Stanley Fay Comes Out In Good Form.: Wins at His First Start Since His Accident in the Los Angeles Derby., Daily Racing Form, 1908-05-27

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STANLEY FAY COMES OUT IN GOOD FORM Wins at His First Start Since His Accident in the Los Angeles Derby Oakland Cal May 20 Stanley Fay outclassed his opponents in the Montara Handicap and captured that race at Oakland today like a good one despite his evident lack of condition This was the crack three yearolds first appearance since he ran in and was defeated by Moolick in the Los Angeles Derby early In the year He came out of that memorable race bleeding profusely from his front feet both of which had burst at a critical point In the running Stanley Fay has thrived marvclously and grown a new set of fore feet during his retirement of several months and experts believe him capable of holding his own with any horse in training here William Walker had only a modest wager of 100 on his colt yet he was the medium of the heaviest backing of tho afternoon Glorio the rnnnernp was also another rejuvenated celebrity Last summer at Seattle Fines colt was acclaimed the best twoyearold on the Pacific coast and had an unbeaten record but he subsequently trained off and todays race was the first glimpse that local racegoers have had of his real form formThough Though only two actual favorites out of six were successful the other winners were second and third choices No extreme outsider was in evidence which is something unusual on the local track as hardly a day has passed since the long season began that has not been marked by a victory for some long shot shotThe The uncertainty of the sport was sharply Illus ¬ trated In the twoyearold race in which the crack Baldwin star Del Cruzador at odds on was beaten by Maijretania Mclntyre MaijretaniaMclntyre despite his best efforts failed to ma ¬ terialize with the two favorites one second and a third choice that he rode during tli afternoon and the large following that lie had begun to attract left the track big losers In deference to popular opinion jockey Walshs sentence of a week on the ground may be remitted remittedG G P McNeils string was shipped to Seattle io4 Cay Meutry the stable jockey wcat uloug


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