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OAKLAND JOCKEYS FIGURE IN FRACAS San Francisco Cal February 4 Jockeys E Afar tin and Eddie Taplin engaged in a fracas at Oak ¬ land today and as a result the first named boy was suspended for ten racing days for all but the Schreiber stable while a fine of 30 was imposed on Taplin The trouble started during the running of the Mar ¬ tinez Handicap Taplin on Haleigh P I struck Martin rider of Binocular with his whip while they were in the stretch Throughout the last sixteenth Haleigh P D was In cloe qtmrters and after he was beaten a nose by Binocular Taplin made a claim of foul It was not allowed and on the way to the paddock the two jockeys engaged In another argument When the paddock was reached Martin stepped up behind Taplin and struck Mm Tapliu re taliated with such force that he dislocated two lin ¬ gers and was unable to ride out his engagements engagementsThe The victorv of Binocular came as a surprise Pit of Fortune the medium of heavy support took the third race Phil Mohr sold by Barney Sdircihur to J L Koss was an oddsoil favorite that made a disappointing showing showingSicretarv Sicretarv Treat received word that Johnson Gray will shin five horses from Juarez in the ear with the Bedwell string Orbicular Giles and Servile are among them themMassa Massa and L O Ackerley were brought from Val lejo today and will be trained bv Frank Mahone MahoneArrangements Arrangements have been made bv which jockey Shilling will ride Meltondalf in the California Derby in the event that II G Bedwell does not have a aJ J L Boss who formerly raced a stable on Cali ¬ fornia tracks is organizing another string and has purchased Phil Molir from Barney Schreiber He plans to start the colt In the California Derby DerbyThe The mother of jockey A Thomas is negotiating with an eastern turfman with a view to securing that promising apprentice au engagement on the metropolitan tracks the coming summer
