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MONCREIF PARK RECORD IS BROKEN Merry Gift Sets a New Mark for Mile and Sixteenth and Holesey Equals Another Track Record Jacksonville Fla March IS Five of the six races at Moncreif Park today resulted in driving tinisbes with small margins separating the first two The track was hard and fast and in the clos ¬ ing race Merry Gift established a new track record by running a mile and a sixteenth in l4 j In the preceding race Molesey had equaled the track record for a mile and seventy yards In the feature race a condition affair at one mile the Held passed the judges stand at the finish so closely bimcheii that a blanket would have covered the five The winner turned up In the outsider Osorine which beat Ful lill a neck with the oddson favorite Aromhick another neck away and a head in advance of Cross ¬ over Arondack was the victim of an injudicious ride Bergen carrying his waiting tactics to an ex ¬ treme Comedienne winner of the breeders purse was the only favorite that rewarded the public Several of the winners were at long odds and the layers were able to recoup some of their recent losses lossesJockey Jockey Butwcll arrived from Sheepshead Bay this morning He came south to ride Fauntleroy In the Florida Special the richest stake of the meeting which will be the fesrture of the sevenrace program offered for tomorrow Butwell will also have the mount on John Grillin II in the special sixfurlongs dash in which that bush sprinter will meet Xealon Pautoulle ami Jack Parker ParkerIrving Irving JL Wheatcroft arrived this morning from Kentucky He came to witness the running of the Florida Special in which the St James Stable will lie represented by Green Seal and Woohviuder
