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JOHNNY LYONS TAKES OAKLANDS FEATURE FEATURECaptures Captures the Family Club Handicap Defeating Best Horses at the Track Oakland Cal April 4 After a series of qualify ¬ ing races at sprinting distances Johnny Lyons the fouryearold son of Sain La Rella won todays rich stake feature the Family Club Handicap at Oakland over one mile and a furlong with ridicu ¬ lous ease The winner was heavily and persistently supported throughout the betting Eleven of the best handicap horses iu training here faced the starter for this recently inaugurated stake includ ¬ ing the almost invincible Sugarmald Rubric Logls tilla and seven others all of which Johnny Lyons outran practically all the way in the good time for the distance of 152 Rubric with Walter Miller up was the favorite but was hemmed in so com ¬ pletely through the last half mile of the Journey that he had no opportunity to show what he could do Cabin finished a fastgoing second right on top of a bad preceding effort Cloyne finished third because Sugarmald was not ridden out vigorously to save that position Johnny positionJohnny Lyons win was the crowning upset of the afternoons racing Every race but the third in which the local sprinting champion Gemmell was engaged and made good at prohibitive odds in his usual brilliant style wound up with unexpected win ¬ ners The previous history of the Family Club Handicap is as follows Year Winner A Wt Jockey Val Time 1907 Voladay 5 112 C Koerner3375 201 1908 Johnny Lyons4 103 J Hayes 2330 152 1 14 miles in 1907 1907In In addition to the 2330 of first money the owner of the winner of the Family Club Handicap also teccived a magnificent trophy in a solid silver cup which was donated by the famous social organi ¬ zation in whose honor the race was named Society was plentifully represented in the usual big half holiday todayThe gathering at the track today The bookmakers of which there were thirtyeight in line enjoyed probably their most profitable day of the season
