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i CLOSE FINISHES AT SANTA ANITA PARK. Placing of the Horses in Seccnd Race Provokes Lcud Protest from the Grandstand. I.os Ang.-Ies. c.i!.. February 3. — Much adverse comment was hurled agalaat the judges today when they placed Horace 11. s number first in the second race. The spectators though that Allen I.ee bad won. but the finish was very close, and. as is alwav s i he eaae in Mea finishes, the judges vera in the best poattioa to say which won. A i-oninu.-d downpour of rain all night made the track a stretch of mud. and much scratching was indulged in. Despite the inclement weather a large Monday crowd was present. County Clerk was run up from 1908.sh00 to by A. I.. Bell, but was retained by the owner, and Ioncasta was raised from 00 to JMIOO by I.. W. Sears, and sold to him. Twenty one beaks were in line today. The opening race, which was for three year-old maidens, was won by Fort Malioiic in a canter. R. F. Carman furnished the favorite in Henry of Shennameic. which finished fast after running sluggishly in the first quarter and was an easy s.-.-oml. Kidnap, the second choice, failed to stay. The finish of the second rue- wUs excitinglv close, as the first four horses were but heads apart as they paaaed the judges. Horace 11. was a lucky winner. Allen Lee, whicli was fourth, was coming fast and would have been third in another stride. Banlada was ihc tirst mount Waller Miller had today ami !•.- brought the lilly home a winner after being forced t.. ride her out near the end to with-sland the challenge of Billy Taylor. B, ash. which was heavily backed tor place and show, finished a gam. third. County Clerk was the third successive winning favorjle. Shilling closely followed the pacemaker. Search Me. i.» the stretch, where tin latter tired under punishment, permitting County Clerk to win in the last si rid". Oold.n Wave fell away fast in the stretch and finished a distant third. Ioncasta won llie long-distance race by a head from the r. ceiil winner. Sink Spring. Mark Antony II. defeated the pronounced favorite. Botanist, by the narrow margin of a head. Botanist led to the last stride, where Burns under a driving finish orertaafe him.
