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RAlID WATERS SUCCESS. HILDRETHS HORSE MAKES IT FOUR STRAIGHT AT OAKLAND. True Winq Scores Her Second Victory in as Many Starts This Year — Anniversary of the Earthquake. Oakland. OsL, April 17.— Similar weather conditions, uncomlortably warm and sultry, marked this, the eve of the lirst anniversary of the great earthquake ami tire. Everylnxly is talking about it and. of course, many of the superstitious are predicting" things for the morrow. The big racetrack crowd however, engaged in the sport this afteraoaa without betray ing aiiv simis of uneasiness and Ihe tnajoiiiv of those speculatively inclined profited handsomely on the last t". .in- races, which were all captured hy farorites. Ihe outstanding feature of the days card was the brilliant vi.-lory that the top weight and heavily backed pablie Idol, Rapid Water, achieved iu the handicap at a mile and lifty yard-, fourth on the card. Sam Hildreths light of other days has come ba.k into his stake form of a couple of seasons ago. Conceding all the way from seven pounds to thirty t,o ooaaea to his opponents, the big Haggln-i. it boras led theas Ureal tart to finish iu the fast lime of 1:491. One of the incidents of the day was the terrific plaage on Abbey In Ihe lirst, which met an unexpected defeat. True Wing cantered away In a big h. 1.1 in Ihe eieefceg race at seven and a halt lurlongn and experts piiuioumed Kyans mare lo lie tho Choicest hit of horse flesh in California. The Illinois bred mare displayed wonderful form and nothing in local Inks keg his m paakssas with her tress tn.w- on. Racegoers are liegmning to realize the need of an ambulance corps, so niauy jockeys are falling in races. There is hardly a day that one or two boys are not thrown, all due to rough riding. Bookmaker ieorge Lindoo and his crew who operate under the name of the Tokio book are fresh arrivals from New Orleans. Lindon will book here for the remainder of the meeting. The horse Stoessel died today from inflammation of the bowels. Tomorrow - n,l is fairly promising and with such speedy horses as Rhinestone, Gine Hee. Husky; Black Sam. Captain Forsee, Achelita; Galvestonian. Otto Price. Silver Line: The Mighty, Cabin. Pickaway: Gaaoaaer ii.. Ooafeaasr, George P. Mallear; Tree Wing. Ocean Shore, and St. Francis, likely ta go lo ihe |m s| the patrons of the track will probably have lit He to complain of when Ihe Bear of the day is ove . H. let llsad
