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WALTER MILLERS SICKNESS SUDDEN ATTACK CAUSES HIM TO FOREGO RID ING AND MATERIALLY AFFECTS RESULTS Judge Pettingill Departs for the East Tanforan to toBe Be Prepared for Use Next Winter in Rainy RainyWeather Weather Silver Stocking Left Oakland Cal April 9 Walter Miller was seized with a sudden attack of illness which was subse ¬ quently diagnosed as biliousness while at the post on Mlntia in the first race at Oakland today and con ¬ sequently was unable to do the horse justice Of futts candidate finished no better than a close fifth to an extreme outsider Curriculum which found it easy on this occasion to decisively dispose of a shortpriced and almost backedofttheboards favor ¬ ite in Xagazam Betting had progressed for some time on the second race before it was announced that Miller had cancelled his riding engagements for the remainder of the day dayThe The incompetent Mentry was substituted on Mid die after all bets had been declared off and an additional twenty minutes allowed in which to make a new book on the race Mentry bungled his work on the Macdonough youngster and Middle was the second heavily backed public choice and best horse that went down to defeat It was the Irony of fate that the champion jockeys sudden indisposition should have deprived him of the unique honor of probably piloting four straight winners in Mintia Middle Darunia and Toupee and possibly another in his namesake Walter Miller in the last race raceEvery Every one of the lastnamed quartette was also poorly ridden and it was the consensus of opinion that Miller could not have lost with any of them had he been able to ride instead of Mentry Mcln tyrc and Keogh KeoghThe The start in the fifth race was a farce Holtman allowed Entre Xous one of the worst actors here free rein at the post and it resulted in a flying start for her and the leaving at the post of the favorite Silver Stocking Bedwells mare had an outside positioi at the post which the owner sub ¬ sequently admitted made her a 100 to 1 shot as she would not break from the outside position on account of being blind in the left eye which pre ¬ vented her from seeing the horses on the inside insideA A succession of outsiders scored until the last raee which was captured by the oddson favorite Boggs after a hard struggle in the very slow time of lJ2g lJ2gSince Since the good news from New York was received that racing had been saved In this country W Caltill has changed his mind about going to Seattle and will race his brilliant stable of turf stars In the east next summer summerJudge Judge C II Pettingill who has been associate judge in the stand with E C Hopper left today for Xew York where he will occupy the stand at Aqueduct with Judge Clarence McDowell McDowellThe The Xew California Jockey Club has under con ¬ sideration several plans for bringing the track at Tanforan up to modern requirements and it will probably be used next winter during the rainy sea ¬ son sonThe The transcontinental trains leaving San Francisco today carried a big delegation of horsemen who wish to be present at Aqueduct when the eastern racing season opens next Wednesday Emil Herz who brought a number of horses here from Xew York last fall which lie sold soon after reaching the coa t and entered the rinks of the layers and afterwards backedthem from the ground left this afternoon for Xew York YorkStarter Starter Holtman will soon be released as starter here to enable him to keep his engagement on the Kentucky tracks Dick Dwyer who has been on a vacation sinde the closing of Santa Anita Park will relieve Holtman and will handle the barrier until the close of the meeting then going to Seattle where he is to handle the flag at the Meadows Peter Sterling Jack Nunnally and Rubric have been assigned top weight for the Olympic Club Handicap next Saturday by handicapper Nathansoni They will each carry 110 pounds
