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CAPITAL RACING AT SANTA ANITA. Czar Defeats Glorio in a Rousing Finish — Ida May Runs Away from Ethon. !...» Angel.s. Cat. March ::1.— The draw in today saw unh nineteen books in line, those to withdraw befatC Barney Schreiber. Sam Wolfgang and Mose Raphael. The weather was ideal for racing pur poses and a big crowd was on hand. I»ii k Dwvor closed with the management of the Salt Lake- City track today to do the starting there. George Rose announced today that he would run a high class casino for Americans at Carlsbad and would leave for the other side as soon as the meeting was over here. Andy Rlakoloy shipped his entire string of horses from here to Oakland today. Tlie card today was in keeping xx ■ t li thai of ves tefaay and was pnduotivo of some verv close fin isbi-s The feature race "as the Canopus Handicap, which brought a field of five of tin- best horses in training hero to tlie post. Clinrio was made a slight favorite and was heavily hacked bv the talent and public but had to succumb to Czar, which is one of the most consistent horses that has raced here this winter. Old Timer, displaying a high order of sliced led the way to the final quarter, where Gloria orertook him and shook him off when an eighth out. But here Czar, which tiad been sharplv oatpeced to this point, came fast through close quarters, tlie two beading up for a sensational last sixteenth drive. Czar. Imwcvor. proved the gamer, winning by the siiortest of margins, with Vox Iopuli a fair third. Much interest centered in the third race at one mile. Lthon was always held around the even money mark, at which dds he was generously supported, but he failed to make good, finishing a poor second. The light weighted Ida Mav took the track when the barrier went up and. setting a dazzling pace throughout, was never seriously threatened, win niug by two and a half lengths with speed to spare. Ethon tiled palpably in the final sixteenth under a hard drive and just savid second place from the fast coining Molesey Mike Newsbanm has been restored to good standing by Judge Hamilton.
