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TWO OWNERS SCORE TWICE R L THOMAS AND E GEORGE WIN LIONS SHARE OF MONCREIF PURSES Selling1 Race Activities Renewed and Two Horses Change Hands Jockey Gilbert Restored to Favor Over Protest of Judges Jacksonville Fla March 4 It was an ordinary card that was decided at Moncreif Park this after ¬ noon and in all but the closing dasli the winner won with plenty in reserve With the track ill its present condition owners are not anxious to send g wxl horses to the i ost Despite the poor caliber of the fields four of the purses were taken bv favor ¬ ites three of which were at oddsou in the ivetting Henry ivettingHenry McDaniel furnished the winner of the two yearold race in R L Thomas Fruitful which made a runaway alTair of the threeeighths dash The same trainer followed up his success in the opener by saddling the winner of the second race in the fast sprinter Carroll an especially good racer in heavy going goingJohn John Griffin II added another to his list of vic ¬ tories here by easily beating his opposition in the fourth race and his stable companion Joe Kose cap ¬ tured the following purse Jockey Vincent Powers rode three winners winnersThe The halter men were again active After Forty Four won the third race John Powers trainer foV II L Shaw promptly boosted him 00 over his entered price ami secured the colt for SOO The Memphis turfman J W Schorr took a hand in the Imosting himself after Joe Rose won the fifth race and bought him for 1200 which was an advance of 500 over his entered price Joe Kose 1ms changeil hands four times in the past few weeks Booger Red ran in the name of the Budweiser Stable today tw local men named F II Robinson and F K Garduer having purchased him this morning for 2000 There were several arrivals from different point this afternoon John ONeill father of jockey Frank ONeill at present riding In France came over from Tampa He Is on his way home to St Louis Cap ¬ tain Tohiii of the Ilnkertou service stopped over on his way north froin Juarez and E E Smathcrs and a party of New Yorkers who are on their way south on a fishing trip visited the track M trackM J Shannon will leave for Memphis tomorrow and Fred W Gerhardy who has been appointed rac ¬ ing secretary and associate judge at Jamestown left tonight for Nashville He will return in a few days to NorfolkG solicit the shipment of stables to Norfolk G I Chase purchased Tivolini after the races from F J Pons He will be shipped to Toronto with other horses that Mr Chase has purchased here and will be schooled over the jumps Jockey jumpsJockey Gilbert has been restored to favor by the stewards of the Southern Jockey Club As In tho case of jockey Howard the action was taken over the BradyCharles protest of judges Murphy and Brady Charles Wilson arrived this afternoon from Juarez with Howard Pearson Light Knight and Plume J Wilson was brought along to do the riding
