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FABIOLA HOSPITAL DAY AT OAKLAND OAKLANDExcellent Excellent Racing and a Big Sum Netted for a Deserving Charity Oakland Cal May 23 Fabiola day netted a con ¬ siderable sum of money to the famous local hospi ¬ tal of that name at Oakland this afternoon Presi ¬ dent Thomas II Williams drawing his check for exactly 437050 in favor of Mrs Sarah Tohn B Jewell the trustee after deducting the purses and running expenses The clubhouse and grandstand had been elaborately decorated with blue and white bunting for the occasion and the best people on both sides of the San Francisco Bay were there to grace it The weather and track conditions were ideal rind the card was above the average excellence Only two public choices were successful however howeverDownpatrick Downpatrick won the Fabiola Handicap in 1441 which established a new track record for the dis ¬ tance of one mile and a sixteenth Burning Bush after a spectacular race captured the other feature the Beresford Handicap at five and a half fur ¬ longs In 100 tlat But for interference at a critical point in the running on the last turn Grace G would have won easily As it was Edward Soules mare could never get past the boringout Pajarolta PajaroltaThe The once good race horse F W Barr will not be allowed to start here because he had been con ¬ ditioned by T P Schartz a horseman who was ruled off the turf during the winter winterW W Durker left for Seattle during the day witli his string of twelve horses Fred White will be his principal reliance in a jockey way during the sum iner inerMiller Miller leaves for New York tomorrow
