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r i , r j i i . "BILLY" MAGRANE PASSES IN DEATH. Willi. mi P. Magrane died at his lionie In Oakland. Calif., hist Thursday. When rating flourished nn- molested over Chicago tracks in the nineties, no bookmaker was better known than "Billy"" Magrane. Besides hocking on the races lie was alM an owner and raced some capital race liorses iu his time. Of these Amelia May was his favorite and a S|M-edy thing she was. but he had others as good. Of late years he had been living in retirement and iu apparent enjoyment of the b,-st of health, but heart failure suddenly overcame him. He left a widow and a brother surviving him.