Seattle Form Still In A Tangle., Daily Racing Form, 1908-08-21

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SEATTLE FORM STILL IN A TANGLE Seattle Wash August 20 Todays results at The Meadows afforded favorite supporters no re ¬ lief As on the preceding day every one of the public choices was bowled over making It thirteen favorites that have lost without a single break All of todays winners closed at 4 and J to 1 with the breaks favoring the layers Fantastic and Smi ¬ ley Corbett were the only favorites that made even a respectable showing In taking Fantastics mea ¬ sure in the most pretentious contest of the card Green Seal equaled Charles Kdwards American record of 1303 for a mile and an eighth at Brighton Beach last jear This was onolifth of a second faster than the MeadowsTo existing record at The Meadows To beat Smllev Corhctt Uorly Tide was forced to equal Toupees track record of 1118 for six fur ¬ longs An unfortunate outcome of the nice was that Early Tide pulled up hime with a ligament nf one leg badly ruptured which probably means an enforced retirement of considerable duration durationColonel Colonel Dick Zclliia and Adalbert Belle were three favorites that made poor showings Triumph ¬ ant the remaining favorite had interference as an excuse Peter Sterling came out of his race today with a bowed tendon tendonPreen Preen has returned from a highly successful cam ¬ paign in western Canada CanadaHigh High Gun was bid up to 705 by II McKncry but was bought in


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