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JOHNNY LYONS IS BEATEN WINNER OF THE FAMILY CLUB HANDICAP LOSES TO CABIN IN CLOSE FINISH Grasscuttcrs Running Displeases tho Stewards and andIs Is Under Investigation Only Ono Oakland OaklandFavorite Favorite Wins Many New Arrivals Oakland Cal April 7 Cabin reversed his run ¬ ning In last Saturdays Family Club Handicap by van ¬ quishing Johnny Lyons the winner of that impor ¬ tant stake in todays feature race at Oakland The suicidal pacemaking tactics employed with the favorite and a wide stretch turn however were largely responsible for his defeat on this occasion Mclntyre on Cabin gained a slight advantage over Johnny Lyons when a furlong out and then dexter ¬ ously used his whip on his opponents head to retain it and ward oft defeat for the rest of the journey Edward Soules good mare Logistllla which had virtually been left at the post in the big race referred to got away to advantage today and well served by the stiff pace came with a rare burst of speed at the end finishing running two feet to the leaders one oneGrasscutters Grasscutters race in the opening dash won by Sevenfull Is being Investigated by the stewards This is the first time that any horse trained by E J Ramsey has been under suspicion since he be ¬ gan racing here years ago Ramsey was formerly a partner of and trainer for Horace Egbert and Frank Skinner respectively clerk of the course and official form caller on the local track Since EgbcrtS retirement Ramseys jockey R Davis and liis horses have been disciplined disciplinedSevenfull Sevenfull in the first was the only winning favor ¬ ite to score All the other winners however were well supported supportedMiller Miller and Mclntyre shared equally In the jockey honors witli two victories each to their credit Gil ¬ bert and Mentry accounted for the other two twoThe The exodus of horses and horsemen from Santa Anita is in full swing the Oakland racing colony has been augmented by several thousand race fol ¬ lowers since the southern track closed down De ¬ spite an off day and a mediocre card which lacked stake features fully SOOO spectators witnessed this afternoons enjoyable sport sportRed Red Walker was again in the limelight with Henry O as trainer and owner of the most incon ¬ sistent stable of horses here This fast racer was kept closely on the inside by the colored lad Harris and effectually pocketed for the entire journey in the fifth race It is said on good authority that Henry 0 will not ruu kindly on the inside At any rate in all of his wins heretofore he has material ¬ ized after an outside journey and all of his defeats were when kept next to the inner rail
