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TALK OF JACK ATKINROSEBEN MATCH New York June 10 When Roseben and Jack Atkin won races in magnificent style Friday talk of a match race at seven furlongs weight for age to be decided at Sheepshead Bay was revived Ilose ben according to his owner and trainer has wholly recovered from his long illness and is now as great a sprinter as ever He ran a superb race on Friday with 135 pounds and never looked better betterJack Jack Atkin the real wonder of the present season still holds remarkable form According to the weight scale for June Jack Atkin in such a match would carry 133 pounds while Roseben with geld ¬ ing allowances would pack 130 The Ioseben peo ¬ ple have been anxious to settle the question of supremacy for some time and if the Coney Island fockey Club will agree to hang up a 5000 purse for sweepstakes at say 2500 a corner it is proba ¬ ble the match will be clinched
