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JOHN GRIFFIN II WDfflER SPRINTER FROM BUSHES TAKES PRINCIPAL JACKSONVILLE RACE Three Favorites Score After Outsiders Take First FirstHalf Half of Card Davis Continues to Ridewell Jacksonville Fin March 20 Jolm GritTm II that gt od sprinter from the bushes figured in smother good performance at Moncreif Park this afternoon when he picked up 125 iMiiintls and ran liveeighths in r beating a hand of rast racers including T nn McGrath and Huffman He ran tin first half mile in 47 and in tins stretch drive hung n with great gamencss He was the first winning favorite or the afternoon and came in for strong support Tlie first three purses went to outsiders mid then the lirst choices swept the card After speculation had l een going on for atMint ten minutes f r the lifth race all bets were declared off The apprentice allowance on ISuserrian had Ijecn waived and through an error the ring had not been notified of tlic change in weight Tiic Burch filly Belle Mawr was always the Lotting choice in this race and she rewarded her hackers by making a runaway affair of It showing giwd speed all the way and winning with ease at the finish Jockey S Davis rode two winners Capsize and Fore nard Four of the finishes found the winners under Iwird drives and in two of them short heads separated the two leaders leadersW W A Porter returned this morning from Louis ¬ ville where he went to attend the funeral of his lifelong friend lloliert Tucker He rciwrts the horses at Churchill Downs in fonvard condition and that the Kcntuckians are looking fonvard to the lK 8t meeting this famous old racing ground has seen in years The field for the Kentucky Ik rhy this year will be highclass one and Mr Porter will return to Louisville at the conclusion of the racing here to witness the running of the big race raceSeveral Several prominent eastern men stopped off on the way north from Palm Beach to witness the running of the Amateur Stakes tomorrow Among them was Dr Mitchell a business associate of Richard Croker who lias been spending the winter in Florida with Mriiroker Dr Mitchell was the guest of I T Chlnn and occupied his box during the afternoon Archibald iMcClure Jinotlier prominent New Yorker was also present He too has Iteen spending the winter months at Palm Beach and will remain over to witness the running of the amateur race tomor ¬ row
