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MOSCREIF HAS BIG KILLING COUP OF OLDFASHIONED SORT BROUGHT OFF WITH VENETA STROME Fast FoiirYearOld Maiden That Had Never Before BeforeStarted Started Proves Easy Winner After Being BeingBacked Backed Down from Long Odds Jacksonville Fla IVbrnary 25 One of tho big ¬ gest killings pulled off litre lliis winter was mane when Veneta Stroinc rsin away from a hanil of fast sprinters In tlie foiirlli race at Moncrcif Iark this afternoon V neta Stroinc is a fouryearold maiden ovne l iy a local 111111 nanied C AV Richardson that lias been kept under cover for two years As far luck as last summer it was known that this was a firstclass lace mart hut she was apparently for ¬ gotten liy tlie rank and file and the result was that her owners and his connections were enabled to ob ¬ tain as good as 10 to 1 against the filly It was the first start in the fillys career Despite the strong supjiort accorded the Chinn entry Veneta Stromes price had been forced down to 5 to 2 by post time When it came to the running there was nothing to it but Veneta Slrome Musgrave rushed her to tlie front soon after tlie start and after drawing away into an easy lead of a couple of lengths found no trouble In retaining that advantage for the remainder of the trip Iteport is that her backers not only scorched tin local ring but that handbooks throughout the country were also trimmed trimmedTlie Tlie track was deep and heavy but despite the un ¬ certain going three favorites won Jockeys Powers and Ganz each piloted two winners While riding Ino ICeardon in the fourth race jockey Obert re ¬ ceived a gash on his leg from the spur of another jockev The wound prevented him from riding in the last two races and Ganz was substituted on Tres Joli and Pocomoke both of which won wonAfter After spending a night in the county jail Mrs Laura Glhuore wife of Uobert Gilmore a horse owner and trainer at Moncreif Iark was arraigned tliis Jiiorning before Justice of the Ieace L 1 llowell and when she pleaded not guilty to a charge ulOilutLiKisuJlUnved to iro under bond of 500 f ur nlslied by I II MTMfTlaii The charge of malicious libel was preferred against Mrs Gilmore by Manager H I Urown of the Florida Live Stock and Agricul ¬ tural Fair Association The charge grew out of the publication and distribution of a circular signed by Mrs iilinorc which accused Manager Brown and his associates with all manner of alleged crookedness and otherwise sought to cast reflection upon their integrity This circular nrinted upon bright colored paper was distributed about the city several days ago and caused no end of comment pro and con The publication of the circular followed tlie action of Manager Brown in ruling Mrs Gilmore off the track when she assailed him ii the grandstand regarding the treatment of a horse Patriot owned by her husband The race track oliicials allege that her language was offensive to ladies nearby at the time timeJockev Jockev Guy Iurns did not ride any of the Schorr horses today and there was some talk that his em plover was dissatisfied with the boys handling of Fulfill in the fifth race yesterday when the latter was all but left at the post postSidney Sidney Colin one of the bookmakers at Moncreif was lined S25O by the officials for circulating stories detrimental to tlie officials officialsZacateeas Zacateeas winner of the third race was boosted SHOJ over his entered price of 1100 by Sam Louis lint owner CIvIlI protected the colt and Itought him in witli the usual advance of
