Jumping Race A Pronounced Farce.: Bill Cozier Wins by Three-Quarters of a Mile and Goatfell Finishes a Minute Later., Daily Racing Form, 1907-06-06

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JUMPING RACE A PRONOUNCED FARCE. Bill Cozier Wins by Three-Quarters of a Mile and Goatfell Finishes a Minute Later. Hnniilfon. int.. .Time ."i. Tin- rains of last Bight loft the track in. ivy foe iln- racing today. Twenty banks were in line and business was good. The layers task nosRiona on tin- outskirts at the i -i ting rlag, but tin- cashiers occupied the old betting i«« ihs. Tin- crowd was fat smaller than thai ol yesterday. Tin- finishes in all of the races were of tin- straggling kind. Onlj two 1 ;i ■ n i t » - won -*i "ii D.iian .mil Hiss Gaiety. The feature of i Ik-daya racing was tin- handicap for three-year-olds mid over, which lia.l live starters. The snppoTT was divided between loin Dotaa ami Polly Prist. These two were backed to the exclusion ol everything else in the race, inn Dolan liked the going went to the front si the start, opened up a long lead at the trot quarter and won easing up bj three lengths from Mark Antony II. Polly Prim, in the worst sating for the entire Journey, Bnhshed third. The steeplechase race for maiden foar-year-olds was a uke. Kill Cosier Bnlshed sbonl three-quarters of a mil.- in front ot Kuro, Goatfel] coming in a ■taste after the ami two bad Bnlshed. Tlie ravor Ite, Bussell A., fell after taking the fifth Jump. Here also, Kuro sssrated. his rider, bal FrieEer remounted ami finislied the course, getting sectmd Ill. Tony Hart unseated his rWei ami he could not lie induced to ".,, over the sixth jump until after tin- lirsi three horses bad anished. Idles balked at the sixth ami repeated efforts were made to gel han over the jumps, hut be steadily refused. If this is an index t.. n bal i- likely to happen for the remainder of tin- sieeting, it iroald be arise it the manageaseni card no mare ■-,. epleebnses. A rety good program is offered i ■■]• toaaarrow and with st:i ii torsos ss Balbert, Chippewa, .!. W. ONeill; Excitement, St. Jeanne, Basil; Frank Homers, Baths Battier, Kuro; La *Pucelle, Tongo In. Martin Doyle; Ketcbemike, Margot, Bei ry; Ilarinikis. Secrel ami Pompadour showing among the entries, a decided Improvement in the racing is probable. John Wlesen.


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