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MONCRIEF FINISHES CLOSE STIRRING STRETCH DRIVES MARK RACING AT JACKSONVILLE COURSE. Doctor Duenner, Antenor and Mclvor Noses Apart in Order Named in Handicap Feature of Card Judges Issue Two Disciplinary Rulings. Jacksonville, Fla., March 30. Well-matched fields went to the post in a majority of the races at Moncrief Park tbU afternoon and the last four races furnished driving finishes, with short heads separating the first two in three of these contests at the end. .u exceptionally large erowd was present and, as four first choices were returned winners, the afternoons outing was all the more enjoyable. The best fields went to the post in the third and fourth races. The third race was a six and a half furlongs handicap for three-year-olds. Dr. Duenner, tne top weight and favorite, won in a strenuous drive in which ho just did manage to get up in the final stride. "Antenor in turn nosed out Mclvor for second place. It was one of the best finishes of the meeting. Dr. Duenner is Samuel Hoss candidate for the American. Derby, to be decided April 1, and, with Lahore a likely absentee, ho looms as a formidable contender. The fourth race wont to Kick Stoner, and he, too, had to be hard ridden to beat Hilly Vamlerveer a head. The winner, which was pulling" a hack in Brooklyn a year ago, has developed into one of the best platers racing here. At the conclusion of the afternoons sport the judges announced two rulings. Dave Woodford, trainer for the lSeverwyck Stable, was fined 3 for running Dantield without blinkers in the fifth race yesterday. Trainer Lucas, who is handling Ida D. for Mrs. W. G. Wilson, was fined 0 for making remarks alw,ut jockey Hopkins handling of the mare yesterday. 01ert was again warned as to rough riding. .lames Howes good three-year-old. Lahore, which . has been stricken with an attack of skin .disease, m probably wilt not be a starter in either the Florida Special or" the Derby. Keen snort hmlln"W; In order at Moncrief Park tomorrow. The program is one of tile best offered at the meeting. The feature race is the Ocala Handicap, "a lash of a mile and an eighth, with the guaranteed value of ,500. The stake will he overshadowed in point of racing importance by the third race, a seven-eighths dash, in which some of the best horses racing bore are named to go. Hambro, one of the horses that Logan Denny brought from California, died here yesterday. S. A. Clopton purchased the mare Marie Hyde of .T. L. Smith today. C. C. Gray, who raced the good horse Con Lucy at Gloucester and the Iron Hill tracks, was an arrival today. He came from New Jersey. Otto Town? send, arrived from California. Jockey Musgrave has made an appeal to the stewards from the ruling of the judges, which suspended .him for the rest of the meeting. Recent work-outs at Moncrief. Weather clear track fast: Anna Three-quarters in 1:1S. Archduke Three-quarters in 1:20. Dabbler Half mile in ".11. l!ad News II. Three-quarters in 1:19. Harney Igoe Seven-eighths in 1:321. Hen Ijomond Half mile in ."i0. Hilly Vamlerveer Half mile in 52. Hob Co. Half mile in r.OJ. Colonel Ashmeade Half mile in ill. Critic Three-quarters in 1:1S. Dantield Three-quarters in 1:1SH. Daniel OC.rady Half mile in 50. Decency Five-eighths in 1:05. Deseomnots .Mile in 1:44. Doctor Duenner Three-quarters in 1 :1CJ. Hlmctn Hamilton Three-quarters in l:lSi. Ford Hank Half mile in .".0. Friend Harry Three-quarters in 1:1G. Coldcn Ieaii Half mile in 50!. Governor Gray Three-quarters m 1:1SJ. lloirman Mile in 1:45. .1. II. Hair Half mile in 50. Jack Donman Mile in 1:50. Jqhn A. Munro Three-quarters In 1:1". King Avondale Half mile in 50. I.adv Svbil Five-eighths in 1:03. Ozana Half mile in 50. Stafford Half mile in 50J. Sureget Half mile in 49s. Syzvgy Three-quarters in 1:19. Thrlttv Half mile in 50. Tranquility Half mild in 49. Iseeit Half mile in 5". Via Octavia Half mile in 51. Wander Half mile in 52. Working Lad Half mile in 50. Zool Five-eight lis in 1:04 i. Weather clear; track fast. Andy Ginter Half mile in 51. Attentive Three-quarters in 1:19. Captain Swanson naif mile in 51. Casque Three-quarters in 1:19. Countless Mile and an eighth in 2:01. Dr. Hartley Three-eighths in 3S. Ed Le Van Three-quarters in 1:17. Fore Guard Five-eighths in 1:04. Fort Worth Half mile in 52. Gus Hartridge Half mile in 52. Jack Parkerr Five-eighths in 1 :07. John Peudergrast Three-eighths in 3S. Kings Daughter Three-quarters In 1:19. My Gal Three-quarters in 1:23. Oracle Mile in 1:4S. Patrick S. Half mile in 50. Spin Half mile in 51. T. M. Green Three-quarters in 1:1S. The Monk Mile in 1:445. Tom Ilayward Mile and an eighth in 2:01. Iseeit Three-quarters in 1:1S. Wander Three-quarters in 1:23. White Wool Three-quarters in 1:1S.
