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SPELLBOUND BEATS BUBBLING WATER Pritchard Candidate Takes Thanksgiving Handicap at Oakland Hooray Changes Hands San Francisco Cal November 24 Although threatening weather prevailed In the morning and there were light showers in the afternoon the lar ¬ gest crowd of the season was on hand to see the run ¬ ning of the Thanksgiving Handicap at Oakland to ¬ day The race was at a mile and an eighth and a field of six went to tjie i ost with Bubbling Water ruling favorite Iticlnird Dwyer sent them away to a good start Chester Krum assumed the lead under sufferance with Bubbling Water In close attendance Spellbound took the lead at the halfmile post where Archibald was taking Bubbling Water to the outside to pass Chester Krum At that stage of the race the favorite lost considerable ground allowing Spellbound to draw away and secure a lead of over two lengths Bubbling Water closed gamely but could not catch the son of Albert aud hu won easily Chester Kruui was third Although the course was not at Its best the race was run in 15L only a second slower than the track record Wellsupported horses won most of the other races In the first race Busy Man collided with Sona and fell throwing Buxton Later Sona threw Fogarty Both boys es ¬ caped injury Hooray winner of the fifth race was bid up from 4CO to 700 by C P Lamar and be ¬ came his property propertyGeorge George Howson one of the oldest living jockeys In America was a recent visitor at the track He Is now well over the seventyyear mark and only visits the track occasionally He is in business iu Oakland He is one of the few jockeys who have ritlilen in races when over t0 years of age ageAndy Andy Blakeley is troubled with sickness in his stable Pluvious Summertime Rinda and Cool Spring are all troubled with coughs aud colds
