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PALMETTO PARK THRONGED FIRST LADIES DAY OF MEETING MARKED BY TREMENDOUS ATTENDANCE. Accommodations of Spacious Enclosure Taxed to Accommodate Crowd, and Afternoons Sport 13 Greatly Enjoyed By Charlestonians. Charleston. S. .. February 1.— Charlestonians turned out en masse at Ialmetto Dark this afternoon, the occasion being the first ladies" day of the seas. .n. Long before the norni hour, a continuous stream of people began the toaaraey towards the four-c and even after the third race they continued to arrive. The large gathering filled tin- spacious stand to oral Bowing and the lawns and paddock and even the space reserved for parking purposes of automobiles was brought into requisition as vaatan* points from which to view the racing. The visit i-took a keen interest it; the sport and voiced their approval iu gene runs fashion after each finish. Th ■ immense and fashionable audience at the course Io day was a direct contradiction to the oft expressed statements of the enemies of racing that the l ct-ter element hereabouts did not want the spore fostered here. .A better day for an enjoyable outing could no: have been selected. The weather was ideal, and as the card arranged had a smattering of good class, enjoyable contests resulted. Tin- finishes were sufficiently close to excite some of the first-time visitors to a high pitch. There was no cause for complaint ou the score of speculation, for activity was tin1 rule iu the ring throughout the afternoon and the layers were kept at top speed all the time. Winners were hard to locate and the failures of several supposed "good things" gave the books a big advaniag . The worst upset came with the running of the second race, iu arnica Surfeit was considered alsooat a certainty. He was much the Ix-st. but poor handling brought about his failure. Island Queen won by a scant head from Silas Uninip. witli the favorite only a short distance behind. Hopkins handling of efficiency, another odds on favorite in the fourth race, was little better than his effort on Surfeit. Queen Bee won the lace. Still another odds on favorite piloted by Hopkins that failed, was Jack Barker iu the fifth race. Donau, running in his best form, beat him handily. The closing dash went to Nadav in a rousing struggle with the extreme outsider, Montclair. The opening purse was taken by Bash after a long sustained stretch drive to beat Agnar. Great Hea -ens was starting for the tirst time in over a year in this race and ran impressively. Charles Odell. who has been operating from the ground with varied success, will leave t .morrow for Havana. Cuba, where he goes to become a bridegroom. He will retain later to spend part of his gjj honeymoon. This afternoon he bid up Queen Bee, VJ winner of the fourth race. H over her enter -d H price of M. The filly was protected and bought ffl in by her owner. K. A. Tyson. After Silas Crump "™ was beaten in the second race, he cliauged owner-. .1. W. Hedrick claiming him for H ». Catesby Wood ford, who is racfaag one of the Strongest stables at Ialmetto Dark, arrived from Florida this morning. He will spend a few weeks at Summerville. S. C. before returning to Kentucky. Starter A. B. Dade today received a letter from William Martin of the Niagara Baring Association which arranged for his services during the coming season at the Fort Brie course. The following horses are on the schooling list at Palmetto Bark: Highflown, Ethelburg II.. Hearth stone and lion Ami. The following rule has been adopted by the club: "An apprentice allowance claimed will not be waived except in ease of disability or sickne-s or rider." Tim Murphy and Henry irifiln were among the new arrivals this afternoon. It now turns gat that jockey Joe Byrne was in jnred more seriously than it was tirst supposed vvlica he met with an accident while working Maxentiu.-t, owned by "apt. F. M. Walker, a few days ago. At that time it was thought that he had only received a scalp wound, but now it has been learned lint lie also broke several bones in his right arm. B.vru • has spent many sleepless nights since the accident.
