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ARMY OFFICERS SPECTATORS AT TAMPA Tampa Fla February 24 Five first choices ac ¬ counted for that many purses this afternoon the only favorite to fail being 11 D Williams Merry Gift which was thought the safest betting propo ¬ sition of the afternoon She probably would have won tout for erratic Ixehavior at the post Several distinguished U K army officers took keen enjoyment 111 the racing and witnessed several of the contests from the judges stand Tlie management has ex ¬ tended invitations to the officers of the U S gun ¬ boats Dubuque and Marietta and the Italian gun host Equtraria to be guests of the association to ¬ morrow Tlie management is also trying to recure the consont of Gejieral Sterret to allow commis ¬ sioned officers now here with cavalry troops to par ¬ ticipate In a military nice next Saturday for horses in the service to l e ridden by officers and to carry regulation military equipment A suitable purse will Ive divided among this placed horses and in addition a silver cup will go to the troop of which tlie winning rider is a member memberU U F Carmans Stepfather earned his second bracket of the meeting when he landed the opener with Count de Oro and Tods Cottage his closest attendants Tlie race was marred by a mishap at the start Kathryue Gardner stumbling and unseating her rider The sendoff was one of the poorest that starter Dade has made this season seasonM M J Dalys Nebulosiis came from almost last place lu the last quarter to down Occidental in the fifth race The latter has finished consistently sec ¬ ond in her last foar starts startsBIHIo BIHIo Hlbbs redeemed himself by showing improve ¬ ment over yesterdays effort and taking the purse in the closing dash in bandy style from Clysinle Merman finally managed to win n purse for J W Healey but was forced to Go his best to outstay Hamon Corona CoronaBy By winning the opening dash on Stepfather jockey Fain lost his apprentice allowance for all but his contract employer It F Carman as it marked his twentyfifth victory on Florida tracks tracksLynian Lynian II Davis secretary of the Churchill Downs and Empire City tracks wired from Jacksonville today that he would be unable to como here in the interest of his stakes and requested local horsemen to forward their entries to Louisville arid New York before the closing date March 1 1T T II Stevens lias disposed of the fillies Alsine and Diato to local parties who will use them for breeding purposes The animals each brought 100 100Carlos Carlos A Costa of Havana Cuba is here for the puriKise of buying1 a number of mares and horses for shipment to the Cuban capital
