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; DECEPTIVE OAKLAND GOING CHANGE FROM SOFT TO STICKY MUD IN TWO HOURS BRINGS UNEXPECTED RESULTS. Bad Start Gives On Parole a. Race — Belmere Gold- blatts First Winner on the Coast — Two Horses Fall at End of Last Race. Oakland. Cal.. February .". — The intermittent rains of the past forty-eight hours had converted tin-Oakland race eaarae proper into a shallow and muddy canal at ikhhi today, but the weather cleared up and a stiff and drying-ont wind prevailed during the afternoon, with the result that such deceptive and swiftly changing track conditions obtained as the racing progressed that from slopping going at the beginning the last race was run through the stickiest of fimting, and heavy headed horses, ridden by diininiiiive jin-keys, were practically eliminated as contenders. This was especially applicable I.. Billy Ilflliiian. the favorite, which stumbled repeatedly into last place at the finish of the sixth race. Two public choices, however, rewarded their hackers. Belmere and The Captain. Botli were the mediums of excessive bettlag coups. Mom- Col.l-hlatt scored his first success witli the former. Mil lost him by the selling route. Bookmaker Chari. Bowman hid the BriH.klyn Derby winner up treat 00 10 .ooo, and secured him at the last-named price. Excepting The Captain and Raleigh, the beat horses did not win. J. O. Keenes On Parole was accorded unwarranted support in the juvenile race and got away witli it with the assistance of the •tartar, who -en him oil who a Ove-tengtfta advantage at the start. Tommy Griffins crack filly, Ocean Maid, the supposed best youngster in training hereabouts, finished second and was best. The final sixteenth of the stretch near the inner rail is becoming so unsafe that horses unlucky enough to have to traverse that particular strip of going, either at the beginning or the finish of a race, are d.M.med to certain defeat. It is becoming decidedly dangerous to race through it and Beya] Maxim and Plausible in the last race fell at the end. Both jockeys. Butler and Kirsclibaiitn. w re thrown, but luckily escaped unhurt. It is probable that the present meeting at Oakland will be extended for one or possibly two mouths. John W. Rehear, formerly one of the big race horse own pjaj of the country, arrived at Oakland today. Mr" Schorr expects to remain here and enjoy the local racing for the next two months.
