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MANSARD IN FEONT AGAIN. VETERAN OF MANY RACES OUTSTAYS PLAUSIBLE IN A HOT FINISH. Oakland Speculators Favored with Good Fortune — Bill Curtis Takes a Race After Many Defeats — Fred Bent Wins. Oakland. Cal., February 0. — The local race going publics remarkable series of betting successes of yesterday at Oakland continued practicallv without a break today despite the fact that favorites only accounted lor half of the card. Every winner was heavily am! persistently backed, the successful second choices. Prince of Orange and Fr-d Bent, really attracting the bulk of .the support in their respective races. Bill Eatons in the second race was the only grumbled about defeat during the afternoon. R. Davis, his jockey, got away badly mi this particular favorite and was in a secure |K cUet throughout the final quarter. To some it scene d as if he could have extricated the Schreiber colt from that embarrassing position had lie exercise! a little horse sense. Mansard, despite a defeat by Captain Burnett in his own particular going and at practically even weights in his preceding raee. ruled a strong fiis, choice over his erstwhile conqueror, aud made good. The program was attractive aud evenly balanced and despite an absence of stake features, tlie closing raee engaged the best class of horses and was won by Fred Bent in decisive fashion. Belmere. a light of other days, received plenty of suppqrt, but failed iguominiously among the kind opposed to him on this occasion. The weather was good and a very good off day crowd witnessed some excellent and satisfactory sport. Harry Stover is reported to have acquired Sbcnan-doah at private sale today. Pajaroita is now in t.hc stable of H. C. Bedwcll. Red well bought T. P. Schwartz half interest in tlie Rev Del Sierra-— Aunt Rird gelding yesterday for .OOO. W. E. Lemmou still retains his interest in the horse, but Bedwell will train and raee him. Schwartz was obliged to sell his interest on account of the ruling recently enacted against him as a. result of the alleged pulling of the horse in the Yalle.io Handicap December 7. Clamor. Red Leaf and others of the Keene string are expected from Arcadia today. Dr. Rowell is sending back some of the Williams horses in the same car, but others to take their places will be shipped to Arcadia at once.
