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STAKES GO TO GEORGE ODOM. ORACULUM SCORES A BRILLIANT VICTORY FOR THE FORMER JOCKEY AT JAMAICA. Albert F. Finally Earns Brackets Favorites Win Three in the Mud Radtke Is Denied Privileges of the Course. New York, October 25. Racing at Jamaica this afternoon was conducted under summerllke weather conditions and a large crowd was in attendance. Notwithstanding heavy rains during the night and the resultant muddy going, the public had a good day in a betting way, no outsiders scoring. Former jockey George Odoni won a brilliant victory in the Hempstead Stakes at six furlongs with his good and consistent two-year-old Oraeulum. The layers made the- Sorcerer colt a strong favorite in the opening netting, but his price steadily receded, owing to a tremendous plunge on Lorlng. It was n caw of Miller against Finn with the former far In the van throughout. Three favorites Theyre Off, Allert F., and Cres-sina scored right off the reel. Heavily lucked second :ind third favorites took the other half of the program. P,. J. Dwyers Albert F full brother to the celebrated Mesmerist, after figuring in stakes :uid contending more or less successfully with stake horses for a couple of seasons with a number of futile efforts to win a maiden race on the side, finally got home in front -in a. jacer,.of the. last named variety at remarkably lucrative odds, considering the ambitious company he has affected since the beginning of ills career on the turf. Miller made no mistakes on Cresslna in the handicap and Hie result was hardly ever in doubt. Lady Savoy performed wretchedly. Because no one could identify the horse Fintrail, entered in the second race as black gelding, three-year-old, by Glimmering Midlight, with II. H. Upham as owner and M. paly as trainer, the stewards ordered him withdrawn. , For the time being, the stewards have denied Radtke the privilege of the course at Jamaica. Bob Mc-Keever, agent for Paul Rainey, claims- that Radtke was not engaged to ride Tommy Waddell until the very last minute and that nobody could have been near the lad to offer any inducements for him to do "wrong. McKeeyer states that Radtke was engaged to ride Blzzy Izzy in the very same race and that he declined, as the time for the race drew near, on account of the known vicious temper of the horse. Jockey Redfern has been engaged by C. R. Iurnell to do his heavyweight riding at San Francisco next winter. Veronlquc broke down so badly In the third race that he was unable to finish..
