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RICH RACE TO BE RUN TODAY 1 1 FLORIDA SPECIAL, VALUE ,000, CARDED FOR DECISION AT JACKSONVILLE. Countless and Donald Macdonald Rule Choices Among Field of Ten Named to Go Van Den Wins i at Moncrief in Impressive Fashion. j Jacksonville. Fla., March 17. The program offered ; at .Moncrief Park this afternoon was one of the jworest of the season. Three of the races called for non-winners at the meeting and one of the other races was a breeders purse; the eonditons of which provided that the winner should become the property of the association. All but one of the races proved tame affairs. Ynca, which captured the Breeders Purse, beat Elmeta Hamilton, the odds-on favorite, i length, but the other winners had big margins to spare. Three favorites scored, the successful choices being .Muff, Queen Marguerite and Wing Ting. Two of those wore at odds-on. .1. W. Mnv was again active in selling race transactions today. After Muff won the second race, he hid her up 05 over her entered price of 00. S. A. tlopton protected the filly and then retaliated by claiming Annie Nelson, which finished second. The owners" consolation race was split, the first half being run as the third race and the second half as the fifth. Queen Marguerite won one end of it." beating the second horse by throe lengths anil Wing Ting took the other end by five lengths. It was the latters first victory in several years and incidentally the first race that her owner, J. S. Hawkins, lias won during the meeting. Van Den showed Wis true form in the fourth race, lie simply spreadeagled his company and won pulled up by halt a dozen lengths in 1:1:!. This horse is extra good just now and probably will be hard to beat in nnv company from now on. Fred Gerhardv, secretary of the Jamestown Jockey Club, will leave for Noriolk tomorrow night. Several stables will leave here for Norfolk next week, including those of Llugli Penney. 12. W. Ileff-ner, Frank Herohl and James Fitzsimmons. .lockcv Roscoe Truster- arrived from Tampa this evening. The horses owned by J. G. Waggoner and S. J. Kirkman also came from the south Florida course. .lockcvs J. Roavenport and J. Melntyre were forced to cancel their engagements this afternoon on account of sickness. H is -said that the horses which have been racing in Ouv Gravs name, but which really belong to 1". I.. Johnson "of Oklahoma Citly, will be handled by A. 1.. Kirby in future. Tomorrow will bo a gala day at Moncrief. Ihe ,000 Florida Special is scheduled to be run and has attracted an overnight entry list of ten. countless will rule favorite, with Donald Macdonald the probable second choice, Because of the special nature of the occasion, seven races are carded. Kecent work-outs at Moncrief. Weather clear; track fast: Antenor Throe-quarters in .1:17. Aspirin Half mile in 52. Chess Mate Half mile in 5:!. Court Jester Half mile in 52. Jr. Duenner Mile in 1:17. F.l Oro Half mile in 54. Friend Harry Mile in 1:4.". HerlMsrt Turner Five-eighths in 1:00. .lack Denman Mile and a quarter in-2:17. Kingpin Seven-eighths in 1:37. l.ady Irma Half mile in 5". ihore Three-eighths in 38. . Louis Hell Five-eighths in 1:00. Ortara Seven-eighths in 1:42. Radium Star Five-eighths in 1:0S. Ragman Mile in 1:48. Red Hob Three-eighths iu 37. Ta Nun Da Three-quarters in 1:25.
