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THREE THOUSAND SEE TULSA RACES Tulsa Okla July IS A crowd of about three thousand was out today to witness the running of the Merchants Derby the feature event of the meet ing which was won in a driving finish by L AI Eckert amid much applause Marchmonet the fa ¬ vorite finished second after looming up as the likely winner in entering tho stretch He weakened in the mini drive under a heavy impost Glucose which vns the best backed horse In tho race was never a berious contender contenderTom Tom Franks favorite of the second race was practically left at the post and his jockey E Smith was suspendetl for the remainder of the meeting meetingEddln Eddln EUs the wellplayed favorlto of the sixth race ran out on the turns and was pulled up upThe The purse recently won by Fasces vas taken away from that horse because u mistake was made by the entry clerk In assigning him the weight of a filly for the race in which he scored
