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OWNER ON STAKE WINNER TOMMY WRIGHT AND RIO GRANDE SUCCESS FUL COMBINATION AT MONCREIF James Hewitt Afterwards Becomes Owner of tha thaHorse Horse hy the BiddingUp Process Flying FlyingSquirrel Squirrel Wins at First Asking Jacksonville Via March CO The Amateur Sell ¬ ing Stakes one of the feature events of the meet ¬ ing was the attraction at Moncreif Park this aft ¬ ernoon Tommy Wright who is one of the most skillful nonprofessional riders in the country found it easy to win the stake with his consistent Rio Grande Kthon and Pocomoke coupled as the Hewitt entry finished second and third Rio Grande was the imhllu choice and was ridden with excellent judgment Young Mr Wright reserved him in the early stages and waited until the stretch before making his effort He slipixd through oi the in ¬ side at the turn into the homestretch where Mr Pons carried First Premium wide and assuming nu easy lead won witii plenty in reserve Entered to he sold for 500 Rio Grande was bid up 400 pVer that price by James Hewitt owner of Ethon who secured the horse for XH air Ortells mount C W postThe Burr was lame going to the post The racing conditions could not easily have l een improved HIMMI The weather was just warm enough to be genial while the track was at its best In the opening dash the sinedy Flying Squirrel made his first ap earance In public since last year and rewarded his backers by making a runaway affair of the race Miss Loris just did manage to beat flits fastclosing and iioorly ridden Autumn Rose for the place placeF F T Miller left for Jamestown this morning with his sprinter Fond Heart Green B Morris E George and W Keating will leave for Jamestown tomorrow tomorrowJ J J Mackesscy Joe Ilayman L Allenberg 31 Boasberg George Senn John J Reaper and several others left tonight to be on hand tor the opening at Jamestown oil Friday FridayJockey Jockey James Reid will remain hen until untilafter after the running of the Derby having been engaged to ride James McLaughlins Fauntleroy in that stake
