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SANTA ANITA IS POPULAR ATTENDANCE HOLDS UP DESPITE THE CLOSE OF THE MEETING IS NEAR. Green Soal Runs One of His Good Races and Outstays Gowan — Close Finishes Amonc tho Two-Year-Olds. Los Angeles. Cal.. April ! . -Despite the fact lh.it the inceiiiig is to last only aerea ■en days, the crowds hold -ood and . dearly demonstrate that Ihere is no diminution in the interest in the spoil bete The summer weather of tlie last few days has made the track exceptionally fast and good tiin-has been registered in almost all the races. Most id" the horse n are making preparation* to ship from hare in the next few das. P. T. China siliips his entire string to Canada nest Mondav. Big fields were Hie rule in todfeya racing, but despite this fact Hie public picked the winners and had much tin- better of the days speculation With the liookmakeis. Interest centered in the fourth race at one mile, lowau being made a 1 to 2 favorite, but the win ner tinned up in Green Seal, which finally ran H I his good races with odds as good as 12 lo 1 posted against his name. Showing inueh spied, he was in front all the way and hail enongli left under keen urging to withstand Jowans game challenge in the final sixteenth, winning bv a short margin. Frank ■ Flittner was an indifferent third. The finish was so etose in the two-year-old race that none but the judges were ill a position to aay which won. live of them swooping over the line in close alignment. Camera, however, got her layover first in the last stride, with Roberta second and Donovan third. Dominick OMalley las surrendered his has i the Baldwin horses. He look the lease only for ;; period lasting until Hie will was probated. OMal leys luck with his era li horses has been very pa since lie -.hipped here from Texas. The promoters of the Victoria summer meeting have laaned a book containing Information concern ing the Canadian city and details of tin- forthcon ing meeting. one item thai appeals strongly P. horsemen Is the cost of feed. According to Unhook the cost of hay and oats is about one hair Of that charged here. This is proving a big inducement to horsemen to ship to Victoria.
