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PENSACOLA MEETING TO BEGIN MARCH 19 Program Book Distributed Tampa Favorites Fail Carman Stable to Race at Jamestown Tampa Fla March t With a return of favorable weather and track conditions today there was a cor ¬ responding improvement in the sport which was witnessed and enjoyed by the largest crowd of the week The defeats of live favorites did not help the layers much for lie reason that all the winners were extensively supiHirlcd The favorites that failed included the Schrellier entry in the owning cace The Clown in the second Sir Asliton in the fourth Hen Howe in the fifth amid Clysmie in the sixth Most of these choices failed to IKJ formidable contenders The o ciicr introduced Newcomer Che nanlt Defier and Captain Hand as firsttime starters Newcomer was the only one of the quartet that did not show greenness and made a spirited bid for the purse but succumbed to Goodacrc in the last few strides Rucked shins partially accounted for his defeat Chenault ran promisingly and closed a big gap like n good one oneIn In 1hc fourth race Sir Ashton went into a fifteen lengths lead during the lirst half but tiring badly in the final furlong Tallow Dip won as his rider pleased pleasedCassowary Cassowary landed the purse In tlio fifth from a fairlv good band of sprinters That former crack Oiseau made his local debut in this race He ran fairly well and probably will land a purse before the close of racing here hereFlora Flora Hiley surprised the smart set in the closing dash by scoring a success over good sprinters at threequarters of a mile supposedly too short a distance for her Judge Dnndon the only winning favorite never gave his backers much concern and led for the entire trip tripThe The program book for the first week of racing at Pcnsacola was distributed to horsemen today It announces the opening date as Saturday March 19 two days earlier than the scheduled time for closing here With the exception of the first race on open Ing day all the purses are of 150 value The inau ¬ gural dasli will IK for 200 Five races are irded but a sixth mice will lie given daily to suit the horses at hand handThe The Jamestown meeting which liegins April 1 will receive many Jiorses from this point R F Carman announced his intention of shipping at least twentyfive there to lie raced M F Sheedy will also send a consignment consignmentJockey Jockey Mewes who arrived here recently from Juarez had his first mount this afternoon and wns susi endcd by the starter for the rest of the meet Ing for disobedience at the post postJockey Jockey Irvin will not be permitted to ride here iii future the officials deeining it for the best in ¬ terest of racing to keep him out of the saddle
