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MARWOOD BRINGS DISASTER TO BOOKMAKERS Favorites Take the First Five Races and the Heavily Backed Outsider Heaps Their Woe WoeOakland Oakland Cal April 17 Ring doings during the running of todays card at Oakland were sensational in character from first to last Heavily backed fa ¬ vorites scored all down the line five victories in succession until the last when a killing went through on Marwood an extreme outsider backed down from 40 to 1 to 20 to 1 The thirtyfive layers were unable to get out on the defeated oddson and outstanding favorite Lnretta in the last race because of lack of support from the public which had been burnt so often that It invariably fights shy of shortpriced starters from the Bedwell es ¬ tablishment Therefore the ring was forced against Its will to virtually hold Luretta at 3 to G in the betting and was again mulcted for a large sum of money The Marwood coup almost caused a finan ¬ cial panic at the close Some idea of the extent of the disaster to the bookies may be gained when George Rose was unable to pay off Marwood tickets His losses had averaged 2000 to a race up to the last That Bedwclls jockey put up a badlooking ride on Luretta was the general verdict after the race He seemingly did not make any effort until it was too late lateEvery Every winner during the afternoon enjoyed the best of racing luck which materially helped them to victory A majority of the immense crowd present profited handsomely and this will act as a stimulus to the game gameJ J Dinkelspiel claimed Booger Red for 1200 1200The The starter suspended Fred White the jockey on Metlakatla for incompetcncy White incurred his ire by getting away last with Dnrkers mare which is notorious as the slowest beginner in local train ¬ ing ingMidget Midget Walsh fell with Woolen while at he post In the third race and the horse roilcifplirtiairy over the prostrate lad Applegates crack light ¬ weight gamely remounted and finished second and the grandstand spectators applauded him wildly when he returned to the scales It was a wonder ¬ ful exhibition of nerve and gameness gamenessSmiley Smiley Corbett W Cahills speedy threeyearold which has been sick for several weeks Is recovering recoveringJ J M Stokes has arrived at Oakland with several good horses among them Bonnie Prince Charlie Creston and Succeed
