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RISK TAKES TWO RACES IN ONE DAY. Savannan. Ga.. December .SO. Racing at the Thuuderltolt com-sc showed marked improvement, and it- was the most satisfactory days sport since the opening of the meeting. Larger fields of better class horses went to the post in each of the five races run today and faster time was recorded. The feature of the. day was the double, victory of three-year-old Bisk, which, after winning the third race, came right back and disposed: of a good band of opponents in the fifth, including Belle of the Bay. the favorite. Leonard Joe Haymau and Jigger. The race for gentlemen jockeys, scheduled for New Years Day. created much Interest, not only in the Savannah people but also in the surrounding tK. ...., "ij.s branch of the sport being the tonic of conversat.0?. .at all of the clulw. Judge Fran?r , Nelson gives a dinner Xew Years Hight to the officials of the Jockey Club and the newspaper men at the Thunderbolt Casino. The steeplechase course now beiug laid out will add to the local interest In the sport and should prove quite an attraction. Saturday has been set npart as ladies day and a good!y attendance of the fair sex is looked for.
