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BOCA GRANDE IS BEATEN TIZEE THEEEYEAEOLD LOSES PEESTIGE BY DEFEAT AT MONCREIF Taili to Stay in Eace at Mile and an Eighth and andFalls Falls in Public Estimation as a aDerby Derby Candidate Jacksonville Fla March 24 In the fourth race at Monereif Turk this afternoon W II Flzers Derby eandhlate Boca Grande lost some C the prestige lie gained last full when lie met and defeated the iicst of his age at Latonia It was the lirst time that lioca Grande liad been asked to go as far as mile and an eighth and he was found wanting There were no excuses for his defeat except that he was conceding weight to everything In the race uui pace f the race was slow the first three quarters being run in 115J with Boca Grande cantering in front Jockey Mountain had him well in hand until the far turn was reached When called on lioca Urande appeared unable to draw away and in tiie stretch he collapsed and was beaten out by Taboo and Woolwinder The former won by a length and Boca Grande was beaten the same distance for the place The ollicial time for the race was 153 but several of the dockers caught it as 154 Boca Grandes chances for heating colts like Fauntleroy and Sager in the Derby are not so well regarded as they were before his showing today Some advance the theory that Boca Grande might have run better had Mountain permitted him to go along all the way without restraint but many shrewd horsemen look upon the colt as more of a sprinter than a stayer The twoyearold race went to It L Thomas Clay which won in liandy fashion KearneyHome from the fastclosing Sir Kearney Home Him picked tip 120 pounds hi the fif tli race sprcadeagled Ills company and ran seveneighths in J 2Cg 2CgJoe Joe Yeagor returned today from Cuba and will remain here for the rest of the meeting meetingSmug Smug ran in the colors of F W Halle today Ho was purchased by the latter this morning from 1V J Healey
