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EXCITING CONTEST IN HANDICAP. San Alviso Wins by a Nose — Good Sport at Ascot Park — Daruma a Surprise. Lea Angeles. ChL, January 10. -Secretary Baden presented one of the liest and most evenly balanced cards of the meeting today and the result xxas a splendid afternoons sport before a crowd much larger than that of" yesterday. The handicap at live and one hall furlongs, lor three year-olds, xvas productive of a sharp ami exciting contest, the first four horses finishing in close alignment with the tank outsider San Alxi-o gelling his nose over first. Daruina sprung a surprise in the second race by defeating some good sprinters at juicy odds. J. B. Dunn xvas on a bidding rampage today, running up Benraw SBOu over the wiling price of * *HI. and Confessor fSM over the price of $.".00, both horses being retained by their owners. Mrs. E. I. Miller claimed Bound Dance out of the tilth race. William McKinney bought Otto Price yesterday— terms private. Mclianiel was toed SZ3 by starter Dwyer for breaking up starts. Keener xvas fined 60 by the judges for rough riding on Toots Mook. Twenty two iiooks drew in today xxitii George Bone, after an absence of ten dax -.. lieing one of the Dumber. The bookmakers had much the iM-tter of the speculation.
