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COLD AND RAINING AT LOS ANGELES. Mere Handful Sees the Racinq at Ascot Park I — Little Interest — Liqht Bettinq. Los Angeles. Cal.. January S. — Winterish weather, in conjunction with a ceaseless downpour of lain. broaghl oat only the regahtra to Ascot lark. it I t was the smallest crowd of the meeting. Little interest attached to the IWCiag and the betting "..is ioiiMi|iient i.v light. The feature of ihe day was the fourth race, a I free handicap for loin year-olds and upward over the Brooks Course, hut this was marred somewhat i by the i waning away of Niblick, which broke to a false Mart and ran serea Bad one half farloegs I before being stopped. J. I. Doaobae, proved his mud raanlng ability by easily defeating Dasty Miller and Clgarlighter. He were down Dasty Miller in the last slxteeath and was golag away fast. Clgarilghter plainly showed that lie distance was too far for him. Arimo made a show at some of the best three year-otda here in a seres, farhtags dash, simple sinotherinir tlielll will, speed. Colonel .lack. OWlag to a recent injury, ran a somewhat dull race. It will require almost a week of j;ood weather to make lie InoU t.ii aain.
