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"CENTURY CHANCES" ARE ONE-TWO. Unusual Results in First Race at Oakland-Edwin Gum Wins the Feature. Oakland, al.. March 27. lloiu n ipeculatlve point of view the resell in the tret race al Oakland todaj waa dectdedlj see attoaal and unusual. Lassen, :,i MM to I, scoring aa eaaj vlctorj over another century chance In Br. BowelL The well bai ked public choi.es were all beatea off. The finish in the two year old race that followed was the most pert scalar ,.i the aweting, inches separating the lirst three. Love of Gold received the decision, il,.- feature aBalr, the handicap at a mile aad a sixteenth, fourth oa the card, waa captared la decisive faahloa bj that really ur i hois.- Bdwia Hum. He carried top weigh! and disponed of the quartette of sterling peifmmera oppoaed to bbaa , in a manner that qualifies him for handicaps on the melropolilan turf. Bightfui, palpildy iititil to race. m is unable to raise a resoe/J iidc gallop Ideal weather conditions prevailed and the track is uanroving rapidly. Spring Ban, aa eligible in the third race, was taken with a sudden attack of the lockjaw and excused by the stewards. Jockey Leroy Williams has laid oil. lie eypecls io rcanmt saddle work at the Aajnedact aaeetiag. . B. Jennlnga is reported to have s.ii,i thai be would prefer ehargea agahaat hitn ami Williams" frlendi are apprehensive thai his application tor a license amy be denied by the Jockey Club. Beokaaaket Prank Bain lias quit the inn ami trans ft mil his attention to the gold hcklS. l.»-rner was s,t down for two ,i.i s. Prank ie Neil, the feather weigh tighter, had ■ rioae call while exercising his reeenl narchaae, Oekerea, yeaterday aanming. The borae bolted with him and pit, led him headlong into a creek. Neil escaped with a brained wrist :m ,i aeveral other alight Injuries. The borae r -, , Ived a hail shaking up. Good weather in promise will s»,n raise the general standard of starters lure ami lor tomorrow some improvement is visible, sllch tried pel I,, liners as Willie T.. Husky, Jeremiah; Kruka, lank, Joy- Ull; Mitre, Tel. inn-. Cheer-: Kduardo, I.onar. Brlarthorpe; lord Nelson, Bonnie Beg, Meada; I. is.no. latowaj ami Cloudligbl among the entrii Immul; suiiitieiii to jnstKj i pood attendance. II. |, ,1-1:111,1.
