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PROPERS SPLENDID RACE. WITH 132 POUNDS UP HE TAKES THE FOLLANSBEE HANDICAP EASILY. Oaklands Biq Crowd Cheers the Performance — Tony Fausts Troubles — Northwest Is Heavily Backed. Oakland. Cal.. January 5. — Proper, the celebrated old campaigner, carrying top weight of 13S pounds, and quoted at the lucrative odds of 5 to 1. got away last and galloped past the lightly weighted sprinters opposed to him as if they were anchored iu the il.llansbee Handicap at Oakland today. The ridiculous ease in which the feat was accomplish* d astonished the spectators. They cheered him to the ehco. Proper tripped in i erfeet condition and some experts predicted an easy victory for the big Preston-pans horse. The glamor of Tony Fausts recent sensational successes and the presence of Walter Miller in the saddle caused the bookmakers to lay an unnaturally short price against the youngster, not withstanding that he had a lot the worst of the weights and that the race would be decided over a Bloat difficult and deceptive track. At S to 5 the rin was flooded with wagers for the BchreJber Hildreth entry, which included Miss Officious. Tony Faust bioke slowly on the inside and was hemmed in on all sides during the early running, winding up a bad last at the half. He essayed a seemingly hopeless task to get up, with the result that ha finally earned a distant third in one of the most heroic equine efforts on record. Ideal weather conditions and the BPlcwdM and interesting card brought out an enormous throng; to the racecourse this afternoon. The track prop r continues to be heavy and holding. Only two favorites were successful. Pr. Sherman and Bell Reed were two sudden awakenings in the ialrodnctetJP sprint. They finished first and second, littler rode a bad one in The Reprobate, which received enthusiastic, but misguided, support. S. C. Hlldretfca crack juvenile, Firestone, won off at 1 to 4 in the nexl. Walter Miller, on Cheripe, was toned to play second fiddle to Lueian in the third, but won easily on Northwest, backed for thousands at odds-on ia the fifth. Cloudlight. another outsider, climaxed a disastrous day for the talent, trimming Mausaid, Miller up, in the last.
