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GREEN SEAL WINS SPECIAL MOST VALUABLE OF FLOEIDA STAKES GOES TO IBVING H WHEATCEOFT Fauntleroy tho Favorite Loses All Chance Through ThroughInterference Interference jThree Track TrackEocords Eocords Beduced Jacksonville Fla March 19 The Florida Special tho richest race of the winter meeting at Moncrelf Park was won today by Irving II Wheatcrofts Green Seal which led his field from start to finish and l eat Mrs L A Livingstons promising Uiree yearold Sotemia a length in aii end drive that lasted throughout the final furlong The stake had a guaranteed value of 5OOO and eleven of the best handicap racers in local training went to the post James McLaugldins threeyearold Faimtleroy con ¬ ceding weight to everything in the race was made a warm favorite He was backed almost to the ex ¬ clusion of everything else in the nice and went to tlie post at 2 to 1 while as good as G to 1 was laid against the second choice choiceFauntleroy Fauntleroy was ridden by jockey Butwell who came from New York specially to pilot the colt Whatever chance the McLaughlin candidate might have had was ruined by repeated interference It looked as if several of the jockeys in the race purposely Interfered witli the favorite Tlie Instant the barrier was lifted Rio Grande ducked and colliding with Fauntleroy knocked him oft hla stride Butwell was forced to pull up and was last to leave the post He made the mistake of taking his mount through on the inside and at the first turn Faimtleroy was sharply cut off and all but went to his knees This experience was re ¬ peated twice on tlie backstretch and again on thfe far turn A Sysonby or a Colin could not have sur ¬ mounted the interference Fauntleroy was subjected to Tiie Chelsea Stables Taboo finished a fast closing third coming from behind and running on stoutly Hill Top was fourth Pulka fifth and Fatmtleroy seventh Tlie mile and a quarter was rim in 205 representing a new track record for the distance distanceIIaiitoJifle IIaiitoJifle buns up a new track record of 1115 for threequarters when she won the third nice She came from last place and beat Ncalon a length The latter was taken wide at the turn for home or he would have won Tlie early pace in tlie race was extremely fast Jack Parker and John Gritfin II going tile first wlf in 40R Pantoufles improve ¬ ment resulted in suspension for the horses trained by J P IMaylwrry and also jockey Bergen pending an investigation of the miming of the mare mareMany Many of the dockers caught Strike Outs time in the sixth race as 111 although the official time made It a full second slower Strike Out made a runaway affair of it leading his field all the way He was entered to 1 e sold for 700 and was old up by Herman Brandt to 1200 at which figure hewas byught in by his owner ownerAmong Among this mornings workouts were wereFont Font Fiveeighths in 100 Guy Fisher Threeeighths in 38 38Placide Placide Threequarters in 120 120Otilo Otilo Mile and a sixteenth in 153 v TalHJo vTalHJo Mile and a sixteenth In 152 152C C 4Dr W Burt Threequarters in 115 4 Dr 1Duke Barkley Threequarters In 120 1 Duke of Ormonde Mile in 148 Sotemia Half mile in 51 Stafford Half mile in 51 Kllanette Threeeighths in 38 Sepoy Maid Threeeighths in 39 39Bang Bang Mile in 142 142Aunt Aunt Kate Thrcequarters In 119 119Pantoulle Pantoulle Threeeighths in 39 39Hooray Hooray Fiveeighths in 109 109Ida Ida May Mile in 144 144The The following horses were sold in the paddock today Starboard F J Pons 1225 1225Hanix Hanix J Hewitt 45O 45ODander Dander E J Crawford 350 350Diction Diction G Brazier 275 275Chess Chess F J Pons ISO ISOColetta Coletta W Donohue 125 125Vanios Vanios W Donohue 125 125St St Deiniol W Donohue 125 125Renovator Renovator E Dudley 100 100Edentata Edentata J Kirkpatrick 100 100Silicic Silicic F J Pons 225 225Gimp Gimp Breeding Bureau OX OXElvira Elvira Breeding Bureau OO OOGeorge George W Lebolt F J Nolan SOO SOOJohn John Kilgore L Kelly 225 225Ruble Ruble J Hewitt 45O 45OCounty County Clerk W V Casey 210 210Lens Lens M Collins J05
