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HANDICAP TO JOHN FURLONG GOOD PLATER CABBIES COLORS OF F J PONS TO IMPRESSIVE VICTORY Hakes Weight Concessions and Beats Limpet Con ¬ sole and Others Several Jockeys Criticized for Poor Handling of Their Mounts I Charleston S C April 4 John Furlong agnln demonstrated he Is a good selling plater by an im ¬ pressive performance In winning the mile and an eighth selling handicap which served as a feature of todays card at Palmetto Part The race was the medium for some lively betting with Limpet John Furlong and Console commanding the most attention Limpet might have won had he been handled to bet ¬ ter advantage by C Turner There were other in ¬ stances of poor riding during the afternoon too tooIn In the opener for twoyearolds Insurance Man was backed to the practical exclusion of the others He was hustled into the lead at the start and though subjected to a hard end drive won by three quarters of a length from Auto Run The latter probably would have won had his jockey been more energetic J C Milarn the owner of Fred Levy thought well of that colts chances and backed him freely but jockey Peak took the colt out of conten ¬ tion soon after the start and thereafter failed 10 improve positionH his position H D Brown was among todays arrivals from Baltimore where he has oven looking af tec affairs connected with the Laurel track lie announced that in the event of Governor Goldsborougli signing the recently enacted bill for the government of rac ¬ ing in Anne Arundel county the Laurel track won 11 be opened for a spring meeting following that at Pimlieo The opening date will be May 18 and racing probably will continue for twenty days It is Mr Browns intention to offer liberal purses and a plentiful array of stakes to attract some of the best horses in the country to the new course Further details of the meeting will be announced as soon as the governor takes favorable action on the bill as ir is presumed he will In view of the fact that he affixed his signature to the Pimllco bill Mrl Brown announced that his deal for the Latonia track had fallen through as the Cella interests demanded what Mr Brown thought was too high a figure for the property propertyAt At a sale held In the paddock previous to the races today the following horses were disposed of Ach met 100 B C Evans Bang 75 J Jones Billy Murphy 120 T McBride Sanny Small 130 R S Williams Rossallo 135 R S Williams Sir Dawn 205 C Bacon Loan Shark 105 J Brown Tnscumbia 135 E R Cantwell Seal Brown 175 C Bacon Dr Chawk 105 C Bacon Pikes Peak 500 F J Pons Morgan Wilson 65 J Hathway Kilderkin 150 C Bacon Brush 110 E Angel Two AngelTwo specials left for Norfolk today one at 10 oclock and the other at 3 oclock There were seventeen cars In all made up of horses owned by the Beverwyck Stable W Martin T Hattteld J H Marhnan J Maioney F Musante Miss A M Marrone J W Pangle J McCauley P M Walker Hugh Penny W P Austin J H McCarren W A Burttschell Sam Louis W G KingDodds A G Weston G W J Bissell W D Babcock F E Gardner Dr Ashe J M Cooper C H Davids N B Davis Frank Frisbie and part of H G Bcdwells lot The Beverwyck Stable left Colonel Holloway and P M Walker Bard of Hope to start in the Derby SaturdayE on Saturday E W Heffner will leave for Norfolk with his horses on Monday MondayHarry Harry White and J J Mackessey both of whom will be employed in an official capacity at the Jamestown meeting left for Norfolk this afternoon Joseph nightThe McLennan departed last night The dogs were again up at Palmetto Park this morning which made fast work out of the question Some of the best moves were wereBard Bard of Hope Mile in 147 and mile and an eighth Jn 159 159Barn Barn Dance Mile In 150 150Bertis Bertis Half mile in 51 51Electric Electric 121Elizabeth Threeqnarters in 121 WElsie Elizabeth Harwood Half mile In W 105Excalibur Elsie Herndon Fiveeighths in 105 Excalibur Threequarters in 121 Forehead Half mile in 54 6Granite Forward Threeeighths in 37 6 Granite Mile in 147 147Hatteras Hatteras Threequarters In 1521 1521Hngbio Hngbio 108Ivabel Quinn Fiveeighths In 108 Ivabel Half mile in 51 51Jimmie Jimmie Gill Half milo in 53 La Reine Hindoo Threequarters in 120 120Little Little Ep Threequarters in 118 118Mama Mama Johnson Threeeighths in 38 Margeram 38Margeram Fiveeighths in 105 Mary 105Mary Davis Half mile in 53 53Miss 11745Monsieur Miss Nett Threequarters in 11745 Monsieur 121Prince X Threequarters In 121 Prince Ahmed Threequarters in 117 Ralph 117Ralph Lloyd Half mile in 50 50Sprightly Sprightly Miss Four and onehalf furlongs in 07 07Stalwart Stalwart 122Surfeit Lad Threequarters in 122 Surfeit Fiveeighths in 105 Sweet 123Iorkvllle Owen Threequarters in 123 Iorkvllle Half mile in 51
