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MEELICK SPEEDY AS EVER. GETS A BAD START BUT DEFEATS SOME FAST SPRINTERS IN FINE STYLE. Two New York Owners in Luck When Yankee Daughter and Niblick Win — Penn Sold i to D. S. Fountain. San Francisco. Pal.. A| ril fc — Meelick. the frequent Derby winner of I0o» . iu.nl ins first appear IMC in fourteen mouths mi tlic local track today ami made good convincingly. HildrHhs ureal three year old of last sprint: has been in retirement lor ■ year ami his niosi recent races at Santa Aniia were below par. Therefore, layers and player-alike ignored liis pretensions in the lasi rare, de spite such inferior opposition as Early Tide. Cloud light. Jeanne dArc. Inise Rose and Patricia K. Despite a had start Meelick practically doQiinalcd The running throughout. When seemingly certain of victory in ihc final sixteenth lie was suddenly and unexpectedly menaced hv the despised outsider. Batty Tide. Mcelicks better class asserted itself. however, and lie drew away and won amidst the plaudits of lite 6,00S turf enthusiasts present TW4 New Y.rk owners. T. 1 . Sullivan and Il«N Koden. were represented bv the winners. Vankcc Daughter ami Nihllck. Koth were at lucrative odds. The formers victory was most sensational. Ihillp .1. Dwycrs former good colt. Sir .lohn. also ran an extraordinary race lust hefore that. The racing began and ended with winning public hoiocs. The remaining races were annexed liv outsiders. In tin? whole, the afternoons racing opera lious were in favor of the layers. The weather wa-perfect, track faster than in four months and en thusiasui at fever heat. The proverhial blaze of glory aptly descrihes the winding up of the glorious sport in this state. The electric hattery incident in connection witli the recent Colonel White ooup is elosed. W. A. Kirwan left for Barnev Schreihers Wood lands stud farm in Missouri last Might. Jockev Gilbert has unit riding for a while. II. T. Crittin. having disposed of his Santa Anita racers, has returned to Oakland to sell out his local -lahle. T. B. Crist will race eight horses at the coming Victoria meeting for Barney S hrciher. S. C. Hildreth is making overtures looking to the re engagement of jockey K. hugan for I lie im-tropoli tan season. II. C.. Kedwell will divide his log stabh- this sum lner One division will he raced at Salt Ijikv Citv in charge of W. II. 8peace, Kedwell himself will take the pick Of his horses to the llenver meeting Penn has .hanged hinds. I . S. fountain has lust bought him from .1. I». Millin.
