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JACKSONVILLE RECORD MjlUmggED Elfall Hakes New Mark for 1 316 Miles Sport Prospering Despite Reports to the Contrary ContraryJacksonville Jacksonville Fla November 20 Keen contests wen ilic order at Moncrief Park this afternoon A majority of the finishes were close enough to be interesting and in one instance the winner remained in doubt until the official placing was displayed The attendance was good and speculation brisk Despite the stories that are being sent out from here by some who have been barred from the course the patronage and quality of the sport at Moncrief are steadily improving improvingFour Four favorites and two outsiders won this after ¬ noon the successful choices being Hibernica Hoff ¬ man Alfred the Great and Elfall V Towers and Beau Brnmmel were winning outsiders both of them at long odds John Iteardon was an absentee from the feature race a sevenfurlongs condition affair The Schorr colt was not eligible having won a race f a greater value than 500 since October 1 With him out of the way Hoffman looked to be in a soft pot and this proved to be the case as Hoffman dashed into an easy lead at the start and led all the way wayWilliam William Shields scored another victory this after ¬ noon when Alfred tlie Great beat King Avoiulale a iioic on the post in the fifth race Mr Shields has gathered together a useful stable of horses and promises to cut an important figure in the racing here this winter winterIn In tht closing race Elfall reduced the track record for mic mile and threesixteenths by twofifths of a so iid He was rank in the early stages an unusual nili ii for him and taking an easy lead rounding li tar turn be won with much in reserve by a ple of liglhs liglhso o Hal i w hasod the interest that II Keinzer owned ibe horse Waterbiiry and the latter is now the sole property of Mr Hak HakAfodo Afodo Nicoll and 1 Kuhn arrived this morning with their stables stablesTcickex Tcickex A Walsh and R 1 Williams bavc parted company Mr Williams was much dissatisfied with Washs handling of Kagnian yesterday and decided that It would be to his interest to engage another anotherstarter starter Dado suspended jockey Patrick for ten davs and the stewards suspended Musgrave for four lays for cutting across in front with Eye White Messrs McDowell Shnlte and Burch are determined that the racing here this winter shall not lie marred marredMirk Mirk Moore of St Louis arrived this morning and will Join he ranks of the layers at the next cutin There are quite a number of yearlings here this winter and some of them are extra good lookers W liields has six in his stable of fifteen horses One of them is by Nasturtium and is reported to have shown a quarter in better than 24 and an Jtr of S OOO for him from S A Clopton has been beenjied jied down by Mr Shields William Shields is one of the familiar figures at Ibe Moncrief track Mr Shields now weighs 285 IUIUIUIK ami when it is remembered that he once nub it ightvfive iHMimls it is hard to believe it In flic ilavs f vor Shields rode the iron horse iii in is well as Advance Guard the greatest of tile dislanee horses of those lays
