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MARLBORO MEETING COMES TO CLOSE Washington I C April 12 The spring meeting of the Southern Maryland Fair and Kacing Associa ¬ tion came to an end with the running of todays program at the Marlboro track Weather of the most disagreeable kind prevailed for getaway day Hain came down in torrents anil the attendance suf ¬ fered There were seven races on the card with a military erent as the feature Notwithstanding that the track was heavy there was some good rac ¬ ing and several close finishes Lieut finishesLieut Bockwell who carried off the honors in the previous military race with Handnmning duplicated Ills success this afternoon when Ittindrnnning showed the way home just as easily as in his first effort Hatidriiuuing was at times the favorite but Kyrat received staunch support His efforts lu the steeple ¬ chase on Friday evidently took the edge off his speed Ilandruiinliig took the lead right after the start and won easily by four lengths lengthsThe The Ixst tlnfsh of the day cauie with the running of the second race at u mile and u sixteenth Syl vestris ran far in front for seven furlongs Thmi Stairs and Naughty Lad closed on her and It was a pretty race to the finish with Stairs finishing a nose before Sylvestris
