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WEATHER BAD, BUT RACING GOOD Early Tide and Fireball Score for the Ascot Park Continqent at Oakland. Oakland. OaL, April i. The weather was cold and damp Willi a disagreeable high wind, yet to BSya racing :is of more than average excellence and particularly attractive to the specula! iel in .lined poriion of the public. A big croud of race goers augmented by the As,ot contingent, was in 1 1 I. -in lam e. Thirl.N lie Imm.Ls occupied positions in the ring. Three popular favoriles iu Larly Tide iinciilio and Fireball, one heavily backed second • In. i.e in Lord Nel-oii ami two well Supported out aiders, Bdnsrdo and Sugarmald, won their respective lies by comfortable margins. Not one of tliem ai. any stage of the running gave their backers any uneasiness, The ring was lairh rwsmped with wagers mi the recent Ascot Park arrivals, Bsrlj Tide and lireball. "Lucky" Baldwins big sprinter Crnzados is to be immediately brought out of retirement ami again raced on the local Irack. II. S. Newmans String, including Don Homo, has been shipped lo New York The stable jockey Preslou will ride a few race* sere before going east, it is reported that Newman has refused a big oiler for his contract on Prestos, for whom Ascot Park racegoers claim high rank aa a rider. .1. W. Bmlock intends to race on the Can adiau circuil the coming summer. He leaves here iu May. Jockey Willie Knapp will leave for the east April 15. flu- reteraa Green p.. Morris has disposed of all his racehorses. II. i. BcdWCU arrived today from A-c.,1 Park with Los ftnfJfhSS. the Thornton Stakes four mile winner and eight others. Very good racing seems assured for tomorrow by the gSSd track conditions and the presence among the entries of such good racers as Creslon. Love of odd. P.rookleaf: Mitre. Bill Mayhain. Judge: Head Dance, erro Sauta, Titus II. ; Lisaro. Mary F.. Boaaalse; Mechsnt, Petigroso, wicklow: Confederate. l.lith .lames and iratorian. IL Forslaud.
