooklyn Jockey Club that Lady Amelia could not run her best in the going that prevailed and there was nothing to do but call the race off. It is barely posslsble that the race will be run Saturday. This has yet. 1o be decided. If not. then it may be arranged for some day during the Brighton Boa cli meeting. " A big crowd had journeyed to the track in the hope that the rain toad skipped Gravescnd and the great match race would eventually take place. The published conditions called for a good day and track and consequently everybody was prepared for the : elimination of the big feature. The remainder of. the card made ample amends and as practically four favorites won right off the reel with jockey Sillier5 tridetfii Yater,jbojfie Albemarle Handicap, at a mile and a sixteenth, the days racing was voted excellent. The inconsistent Woolwich, winner of the mile and a furlong selling affair, was bidup from ,000 to ,000 by J. D. Odom and the horse reverted to him at the last named price.
