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CHARITY TO GET BENEFIT PROCEEDS OF CLOSING DAY AT TAMPA TO GO TO ORPHANS HOME Banner Attendance of Meeting Expected Upon That Occasion Bad Day for Followers of Tampa Fla March 1G Five favorites were downed in Kilecession this afternoon before Counter ¬ mand came to the rescue in the closing dash Re cause of several withdrawals from the Held originally carded for the fifth race it was declared off and a now race was snhstituted In the fourth race Da runa a former star now In the Carman stable was hacked to the exclusion of the others She proved a dismal disappointment and never a serious factor in the running finished a distant fourth in a field of live Ben Howe taking the purse from Escutcheon Walerbury another Caruiau racer was favorite in the substituted nice but after flattering his backers to the last furlong succumbed to Alencon and Al vise Valerie had started the Carman following off right bv taking the opening dasli from a fair baud of youngsters in a spirited drive with Chenault ChenaultThe The gate receipts on Monday next the closing day will be donated to a local orphans home It is ex ¬ pected that the banner attendance of the meeting will lie on hand to swell the fund for that worthy charity charityR R P Carman announced this afternoon that lie would disiRjse of nine horses by auction next Satur ¬ day including Sir Ashtou Watorbury Daruma Lord Welles Valerie Katherlide and several other two yearolds yearoldsWilliam William Snyder sent the horses away this after ¬ noon and did creditable work He was unlucky to have Bertha I wheel just as the gate was released causing her to be left leftIt It was rumored this afternoon that the Pensa cola promoters are trying to interest Tom Shaw in the venture ventureThe The countr solicitor will not take action against any of the local Ixnikmakers to secure a definition of poolsclling and Ixrakmaking IxrakmakingHarry Harry White was an arrival yesterday He is fere for the purpose of arranging satisfactorily for shipment of horses that will go to Jacksonville at the cUe of racing hero and also to allot them stflblo room His list hows that sixtyfour racers will l e sent They are the property of C T Patter ¬ son I B Filzgerald Barney Schreiber Tl I Wil ¬ liams J II Nichols G H Brysou and others Mr White is also doing missionary work in the interest of the Suit Lake City meeting May 14 to July 4 According to his views rosKets for that meeting art promising promisingFinancially Financially Hie Tampa meeting has not been a success hut the deficit will be slight The ilosses ame during the first forty days The last half of the meeting lias lKen a paying venture The man ¬ agement feels satisfied that the sport lias been firmly established and that its future is assured
