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MONCEEIFS BANNER CROWD LADIES DAY THRONG TAXES CAPACITY OE JACKSONVILLE ENCLOSURE Several Long Shots Succeed in Finishing in Front Taboo Takes Feature in Driving Finish with Old Honesty Jacksonville Fla February 15 This was ladies day at IMonereif Park and the largest crowd of the meeting turned out The attendance was approxi ¬ mately SRN The crowd packed the aisles of the grandstand and before the running of the first race standing room was at u premium Secretary IMc lfiuian had provided a good card cmil stirring con ¬ tests nssnltcd with heads separating the first anil second horses in three of the finishes It was a had day for favorite hackers however only one of tho first choices winning Three of the winners weru at long odds including Abe Attell at 25 to 1 and San Gil about which 750 to 1 was quoted The fea ¬ ture race u condition affair at a mile brought to ¬ gether Old Honesty Eycbright Taboo Campaigner and O K Herndou and furnished si splendid con ¬ test with Talwo the victor by n short head over Olil Honesty The latter was ably ridden by Gold ¬ stein ibut Tal oo was liis superior Jockey Obert who won with the two outsiders Abe Attell and San Gil was incapacitated while riding Flarney iu the fifth race Hounding the first turn there waa a lot of crowding and Flarney was jammed against the inner fence In the mixup Oberts leg was badly bruised1 He liad been carded as the rider of Rose boro in the closing race but S Davis was substituted substitutedThe The big string of liorses owned by R F Carman left tonight for Tampa where they will be raced for the remainder of the winter 01 eron winner of Hie sixth race was boosted 400 over his entered selling price by W V Casey owner of Mamie Algol wtlicti finished second It was Obetous second victory in the last three days daysC C L Jones is due to arrive from Havana some day this week His mission to Cuba was to look over the Almandares track and to decide on whether a race meeting would ibe given there this winter lie cabled a few days ago that if a meeting was given it would surely 1 e a losing venture wlilcli means fhat Havana will have rib racing this spring W springW 1 Fixer is going along slowly with Boca Grande iind Eye White The pair are being jiointnil for the Derby to be run April 2 It is the intention of Mr Fizer to give both a couple of races before starting them in that stake James McLaughlin is sending Fauntleroy along at a good clip and the son of Little Saint seems to have all of his speed Eddie Dugan will probably have the mount on Fauntleroy FauntleroyMuch Much interest is being taken locally in the ama ¬ teur races that are being featured by the club Two of these events have already been rim and both proved interesting contests The association is hanging up valuable trophies whicli go to the rider of the winning horse The next race of this kind is scheduled to be run February 24 and already several prominent amateur riders from the north have signified their intention of coming on to ride in the race Tommy Wright of Baltimore who car ¬ ried homo a handsome silver punch bowl and a dozen silver goblets as a souvenir of his victory with Bal ¬ lot Box in the last gentlemens race has promised to come back to ride on February 24 Both the Taylor boys of Philadelphia and young Mr Cassidy sou of starter Mars will also be on hand Frank Ortell a young newspaper man who is here will also have a mount in the race On March IK the Amateur Selling Stakes will be run The club has guaranteed a purse of 100 for this race which is at a mile and seventy yards and the rider of the winner will be presented with a mag ¬ nificent gold cap Twentysix nominations have been made for this stake among them Question Mark Sir Cleges First Premium Pocomoke Uubia Granda Black Oak Campaigner Lotus Eater French Cook and Bio Grande GrandeW W A Burttschell has bought from John Powers the contract on Jockey Pease a colored rider
