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DAY OF BRILLIANT SPORT. CRACK RACERS GIVE OAKLAND PATRONS REMARKABLE DISPLAYS OF SPEED. Doranto Runs a Great Mile and an Eighth Royal Tourist Makes a New Three-Quarter Mile Track Record. San Francisco, Cal.. November 21. At the weight Durante outclassed liis quintette of opponents in the Burk Handicap at Oakland today and had no difficulty in dominating the running from start to finish. The vastly improved Don Enrique was the only horse in the race that wivi tlie winner the semblance of an argument, and to superficial observers the result seemed moment:irily in doubt when he ranged along- ide of the leader in tbe iirst sixteenth of the ilretcb. Dorunte. however. piickly relieved- the tension bv drawing away under persuasion with a rush, eventually winning off in the fast time for the mile and tin eighth of 1:51k. Despite the receding market ilwut the winner he was persistently upported in the lHtting. The llildreth nair. Montgomery and Tonv Fnnst. were favorites of the rings c,vn liiaking. as the public lct all around them in seeking for the- winner. Kyebright. victor in the Opening Handicap, closed probably the best backed of anv of the starters. The Swigert Handicap, at six furlongs, run as the aixih race, engaged seven of the fastest sprint crs. in training. This promising feature resulted in a nose victory for Koyal Tourist, the favorite, after a long and thrilling drive with Jeanne dAre through tin entire length of the stretch. The big crowd cheered when the time. 1:115. a new const record, was exhibited. From the publics viewpoint todays racing, while brilliant and spectacular, was far from satisfactory. It began with the defeat of Fireball, an even-money 1 ivorite ridden by the local jockey idol; Shilling. Dei pite the tremendous support which entered on Bedwclls horse, the market was panicky. Away in the lead. Fireball lost ground steadily and finished beaten off. The race-goers had some consolation when the always popular Sehreiber colors finished in trout on his show horse. Deiitschland. Two more favorites in succession were beat en in Cotytto anil Nadzu. the former being tin! victim of inferior work by the starter. J. Ramsey claimed Cressina out of the first race for ,325. A telegram was received from an authoritative source in St. Ixnils tliat the Crescent Oitv Jockey Club Is going into liquidation in a few days, and that John llachmeister will leave for New Orleans next week. ... lolonol Frank Fowler, who formerly owned tin-Newport nice track, was a visitor at Oakland this afternoon. Jockey Holmes was fined 5 by the stewards for the alleged crowding of Cotytto on the far turn with Strike Out in the second race. Barney Sehreiber has. iirst call for the California reason on the lightweight jockey, N. Deverich, a recent arrival from the middle west.
