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BARLEYTHORPE TAKES QUICKSTEP James E Gaffneys Good ThreeYearOld Is Stake Winner at Moncricf Jacksonville Fla December 3 James E Gafl iievs good threeyearold Barleythorpe carrying 12i pounds and eouceding much weight to his oppo ¬ sition beat a big band of sprinters in the QuickStep Handicap todays feature at Moncrief Park lie was ridden bv jockoy Kntwell came from behind in the stretch and just did succeed in getting up to beat Hie fasttiring Rye Straw by the shortest of margins in the final stride Uye Straw showed a tine turn of oarly speed opening up a big lead in the earlv stages but tired badly in the final six ¬ teenth Danfield the favorite was crowded out ot it when the break came and was never a factor in the running runningThe The first four races went to eastern horsemen and Butwell rode two of the winners W O Scully furnished the winner in the mile and a sixteenth race when Reyliourn made a runaway affair of it Kcvbourn opened a big lead in the first sixteenth and was never headed Bell who rode this winner also had the mount on Aylmer which captured the sixth race While the horses were at the post in the first race Bell who had the mount on Iludas Sister was kicked on the leg by Roseburg II it was feared that he would be unable to till remaining engagements After his leg had been dressed bv a doctor he pluckily decided to ride his ither mounts and won two of them themmong mong the new layers that cut in today were Steve LHommedieii Phil McKim Jack Cahill am George Woods WoodsFricJt FricJt Hall left for Baltimore tonight lie ar riiired fvr Mike Daly to look after the Interests of thi ippientiee rider Dunn who will remain through 011 j w Carterarrived from Tampa this morning wilii his stable which includes Orlandot and A Mus MusVvlmcr Vvlmcr winner ot the sixth race was hid up S ° Jxi bv Frank Bray The horse was protected and waviie Joplin left ° r Tampa tonight to look iftcr the division of his stable that was shipped there from Latonia
