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MUD RUfflERS IN DEMAND HEAVY RAINS CONVERT MONCREIF PARK COURSE INTO QUAGMIRE Public Has Good Line on Horses with Ability to Run Well in Trying Going Days Winners Including Four Favorites Jacksonville Fla February 2S Todays races at Moncreif Iark were run over a track that was a veritable quagmire of slush and mud The going was deep and holding and the sturdiest mudrunners enjoyed a great advantage The talent had a good line on the mud racers and in four of the six races they selected the right ones Three of the races were attended by close and stirring finishes while in the other three the winners scored by long mar ¬ gins ginsThe The twoyearold race went to It L Thomas Clay son of The Commoner which spreadeagled his field and won in a canter bv four lengths Two of the riders in this race were suspended by the siarter Troxler getting a week and OConnor two weeks weeksHorace Horace E which finished second to Coonev K ran in the name of E F Coonev who purchased the horse of Itobert McKeever this morning Horace E came out of the race decidedly lame and it Is thought that he has broken down downW W W Finn who is interested in the meeting at Salt Lake City left for Utah tonight Jockey tonightJockey Phil Goldstein has left for his bouie iu Chicago to spend a few weeks with his parents previous to reporting to his employer Captain W F Presgrave at Pimlico PimlicoW W Perkins arrived with six horses from Tampa Warner Griswell also got in from the same place He GoodharteDP will be handled here by Chris Goodharte DP Barkley which has been racing here in the colors of James E Gaffney has been sold to W B Mitchell MitchellThat That good threeyearold Milton 15 has been turned over to 1 T Hughes who arrived from Lexington this morning The latter will prepare the colt for his eastern engagements Secretary engagementsSecretary Joseph McLennan of the local club has turned over something like 200 entries to Lyman II Davis for the stakes to be run at Churchill Downs and CityThe Empire City The first twoyearold stake of the meeting will be run on Wednesday when the Ie Soto Selling Stakes will be the attraction The conditions ot the race call for a contest of half a mile All of the gk d OIKS that have been shown here are among the eligibles A meeting between Isabel Cassie and Master John will prove interesting as each has a great following P T Chinn has all of his good Ben Brush colts in this stake and also his Ethelbert youngster The other stake event down for decision is the Everett Hotel Handicap for threeyearolds and upward at seven furlongs sched ¬ uled for Saturday
