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: FLEETWING NOT TRULY RUN MELISANDE. FAVORITE, GETS OFF BADLY AND SUCCUMBS TO RUSHING TACTICS. — tm Magazine Benefits by Fast Pace and Is Easy Winner —Infatuation and San Vito Successful at Lengthy Odds. New York. July 28.— R. F. Carmans Magazine was winner of the Fleetvving Handicap today over Colloquy and Melisande. The race was not a truly run one for the reason that Melisande was off badly and jockey Shilling had to rush her in the early stages to overtake Colloquy, which showed startling improvement over her previous effort. Magazine was reserved behind all this fast pace and*, saving ground on the stretch turn, came away with ease in the final furlong. The brief history of the Fleetwing Handicap is as follows: Year. Winner. A.Wt. Jockev. Val. Time: 1908 Magazhie 3 99 D. Mctr thy.,370 1:154 1909 Jack AtkUi 5 130 V. Powers.. 1,108 1:12 1910 "Magazine 1 3 109 G. Archibd 1,150 1:12 The day was marked by two surprises, when James R. Keenes Infatuation beat Scarpia home and when San Vito just got up to nap Apologize on the post in the last race. San Vito was never at less than 30 to 1. While Infatuation wa»s about half that price. Dominus Arvi. an odds-on favorite iu the closing race, quit utterly after going into a long lead on the backstretch. Hectagen was a victim of a bad ride, audthat was tlie principal reason for the vie- * tory of Rogon. Jockey Lang bad Hectagbn off rather badly and made no move until the head of the stretch was reached. There he closed with a great rush, hut in the final sixteenth Lang changed his course twice without any apparent reason and- the colt just failed to get np. Korinak. after a long absence, came back fit and was one of the easy winners of the day, while J. H. Reed also scored easily. Secretary Percy W. Treat of the New California .lo key Club wilt have a representative at Saratoga soliciting entrU * for the Oakland stakes.. S. C. Hildreth has re-purchased Woodcraft for ,000.
