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| , f | , CONTEST IS STILL GOING X FRIENDS OF RACING KILL INJUNCTION PROVISO IN SENATE AT COLUMBIA. Possitility That Filibustering Tactics Will Cause Failure of Legislation Entirely — Mud Runners Take Palmetto Park Purses. Charleston, s. C.. February 13. — Severe track can-ditlons accounted for a lack of the better class of -tarter in the different races at Palmetto Park tins afternoon. Horses with a pronounced partiality for the bear j going had things their own w.i . Form was well observed, favorites and second choices taking ail the purses. The sixteen layers, as a re suit of the public success in locating the winnei -. were mulcted ho heavy sums. The most pretentious offering was B three-quarter mile handicap for a purse of 00, which went to II. G. Bedwells Berkeley, after a streni his • to dispom ol Lawton Wiggins. The latter was supposedly ■ "go d thing" bul it turned out that lie a i* a trifle *b rl In prep uration. He s,.i the pace. i,n, ;:ae way to Berkeley after rounding int. the stretch a id bn ught up in second place. Retaliatory tactics on the part of James Mai M for the bidding up of Taj Pay, after bis victot lasi night, cost W. A. Massey, the bind., | I retain Bepublican after that coll took the un .. of Lewis, in the second race. Bepublican wa in I i he sold for H.OOO and Mr. MacManus carried him . • ,500 before be stopped bidding. Mr. MacMa right to retaliate was unquestioned, bin it will pn li ably draw the halter brigades fire toward him. It is unlikely that he will cry for quarter and mav make things livelier ha a selling ran- way than • . The selling race situation is really acute here no opportunity is verlooked by the bidders. Barn Dance, winner of Ibe eloaing dash, was also bill up, but his . i iii r was muieted only 00. Sam Louis, owner of Sill ton Squaw, which finished sei ond, did the biddi ■ •• ""■ J.J.-1 :- who hash n one-of the most at in -tlio-M-lasaJKh- and bidding here, took l.i-wis rrom r.itesl-.y Woodford after Ins defeat. The considers Bon was .1?.-,. The Catesby W IforH string lia been an especial target for the bidders her-. Colonel Holtoway baring been recently taken away and Any Iort being the medium for * St.otto boost on the :-casl i of his hiv ■. letory. Th :e has been plentj of legislative actiop In the Senate ai C lumbla pertaining io the racing here. it began ia i nigbt, was continued today, and will be further continued at tonights session. Both sides are lined up and the outcome is -iii! problematical. The racing i pic claim the victory, because of the iverwhelming vote of :::! to 2 recorded last night striking out the Injunction feature of the antl racing legislation. Tias w.i one of ihe point* that the friends of racing tried hard to carry. They am now trying for an amendment that will prevent a repetition of the Columbia incident, when nuisance ii ceedings were instituted. They will also endeavor to have the racing rendered immune for this season at least. The BUlbusterlng to date has sin e i ded admirably and it is bar lj possible thai the threatened legislation will be staved off entirely, although this contingency I* a remote one. No mat tor what the outcome, it is thought that racing will go oi f •!- : be full • "i. -e,, duj ; ... this s asou. Jockey Chappell, who bad the mount on Billy Barnes i.i the Bfth race, suffered a Blight cut oh the bead as a result of falling while rounding the fat-turn. Jockey Eddie Dugan and Bichard F. Carman have parted company. Dugan was mi.| :- contract to the New v.irk owner for the winter season here. It is said thai the lack ot condition shown by the Carman racer* was t sponsible for the split. Dugan will ridi as ■ free land during the remainder of his uv in Charleston. Ernest Rekler, owner of thi steeplechaser Water waj was a visitor at Palmetto Park today. In the event of hurdle race* being givi n here he will bring his hoi - • south. Ed Colell was another arrival. He probably will join the i.inks of the layer* at Palmetto Park at the next ent in. The Latonin stake .lank-- arrived today and were distributed among the horsemen al faimetto Park. Si stakes will be given during the spring meeting at the Mllldale course, the most important of whieh will be the Latonia Derby, worth something like .1*00 I" the w inner.
