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OAKLAND RECORD EQUALED EQUALEDMETROPOLITAN METROPOLITAN BUNS THE FUTURITY COURSE IN FAST TIME OF 108 Royal Hiver Creates Stir by Winning at 50 to 1 Jockeys G Garner and G Archibald on the theSick Sick List and A Thomas Again Injured San Francisco Cal November 29 Hoyal River upset calculations by taking tUo fifth race at odds of 50 to 1 at Oakland today This was the longest priced winner of the season Sepulvoda the favor it Milked and Sake the second choice suffered iiiloiTereneo at tin start startIn In winning thu leaf tire race Metropolitan equalec I In track record of 1OSJ for the Futurity course Tin son of Filigrauc appeared best of the Held but Kit of Fortune ruled favorite Away tiving Mctro IHiliian was never headed and won from Setback and Kalroiiia figureKileigh Bit of Fortune failed to cut any figure Kileigh came hack and took another purse when ho led his tieid home in the third race Noon slow to got going was second I II Miller bid up Ral ijli from 1000 to 1200 and Frank Doss went to M O in order to retain him KHerd a wellsup IMirted outsider took tbe first race from Captain John the favorite which stumbled in the final six ¬ teenth At the start Twilight Queen threw A Thomas and the boy was shaken up He was unable to ride during the remainder of the afternoon Garner was taken ill and Fogarty was substi ¬ tuted on Hitter Sir in the last race G Archibald was also out of the saddle owing to illness illnessDeveloping Developing jockeys has proved a trying task for many horsemen and it requires much patience to educate them up to the standard of a finished rider Garner who has ridden more winners than any jockey in the country this year is an example Two seasons ago Bob Allen who has a string at Oakland turned the boy loose despairing of ever making n rider of him He was at Los Angeles at the time and held a threeyear contract on Garner Earl Llnncil took up the rider shortly afterward and the boy is now heading the American jockey list listMarkie Markie M Joe Moser C II Patten and two year ¬ lings owned by W C Weaver J T Weavers South ¬ ern Sold and O B Rogers Chilla make up the siriig that W J Speirs brought to the coast
