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TAMPA MEETING NEARS ITS END Patronage of Closing1 Days Especially Good Falling of My Kitty an Incident of Yesterdays Racing Tampa Fla March IT The closing days of the Tampa meeting are being marked hy good patronage Probably the largest crowd of the month aw the races this afternoon The card did not promise much out of the ordinary hut some of the resulting con ¬ tests were keen and spirited In the second race there was a spill that momentarily threatened to be attended with disastrous results but luckily terminated in nothing1 worse than a shakeup for rider and horse As the field was rounding Into the stretch with Kathryne Gardner and My Kitty slightly in advance of the others My Kitty stum ¬ bled and went sprawling To avoid the prostrate filly ind her rider some of the others were forced to jump the pair Fatherlide directly behind My Kittv when she fell struck jockey Green as he at ¬ tempted to rise hut inflicted only a slight braise The accident partially contributed to Ella Brysons defeat hy Kathryne Gardner and also enabled Good acre to l eut Fatherlide for third place Jockey placeJockey Fain again came into the limelight hy pilot ¬ ing three winners On Kestless Lady he was called upon to display skill to win from Daisy B Con ¬ fessor and Alberta II noses separating the quartet The CanrSji stahle scored a double during the after ¬ noon with Sir Ashton and Paradise Queen The hitter took the feature race In commanding style from La Heine Hindoo The latter was intended for a good thing thingAn An exceptionally big list of entries to the Latonia stakes which closed today was turned in by local horsemen Ed Corrlgaii was one of the heaviest nominators Pat Dunne entered his colt Sallau in the Derby I 15 Fitzgerald A Lasance C E Pat ¬ terson and G It Brysou were others who made numerous engagements for their horses horsesOut Out of deference to th wishes of the local church people the iirouwsxd donation of the gate receipts on closing day to the Orphans Home has been abandoned abandonedMore More encouraging advices have been received from Vensacola The latest is that a force of fifty men is engaged in Iniilding stalls and that another big force is working on tin grandstand and betting ring The track it is said will be in good condition It is also said that the meeting will have the sanction of the Southern Jockey Club
