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WELL-CONTESTED SANTA ANITA RACING. Preston Shows Skill in Riding Three Winners — Ogdcn to Have a Race Meeting. Los Angele-s. Cal.. April 5. — M. Preston showed a flash of his old time form today when he rode throe winners over the line. Preston will do P T. Chinns riding for the remainder of the season. He- will thep go to I.ouisvnie and rest for a spell, after which he- will go to Canada and do the Chinn riding on that circuit. Mr. liinn sent ioekev SclileMiigcr to his home in New Orleans today, as he diel not care to take any more chances with the Im v. Dick Dwyer fined jockey C. Russell 5 today for breaking through tlie barrier with Madeline Mns grave, ami set down C, Henry for two days fcr breaking up starts. Shilling was vociferously greeted when he went to tin- |H st on Stringency. W. Murray, who is N-re. state-el today that a fifteen dav meeting would be- held at Ogden. 1tah beginning May 5. to dovetail with the meeting that begins at Salt Lake Citv Mav 22. .T J. Walsh. Walter House and William Gabriel will sell their entire strings in the paddock here next Saturday. Jockey Musgrave was fined 0 by Judge Hamil teen after the- last race today for not kee-ping his mount. Third Rail, straight in the final eighth. Jockey Me-Cee is confined to his home with a slight attack of tlie grippe. George Rose will send a liooking crew to book at tlie Victoria. B C. meeting. . Tin- coleers of P. T. tliinn were much in view today and were- seen in front in three different races. Be scored with Pretension, the Golden Butterfly ami Prometheus, all of which were well backed. The- card was well balanced throughout. Pri-tensioii appe-areel to have little chance in the first race- after the- field hail gone the first quarter, but he made up ground like a flash after passing the far turn and. hugging the inside rail when turn ing for home passed into an e-asy lead in the final sixteenth, winning going away. Rcdoudo was an i-asv se-cond over Velnia C. Whe-n Third Rail won the last race the lioy on Alma lio lodged a complaint of foul against tin-winner, but the judges., after deliberating over the matter for at least five minutes, finally decided to allow the race to stand as it was.
