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1 : , ! ,: J I i e II -; li e s . ;- ■- ;. y s ■ TWO EXASPERATING DEFEATS AT OAKLAND. ■ ! Wuerzburger and Ormuz Lose Their Races Through 1 7 Bad Starting and Riding. Oakland. Cal.. March 23.— Between th« starter r J and the jockeys, backers of th ■ two red-hot favor- . I ites. Wuerzburger and Ormuz. were mulcted ont of f 1 many thousands of dollars at Oakland today. The ,. I leaving at the post of Keenes three-year-old in the ■ fifth race and. right on top of it. tlie practical elim ination as a contender in the closing race of Moae 1 Joldblatls recent $: . »0ft purchas ■. capped the cli max to a series of aggtavatnng blunders at the . barrier by Mr. Iloltnian during the past ten days. ] Wuerzburger was the victim of his assistants s •iiohl-on" tactics and only cantered the journey. whil Ormuzs defeat, despite his very lwd start. was Chiefly due to Buxtons singular hiking ride, as I the Ossary colt could not have lost the race had his rider kept a straight course after he got away, in stead of persistently weaving in and out b bind his opponents and allowing everything within his reach h to get in his way and impede him during tlie early J running. Orniuz had shown a sensational trial on Sunday morning, galloping a half mile with 127 7 pounds up in 4 ;s and fighting for his head all th • amy. fllltltlltt declared after the extraordinary " move that he had the fastest horse in the United * States and he and his friends all over the country lost a fortune in wagers over the result. Aside from the two fiascos the racing was excellent I- and founiful enough. Dr. Colemans and ,! • Mitres wins at long prices were perfectly legitimate. I The ring-made favorites. Senator Warner. "• Iontotoc-and Dorado are and always have hoen very J" uncertain lietting propositions. The continuance of ideal weather for the best of ,f sports lias insured a big daily attendance. The triandstand was filled as usual and thirty-tight II lavers handled the ring business. F. W. Healey will ship ImiHirt and Braggart to 0 New York next Saturday. W. W. Elliott arrived today. The two stakes recently established for decision n in April, the Family Club Handicap of one and ■ one-eighth miles and Olympic Club Handicap of f one and one-quarter miles, have received twenty-nine T~ and twenty-seven entries respectively, including * Montgomery. Jack Nunnally. Rapid Water. Yeil. Lis-aro. £■ 1etcr Sterling. Sugarmaid, Marster, Edwin T. r- Frver. Borghe-d and Brookleaf. Mose loldblatt intends to ship his two horses. Keep Moving and Ormuz. to Kentucky next Monday. Wahoo wrenched her stille in her last race and so did Tavora. for which one of Holtmans "whipp.-rs-in in is resiHinsible. Fourteen valuable stakes, ranging in vahi" from .,, 81.300 to ,000, have been announced for the com-imr «. Seattle samnter meeting of afcaety days. The i,. following officials have been appointed: K. C. Hopper, 1 presiding Judge; Martin Nathanson. racing secretary. r and SI chard Dwyer. starter.
