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QUALIFIES FOR THE DERBY BOCA GRANDE WINS HIS INITIAL START A3 A THREEYEAROLD Fizer Colt Makes Show of Formidable Opposition at atMoncreif Moncreif Park and Now Divides Public PublicEsteem Esteem with Fauntleroy Jacksonville Fla March 1C Another Derby can ¬ didate was uncovered at Moncreif this afternoon in W If Fixers Boca Grande and that colt now divides honors with Fauntleroy in public opinion Like Fauntleroy Boca Grande made a runaway affair of his race and won easily from good opposition Boca Grande appeared to he in line condition going to flic post His coat wus as glossy as a piece ot satin and ho was the picture horse all over He showed good speed in liis race going into a good lead rounding the first turn and for the remainder of the trip he was Veil in hand On the showing of Boca Grande and Fauntleroy local exjterts find It hard to determine which of the two is the better colt On looks Boca Grande would carry off the honors although many of the horsemen point with suspicion to his straight ankles and claim that ha will not stand a lengthy campaign as the Mclangh Hn colt promises to At all events Boca Grando showed this afternoon that he will be fit and ready to run the race of his career on Derby day provid ¬ ing all goes well from now on onOne One of the disappointments of the afternoon wa3 the defeat of Agnes May an oddson favorite in the opening dash Her race was not up to her previous effort and at the finish she was not among the first three threeOberon Oberon scored his tenth victory at the meeting when he captured the sixth race This horse haa been unplaced but six times out of thirty starts He timesJoe finished second six times and third eight times Joe Yeager left tonight for Cuba He will stop at Palm Beach on his way back but will return la time DerbyAlec to witness the running of the Derby Alec Smith arrived from New York this morning and will remain for the rest of ihe meeting Fauntleroy meetingFauntleroy Boca Grande Pulka and Sager have been DerbyJoe nominated for the Latonla Derby Joe Bniley and exjockey Robert Lendrum were visitors at Moncreif Park this afternoon They are on their way back to Toronto after spending several weeks in Cuba CubaThe The following is a summary of the sale of P M drills stable which was held in the paddock pre ¬ vious to the races this afternoon Zacatecas br c 3 by Mexican Soncy Lass LassS S A Clopton 1700 Shapdale 1700Shapdale ch g 4 by Shapfell Cloverdale II IIJ J Steiruer 900 Elgin 900Elgin br g 4 by Pirate of Penzance Belie Belieof of Elgin M Boasberg 750 Topsy 750Topsy Robinson br in 7 by Sempronius Spider Dr S T Guilds C50 C50Woolstoue Woolstoue br g 0 by Woolsthorpe Fonso Fonsolette lette II McCarrcn 400 Cablegram 400Cablegram AcrosstheSea b g 7 by Mazagan Acrossthe Sea D Hill 275 275Jockey Jockey Dave Nicol who is showing his oldtime form here has closed a contract to ride for the ShawSchrciber stable during the remainder of 1010 The contract calls for 750 per month besides the usual fees for winning and losing mounts
