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TAMPA PATRONAGE IS IMPROVING Tampa Fla January 20 With the return o good weather today brought a boom to local racing and for the first time in weeks there was an activity that compared favorably with older established anil more pretentious racing plants TJie big crowd in attendance appreciated the sjiort and accorded the winners hearty applause on their return to the scales Favorites contributed to the enjoyment of the public bv winning frequently five first choices leading their opposition at the finish of their re ¬ spective races Seven layers quoted odds and had no cause to complain of thu volume of business Tin sixfurlongs handicap went to Judge Cahiniss after a rousing struggle with Colonel Ashmeade Canopians Improvement in the third race was glaring In view of his bad showing in his previous start He displayed high speed for the entire dis ¬ tance and won cantering Burtons listless effort on Alice In the race did not escaiw the attention of the judges and he was given a tendays suspension The suspensionThe lecture that joclcey Lang recently received evidently was of benefit to him for it wa miinlv due to a hustling ride that Otogo landed a slight margin in advance of Claiborne in the closing dish Water Lake the favorite in this race was the oiilv J first choice to meet with defeat There were rumors afloat that Tom Shaw the wellknown layer would invade this territory next week bookThe and send at least one crew to operate a book The onetime good racer Goldsmith retired on several occasions because of ailments shows signs of standing training on this track and should earn brackets l efore long longThe The track is showing steady improvement and fairly fast time was recorded in the earlier parts of each race
