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YOUTHFUL SCORES A RUNAWAY VICTORY. Jacksonville, Fin.. April I.— Youthful, coupled TVlth 1earl Point as the Dunlop entry, won the Smith. Richardson mid Conroy Handicap, one of tin-big features of ilie meeting at Moncrcif Park, t In— afternoon, lie was ridden by Hariy. dasheil into ■ commanding bad in the first aaarter, held his enae nents safe at all stages and won in a canter. IK-spite the showerv weather a lane crowd turned out. wliich shows that Jacksonville race-goers arc rapidly becoming enthusiastic regulars. II. Michaels. the New York turfman, furnished lie- winners in the first two laces in l.ustacian and Foot. Miciia.lv ruauged trainers yesterday. Me took tin horses troin Jack Baker and arranged with I. S. Siniih :.. hand!-them Smith ran Select II. in the same race with Font and this, betel bronchi to the notice of the officials, thev ordered thai the pair be coupled. Belling, however, had been going on for live niin Otes. which led to twenty additional minutes lieing allowed for a new book. Two favorites and two well backed second cuoi.es won. tin- successful favorites lieing Judge Sautter and Font. The latter ran a sensational race, coining trom last place and. afier clo-ing a gap of aboal twenty lengths, got up in the stutcli and won easily from Miss Topsy. In the third race Spunky stumbled and fell before lliey had gone a lurking. The horse turned a complete somersault and his rider. McCalie. wa« thrown heavily. He apiieared to he only -tunned vhen picked up. but afterwards became unconscious find was laken to a local hospital. In Ilie first race jockey Obcrt. who had the mount on She Wolf, was unseated iust as the start came, lull he suffeic-d no injury by the mishap, as he came hack and won the third race witli Malvina. Jockey J. Reid. Hugh Pennys Utile light weight. rode Che first two winner-. U Rurton. owner of Alice, met with an accident tbi. morning. While he was standing out on the Hack watching his tilly work, odd Klla ran into 1 1 j in witli siitficient force to knock him down. The ma re struck Burton on the left side iust below the heart, and he was unconscious for some little time after the mi-hap. Fortunately, no bones were broken :uid he will be up and aliont again tomorrow. Spunky rati away Ave miles a tier he fell in the third race, which probably means that hi- chance-«.f winning at the meeting are ruined. This horse had been working well and found strong support in todays race. The gelding. Mackerel, died this morning as the remit of an attack of lung fever. neither Campbell won two races. Malvina carrying his colors to victory in the third race and Judge Cviiilley in Ilie sixth.
