Favorites Have A Day At Windsor.: Zipango Succeeds in a Close Finish--Jockey Powers Rides Three Winners., Daily Racing Form, 1908-07-24

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FAVORITES HAVE A DAY AT WINDSOR Zipango Succeeds in a Close Finish Jockey Powers Rides Three Winners Detroit Mich July 2 Despite the featureless card iinother good attendance was at Windsor this afternoon Those who pinned their faith to favor ¬ ites were well rewarded as four choices landed purses pursesJockey Jockey Powers followers also reaped a beneflt as he landed three of his mounts winners in addition to finishing second and third thirdThe The closest ilhish of the afternoon came in the closing race when Eipango The Thorn and Lady Esther were so closely grouped that none outside of the judges stand could say with any decree of cer ¬ tainty which had landed the purse The placing save Kipango Jirst money and The Thorn second place Lady Esther was the medium of confident support and on her showing at Latonia it was fully justified She cave early hope to her backers by staying in the lead but in the closing furlong tired perceptibly shortAfter and may have been short After many attempts Mose Ooldblntt finally man ¬ aged to take a purse when his Keep Moving making her first start since her bad race in the Latonia Derby cantered away from a poor band in the opeu ing race Fred Cook landed his daily purse when Maxim tnii wrll ridden by Nicol beat a fairisli hand of j Ministers at threequarters in the second race re Dale and Arrowshaft were the next to take rse The former had little Ullliculty hut Ar wshaft had some trouble in disposing of his opposition and but for the fact that Aralia was witv badly and poorly ridden would have sustained nef at Senator Barrett sliowlng marked improve ¬ ment over his previous racing made a show of the other in the lifth race and won all the way The wayThe exodus of horsemen from here began in earn ¬ est this morning when T Garson J II Madigan and It F Carmans strings were shipped to Fort Erie J Dymcnt aud A J Woston will transfer their liorses to the same place tomorrow In the evening a special horse train will convey many studies to the same point pointW W Oliver will at the close of the present meet ¬ ing ship his band of racers to Saratoga H L Thomas string In charge of Henry McDaniel will be sent to Sheepshead Bay on Monday next nextB B J Glldersleeves useful racer Ilmvkaina died this morning from lung fever feverWord Word was received here during the afternoon that R C Hildrcth had secured a contract on jockey O Kocrner aud that the rider would leave at once for Seattle to join the stable stableDion Dion Kerr will ship three jumpers to Montreal at the closi of the meeting meetingConsiderable Considerable doubt Is manifest In these parts about the Quebec racing resumim UuturuhiL horsemen from that point state that the attendance is the smallest in the history of any track trackNugent Nugent Bros have in the past few days gathered a big band of cheap racers that they will ship to their home in Missouri In the list are Comic George C Clawson Glenroller Kill Chaml ers Safax W J Loughry Maycana Mike Olt Mabel E Irinccss Tine Ena Floridaglen Little Jennie Wave Crest Esquire C II Shilling Perfector Oroonoka Jungle Imp Masauiello Lackuaught Scarecrow and Woodwlteh


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