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NEVA LEE PROVES A DISMAL FAILURE FAILUREShows Shows Speed in Her Race but Fails to Stay Jockey Mclntyre Guides Three Winners Oakland Cal May 25 After a years retirement A K Daytons fnst Kl Kio Key mare Neva Lee made her second appearance under advantageous weight conditions in the seven furlong race fourth on the card at Oakland today She was badly beaten by younger horses of her own sex none of whicli could have made this light of other days extend herself beyond a canter when in her prime Neva Lee which fell very lame while racing on the met ¬ ropolitan tracks last summer is now apparently as sound as ever so far as her underpinning is con ¬ cerned but she is touched in the wind and this af ¬ fliction was Ihe cfiuse of her undoing today The rare was also marked by tlie sensationally forward running of the fouryearold maiden Purse Kose which at odds of 100 to 1 finished a fastgoing second to the heavily backed favorite ryo Bye II IIThe The card was well balanced and moderately attrac tive tiveJockey Jockey 7 Mclntyres riding was the outstanding feature of the sport his trio of victories on Yada Altamer and Kduardo being so skillfully achieved as to evoke spectatorsCricket1 applause from the spectators Cricket1 Kelly also distinguished himself in a lesser degree by piloting home a couple of winners in Mental Anguish and Bye Bye II He leaves for Seattle in the morning morningThe The horses belonging to M Keis as well as C Sanfords left for the north during the afternoon in charge of trainer Joseph Tigue Five carloads of yesterdayThe racers were shipped from Oakland yesterday The slaughter of favorites began its second week run today only two in Yada and Bye Bye II ma ¬ terializing terializingBookmaker Bookmaker Koy Offutt lias decided to renounce the racing end of bis turf operations and will sell Sun Mark Mlntln Belle of Portland Pox Elder John C Graus and Bribery at public auction t morrow morrowJames James Nell has also announced his retirement from tlie turf and ia early sale of his horses horsesICiuma ICiuma recently barred from racing on tlie local track has been bought by J II Schreiber at private sale saleTlie Tlie following culls from T II Williams estab ¬ lishment were sold at auction last Saturday llu mero Altadice Walter Miller 101 Pavo Kdrona and Who The lot brought t 25
