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FIREBALL IS A REPEATER. AGAIN DEFEATS THE MIST AND OTHER CRACK SPRINTERS AT THREE-QUARTERS. Rose Queen Wins All the Way and Breaks the Oakland Record at a Half-Mile— Eduardo and Henry 0. Please Their Backers. Oakland. Cal., March tit flUHI the ! to 5 favorite in the Madrono Handicap al Oakland today, enjoyed the best of raciug luck during its running and this enabled the horse to defeat the toad quately ridden The Mist by a small margin. Th re were eight starters, including Burning Bush. Cloudliglit. Bucolic. Blondy. Native Son anil Entre Nous. The running of the list-nained and also that of Belle of Iroquois from the same stable, is bejhg officially probed into. W. Kelly rode both to defeat. Int rest cent red chiefly on the juvenile race in which the unbeaten Rose Usees was a starter. In view of the Castleton bred fillys wonderful record, the odds quoted about her .were exceedingly liberal. Rose Qsars seared an unusually brilliant victory in the exceedingly fast time of 47J seconds for the half mile. This is a new track r cord. She was not extended at tiny stage of the journey to beat such gixnl otic.S as On Parole. Work Box. Tom Hayward and Seattle and may develop into a genuine cracker-jack. The remaining four races were captured by horses at good odds. Both Eduardo and Henry O. were mediums of big plunges-, the improvement in the hitters running bordering on the sensational. The weather continues bright and very warm and tlie racing is attracting big crowds daily. • •
