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SLOW RACING AT OAKLAWN Friday Devoted to Giving Poorer Horses a Chance to Win Toy Miss Takes the Opening Dash Eulogy Defeats Old Broom Broomin in the Feature Race Hot Springs Ark March 29 It was jockey Similes turn to hold the spotlight at Ouklawn thi afternoon that rider piloting three of the seven winners finished second twice and third in another nice His wins were successive ones and begun in the fourth race on Kulogy and was followed on Great Dolly and Old Hob Previously he landed second in the opening race and guided Pontefract to second place in the second race On Lord Byrou in the third race he finished third thirdKulogy Kulogy was in the feature race but that race was the worst of the afternoon and the easy victory of Eulogy brought in its wake some adverse com ¬ ment The eagerness with which the shares wanted to get aboard the Goodman mare when the layers posted prices almost caused a panic She showed the most sjieed from the start and won as her rider elected Old Hroom outstaying II 0 Bascli for sec ¬ ond place placeThe The sport began witli a victory for Toy Mis which just lasted long enough to win under OHriens energetic riding The resurrected Presumption showed some of his oldtime form when his led for the entire way to win the second race with Poiitofract just getting up to overhaul Arch Plotter PlotterPhilistine Philistine racing in his best style outstayed Dot ¬ tor Kendall in the third thirdThe The fifth was a lucky win for Great Dolly as Poholliik was best and could not have lost under underc c m etent riding 01il15obl iinproYudjUi vinB was wasforecasted forecasted by the short i Id iigaJjiHt him lint he only succeeded in the last stride in overhauling Karlymorn KarlymornSea Sea Urchin was again a disappointment this time being beaten easily by Sir Oliver arid lolite in the days final race raceJockey Jockey Byrne was suspended for two days by the starter for disobedience at the post postBndweiser Bndweiser came out of his last race in a bad wiy and he will probably not be a starter again at this meeting meetingBILLY BILLY PINKERTON AN ARRIVAL ARRIVALAV AV A Pinkerton head of the wellknown detective bureau was among todays arrivals and he will stay for the remainder of the meeting meetingOwner Owner K M Hall was fined 25 by the judges for failure to bring Christabel to the paddock ii time enforcing her withdrawal from the first race raceThere There was no new developments in the sponge stuffing investigation this afternoon but a sequel to the affair came late last night when G C Baker was assaulted by J Henry The latter is out on bonds bondsJockey Jockey T Rice departed this afternoon for ISowie where lie will ride during that meeting meetingA A sudden dro in temperature accounted for a slump in todays attendance The constant depar ¬ tures from here are also beginning to be a factor in reducing the crowds crowdsHarry Harry Fink who will manage the Jefferson Liv ¬ ingston eastern division of racers left this after ¬ noon for Chicago to confer with his employer and will go from there to Louisville to get the horses ready for shipment to Havre de Grace GraceFifteen Fifteen horses were sold at auction in the pad ¬ dock previous to the racing yesterday but they were a bad band and unusually poor prices were realized 210 being the top Eight of them went to the firm of Chrouister Jackson JacksonThey They bought Double Bass for 75 Solveig for 100 Royal Rose for 105 Afamada for 105 Stonehengo for 95 Rose Meath for 125 Sister Uilev for 115 and Swift Fox for 50 Intriguer went to J L Paul for 150 Thornhill to T S Garner for r 0 Evelyn V to T S Garner for 95 Innocent Inez to F J Stevens for KiO Miss Fussy to J D Grant for 80 Fighter to T F Garner for 100 and Reno to It F Coppage for 210