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MUSKOGEE FAVORITES MEET WITH MISHAPS. Muskogee. Okla., August 19. A largo Saturdav crowd was in attendance today and speculation was of heavy volume. As an additional attraction a harness race was put ou, which helped swell the attendance. In the fifth race, the feature of the card, Evran, which opened favorite, was almost knocked down in rounding the first turn, which ruined his chances. In the second race Volsel. another favorite, ridden by A. Morgan, ran away a mile in going to the post and was pulled up after running a quarter of a mile In the race. In the sixth race Hopewell ran out on the stretch turn, carrying Regards with him, which cost the latter the race and enabled Tallow Dip to win another lucky race.
