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LADIES DAY AT ORIENTAL PARK Big Crowd Sees Interesting Racing Jockey Crump Rides Two of the Winners Havana Cuba February 12 Williams Bros Clark M furnished a surprise when he decisively beat Yorkville in the fourth race at Oriental Park today Sureget was the pacemaker and after show ¬ ing the way to the last eighth quit Yorkville then took up the running but his early efforts in chasing the pacemaker caused him to tire and he had nothing left to withstand the fast closing rush of Clark M which easily drew away at the end endThis This was Ladies day and a large crowd was present Racing conditions were perfect and fast time vyas made in a majority of the races racesCurlicue Curlicue was held a prohibitive choice in the opening race and while he proved successful it was only after a decidedly close and interesting struggle Mac set a fast pace to the stretch where lie tired then Curlicue moved to the front and gamely outstayed Mesmer Less than a length separated the first four horses horsesJockey Jockey Crump followed up his excellent ride on Curlicue in the first race by piloting Primero to vic ¬ tory in the second Crump kept the Voter horse under restraint until rounding the far turn where Primero raced to the front and held Wodan safe in the final drive driveMilestone Milestone Higb Gear and Fickle Fancy fought it out every inch of the journey in the third and they finished in the order named with but a half length between the first two they a similar dis ¬ tance in front of Fickle Fancy FancyJOCKEY JOCKEY BALL PUNISHED FOR ROUGH RIDING RIDINGJockey Jockey Ball who had the mount on Milestone was suspended for six days and fined twentyfive dollars for rough riding Milestone was claimed after he won by W A McKinney and Williams Brothers claimed Parr after he had won the fifth race raceP P J Hliains purchased the threeyearold Her ¬ der at private sale after the seventh race on Sun ¬ day daySenator Senator James and Rockaway changed hands the former was claimed by J w Moore while George Farley took Rockaway RockawayFred Fred Shelke left for the states yesterday to take up a hand of twoyearolds for Captain I M Wai ker They were bred at his farm in Virginia and will be fitted at the Kenning track for the early spring meetings meetingsThe The horses that Shelke brought here were turned over to Hal Kennedy who will train them for the remainder of the meeting meetingJockey Jockey Smith who was shaken up by the fall while riding Ed Garrison on Saturday last re ¬ sumed riding today He had the mount on Miss Primity in the first race raceReports Reports from the hospital where jockey Hum ¬ phries is confined are that the lad is doing well wellAt At the conclusion of the Fair Grounds meeting in New Orleans Charles Ross will ship Tamerlane and Louise Paul to Havana HavanaJockey Jockey Crump had three mounts today and won with two of them
