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QUITE LIVELY ACTION AT JACKSONVILLE. Jacksonville. Fla.. April 7.--Heavy speculation marked the racing at Moncreif Park this afternoon. There was plenty of action in the different races .mil the books reported money more plentiful than n anv dav of the meeting. As only two favorites won and one of them. Halifax, was at a prohibitive iric". the layers had a profitable day of it. Bob iurners sneets showed a good balance of ,100 no the right side of the ledger. A majority of the finishes furnished interesting •Ohtesta. Hugh McCarren. Jr.. won the opening race with his good-looking uiaiden. Loft Over. It was the second long shot that he had won with at the meeting, which means that he has had his share of luck here. . While being led from his stable to the paddock, l.elt Over kicked young jockey Tullett in the lace and knocked pretty much all of that youngsters leeth our. Fortunately no bones were broken iind the lad had a narrow esciqie from death. Lovell won with two of his mounts. Halifax and Malediction, and incidentally they wore the only two choices that made Rood. Halifaxs victory was hi-first in a couple of months, but the old sprinter showed mere speed today than any horse has here and he ran the fastest live furlongs that has been shown over the course. Poiiahlo won at the first time of asking for her new owner. I. Campbell, who purchased Ihe filly al a paddock sale held a! Tampa the last day of that The finish of the fourth race was the closest of the afternoon. No tjuarler just managing to last ong enough to beat Don Hamilton out an inch or J. H. Slack disposed of his three-year-old. St. Abe. this morning to L. Bonner and Co.. and left for Washington tonight. Jockey Mi-Cabe. who was injured while riding here alHHir a week ago. will leave for his home in Bal titnore tomorrow. The report sent out from California that Judge Murphy had closed a bargain to act as the presiding official on Ihe Montana track aext summer proved a little premature. Judge Murphy was asked only a collide of diivs ago if he Would accept the position and wired back that he would, providing the people who have at» optiou on his services for the summer would release him. It Is understood, although Judge Murtdiv would not admit it. that a couple of asso ciations up the line have asked him not to make any contracts for the coming season until he heard from them.
