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VOX POPULIS LABOR DAY HANDICAP Seattle Wash September 7 Light rain that s t in during the forenoon and continued until after nice time affected the going at The Sleadows some ¬ what today but failed to keep local racegoers away from the track one of the largest crowds of the fceason being on hand to enjoy the good holiday pro irrani of seven races Form was surprisingly well observed four favorites and two second choices figuring among the winners Vox Iopuli continued his victorious career by winning in handy fashion the Labor Day Handicap worth almost 1OOO to the winner Pedro which ruled a slight favorite made a game challenge for the stake but succumbed to clearly a better horse after a stirring stretch drive Vox Populi has earned the right to be considered about the best of the allaged handicap division in local training over t long distance of ground Shirley Rossmoro was the one surprise of the day Although tiring badly at the end this speedy but fainthearted fillv upset calculations by lasting for five and a half furlongs The race had been marked bv a tre ¬ mendous plunge that made All Alone a favorite hut that horse got no part of the purse purseEarly Early Wright will leave for Santa Anita Park to ¬ morrow with Ills stable W Freemans horses will go in the same car
