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TAMPA MANAGEMENT RUNNING RING Puts on Four Books and Individual Layers Drop Oat Duration of Arrangement Uncertain Tampa Fla January 11 Only four books all rontrolled by the association were In line this after ¬ noon and the prices they quoted were of the tightest kind According to General Manager Strode no other layers volunteered to draw in when they learned that the association intended putting on books How long the present arrangement will prevail is uncertain When the ring was an open one bookmakers hail ample opportunity to go on and because they did not do so the association had to devise some means of deriving a revenue from the ring The manage ¬ ment did not iHMitfit to any great extent by the ring operations this afternoon for most of the winners were heavily supiKirted The only winner to score at lucrative odds was W I Hindi in the closing dash Incidentally he turned a form somersault as compared with his start of yesterday Though fairly large fields went to the post speculation cen ¬ tered chiefly on one or two of the starters in each instance and results verified the public judgment Mcttie Bereaud which looms up as of Oaks caliber made her second start of the meeting and again scored the easiest kind of a victory over good opposi ¬ tion Shu showed a high turn of early speed and never left the issue in doubt Jack Laxson landing second place Sir Catesby which went amiss after liis good race in the Louisville Derby last spring made his winter debut in this race but was palpably unlit as was Ida May holder of the American record for a mile and twenty yards Anna Smith Grace Kiuiball and Acolin were shortpriced starters that cantered home in advance of their opponents opponentsCanoplan Canoplan scored the narrowest victory of the aft ¬ ernoon just getting up to beat John Garner on the j ost ostGold Gold Call was ordered withdrawn from the fifth race after betting had started 1 ecause of lack of proper identification His trainer G Getchen will 4 e suspended indefinitely by the judges for becoming abusive abusiveJockey Jockey Davenport was fined 25 by the starter for disolHdlpnce at the iiost and jockey Kolm was sus jiendtd for ten days for a similar offense
