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JUDGES DECISION IS QUESTIONED. j Crowd at Palmetto Park Disagrees with Award of Purse to Mack B. Eubanks. Charleston, S. C. March lo.— Bad weather pre railed again today la this locality, and a heavy ram converted the Palmetto Park track into a quagmire. , A- a result of the adverse conditions, withdrawals -from the various races were numerous and the con teMs in most Cases wew devoid Of special incident. in the third race Mack B. Bubanka was given the decision over MorristOWB. but exception to the placing was taken by a good many, who had an Idea that Morristown finished lirst. Mack B. Bnhaaka was the only really long priced winner of the after Jockey Batwell and the Ham-flersl stable figured large!] during the afternoon, three purses going to the credit of the combination. Bntweli inaugurated hi-, sue, esses iii the opener when he piloted York ville to victory. In the next race he followed up his initial victory by scoring with Union Jack. Sure gel was the other winner thai came from the San* . -taliMsimieiil and ridden by ISutWell. Iliiou .lark and Snregel were proaoanced favorites and the only two to score. The selling handicap at one mile and a "Barter re-salted in an upset. Heleiie wou the race and Nadsu, the favorite, could do no better than third, his showing being in contrast to his preceding good essay. Bey lasted long enough in the closing race to heal Emilv Lee ami Flying Feet, the trio lieing under a hard drive for the entire length of the stretch. Jacobites success in the ixth race was attended by a big loss on , la- part of the layers. Union .lack changed hands after his victory in the second race. lb- was bid up . mi over his entered in ice of |600 by W. U. Carson, and was bid in by ii-. ii.r. ieorge Ham. who then sold the horse at private sale to Sam Louis for .$;«k». The change in track conditions this afternoon was responsible for thirty-eight withdrawals from the -e u lace-.
