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MILE RECORD IS REDUCED OZANA SETS NEW MARK OF 139 AT MONCREIF IN BEATING SAGER Hawklike the Only Successful Favorite Horses Fafl Faflbut but Serious Consequences Are Averted Davis on Three Winners Jacksonville Fla March 2S Keen contests were seen at Moncreif Park this afternoon four of the finishes l eliig especially close anel arousing much enthusiasm S W Streetts Hawklike was the only successful favorite Hawklike won the second race la a driving linish with iBoelega The latter slumeel a great flight of early speed but when straighteneel out in the homestretch he bolteel to the outside fence ami all but unseated jockey Gauz Tliis enabled the Streett juvenile to take the lead and lengthIn win iby a scant length In the opening dash an accielent occurreel as the horses were finishing in which Coqueta and Marie Hyde fell in the middle of the bunch Fortunatelv jockeys Adams and Dennison escaped injury The spill took place opposite the upper end of the grandstanel sinel was caused by the tiring leader Klmeta Hamilton bearing to the inside The latter was seire going to the post and is said to IKJ bothered with bael ankles Palma won by a neck In a driving linish from Amyl which beat Elmeta Hamilton by an equal margin for the place Jockey placeJockey Stanley Davis who is under contract to P M Burcii piloteel three winners He had the mounts on Hawklike Carroll and Ozana Barney Schrei bers Derby colt Sager forced Ozana to run a mile in 139 to beat him This represents a new track record for the distance Sager was carried wide en ¬ tering the homestretch while Ozana slipped through close to the inner rail railYamu Yamu and Gatien Lass two horses that O J Decker brought south from New York were sold at auction on Saturday C Wilson securing Yauia for 400 and C Reed taking Gatien Lass for 95 Topsy Robinson went to E Stokes for 475 Firm to P Knebelkamp for 105 Herdsman to W Perkins for ioo iooThe The differences between jockey Brannon and his stepbrother J Brannon have been adjusted and the lai will In future ride for T Hattield He leaves for Jamestown tomorrow tomorrowSpellbound Spellbound ran in the name anel colors of C W Richardson toelay the latter having purchased him of morningEel L M Holmes tills morning Eel Tipton anel E 1C Bradley were among the visitors at Moncreif Park this afternoon afternoonR R I Williams toelay stated that a mistake was made in saying that Mose Gumberts or C Cella accepted the parlay wager that he placed in St Louis on Colonel Ashmeade and Jane Swift The party that accepted the wager was Kid Becker and not Mr Gumberts or Mr Cella according to Mr Williams WilliamsJames James McLaughlin has been unable to secure the services of jockey McCahey for Fauntleroy in the Derby next Saturday It may be that Troxler will have the mount or possibly J Wilson WilsonDespite Despite Boca Jrandes disappointing showing of last week when he was beaten by Taboo aud Wool wineler his owner W II Fizer still has enough eemlielence in the son of Sempronius to wager 500 that he will beat any horse mimed in the Derby He offered to wager that amount with Harry Shaw e n Saturday that Boca Grande would beat Sagor and when the latter did not accept he saiel that the l let et went for the owner of any either Derby colt horse against horse Boca Grande will be ridden by Mountain MountainThere There is some talk of a race meeting being given on the Grosxe Point track at Detroit this summer This plant is one of the tinest in the country and lit the event of adverse legislation in Canada a great meeting could no doubt be held there It is said that several men high up in Michigan politics are hchinel a scheme te lease the track from its present owners anel give a highclass meeting As a matter of fact negotiations are already in progress to that end endJockey Jockey Gauz who has been riding for the St James Stable will leave for New York at the con ¬ clusion of the present meeting having signeel with James 1C Keene for the coming season Ganz will elo the light riding for this powerful stable aud under the skillful direction of James Rowe he is likely to develop into a great race rider riderA A B Dade who did the starting at Tampa passed through here recently on his way to Ken ¬ tucky where he will rest until the opening of the Pindieo meeting at Raltimeire Mr Dades work with the barrier at the west coast track was pro ¬ nounced excellent by the horsemen who raced there and before he left he promised the management to go back next season Mr Stroele told me that a COdays meeting would be given at Tampa next win ¬ ter saiet Mr Daele anel that no purse e f less than iO would be given He has ample financial back ¬ ing having interested a wealthy patron of the sport in the venture In the event of adverse legisla tiein in Canada Mr Daele will do the starting at La tonia He was offered the position by Captain Tillirs and if lie deies not accept James Milton will se nd the tielels away awayC C C Cainpau who is assistant general manager of the InterMeiuntaiu circuit lias arrangeel for a tif teencars special fremi here te Salt Lake Citv to Ieave the elay following the close of the Moiicreif meeting This circuit besides Salt Lake will com ¬ prise CityCharles Cheyenne Cexmr dAlene and Boise City Charles White has received word from F A Forsytiie that lie will ship a division of his stable made up of ten twoyearolds Dorante Berrv Maid and Twilight Queen from Louisville to Belmont Park April 20 Raleigh Colston will remain at Churchill Downs with Waldo and a dozen twoyear olds and joekey Vincent Powers will have the mount V slliV KclltSky Derby The stable of P m T Chinn will leave here Thursday for Belmont i uric uricThe The talk of the track this morning was the sensa ¬ tional trial of Fauntleroy which was given work In pieparatiem for the Derby to be run next Satur ¬ day He worked the mile and a quarter with 125 pounds on his back In 2 i The work waV nlceU thVste rt rtT T thelln1 U tJr fastertlmn ailrtt was nlso worked He went t ht 101i Ol tailed off the mi 1 rliSlltS e tUe wereVasflilefwV11 whP 0tUlr workouts King of Yolo Threequarters In 117 Console rlhreeeiuarti rs in 118 iVmt mt Kt Kllt Seveneighths in 128 Defier Threeeighths in 55 Ben Howe Fiveeighths in 102 Phintlanel Mile in 145 Westbury Mile in 144 King Avondale Fiveeighths in 107 Louis des Cognets Threeeighths in 3 Chess Threeeighths in 37 Font Threequarters in 1 19 Dave Wallace Mile in 144
