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BAD DAY FOR RACING AT OAKLAWN. Weather Is Cold and Wet— Ida May Defeats Hollow — Tres Joli Wins Handicap. Hot Springs. Ark.. February 23. -14 was col. I. raw and wet at Oaklawn today. Rain Ugan falling about midnight and tiiis put the track into Mich ••ondilioii tiiat withdrawals were numerous. Under the circumsiaiircs. the attendance was light and the lacing not particularly interesting. Tres Joli, lightly weighted, made a snow of her opponents in the mile handicap, which featured the card. In the opening race Ma May surprised almost everyone by outlasting Hollow In the sharp last sixteenth drive, iandango is w ino-nroken and the weather today canned her to eheke an badly. No magma had liele difficulty in heading her out for third place. Before the fifth race it was reported that J. D. Dunn was in no condition to run. There was a chagrined bunch of layers, as well as players alter he led his opponents home a handy winner. Sorrel Top anil Bonebrake put up the liest finish of the afternoon. It was so dose that the judges only were in a position to say accurately which had won. J. J. Walsh was suspended for six days and fined |39 by the starter for his failure to get away in good shape on Ting Fang in the opening race. Jo-key Austin was presented with a purse by owner Milam after he had steered Ida May to victory in the opening race. Fred Forsythe has fJanesed of High Tide and Twinkling siar to seme unknown who antd he would eaee them at "bank" metinaja.
