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! I 1 : : 1 CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE CALIFORNIA OAKS. The leading Oakland event for three-year-old fillies, the California Oaks, will be decided fills afternoon. Of late rears it lias been an open affair and has ssually fallen to outsiders that proved inferior racers afterwards, Put in its earlier years it fell to cracking good perforssera when Argentina, Briar Sweei. espionage and Janice won. Briar Sweet having been one of the las snarei if the present decade. Such beaten horses in this race as Colonial Girl, Napantax, Summertime, TorsMa, Nlgrette and Lady Goodrich siiiisequentiy proved superior racers. The- record of the race is as follows: v ar. First. Jockeys. Wt s ml. Wt. Third. Wt. Val. Time. ism; Argentina Hogget t. .117 Torsina 108 Summertime ...UK* $ l..HO 2:01 v.i; Not run this r ar. 1898 Briar Sweet . . Clayton. .117 Napamax It" Torsida 112 1,444 i:-s HBO Espionage Hennessey ..117 Hand! Ferguson 112 j:i Bstro loi* 1,440 l:."i7i lttoo Not run this year. 1901 Janice BeJlman. .117 Maresa HO Bdaa Brown... 114 2.sr,s 2:oo 1U02 Muresca L. Jackson, li- Colonial Girl 112 Doreen 112 1,910 1:90 1903 Esherin Balhnan. .112 Nhrrette 112 Gravina 117 l..too 1:57 1904 «ap and Gown I. Italy. .112 Anlrad 112 Miss Betty ....112 2.340 1 .v. Ill". Loretta M Prior. .117 1N-1 carina. 112 Lady Goodrich. .105 2,240 2u;; 1906 Tenordale W. Hugaii.112 Silver Wedding 112 Laceae 112 2,910 1:483 •Distance to date 1 1 8 miles.
