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SCHELKE WINS THREE HAVANA RACES Maryland Turfmans Successes Feature of Sundays Program at Oriental Park Schvlke were much in the limelight at Oriental Park tliis afternoon The Maryland turfman fur ¬ nished three winners The Six Hundred Hops and Maxims Choice All three came from behind and won opponentsThe going away from tlieir opponents The races were run over a heavy track The sixth furnished the best contest of the day in which Xib and Bunice fought jt out all through the homestretch and in a gruelling drive Xib got up in the final strides to beat Buniee by a nose noseIn In the seventh Lnnsford on Miss Sweep caused some interference when the latter cut across in front of the others going around the first turn In the mixtip Don Thrush and Waterford all but fell Lunsfprd was fined S50 and suspended by the stewards for rough riding ridingThe The attendance was uy to the usual Sunday stand ¬ ard which means that a large gathering turned out Weather conditions were pleasant and society turned out in force Over 1000 automobiles were parked in the enclosure set aside for them themTin Tin opening dash was for maiden twoyearolds and Quickstep a daughter of Olambala San Andres scored her initial turf success leading home Miss Carey by two lengths Linkstrap public choice lost whatever chance he may have had by getting away badly badlyAnother Another disappointing favorite was Williams Bros Kernan in the fourth race which was won by llops after a sensational performance The Schelke representative was practically left at the post but his rider sent him after the others and the gelding closing an immense gap overtook the leaders in the sjtretch and drew away into a safe lead at the end Kernan after setting the early pace tired and barely saved third place placePreference Preference was shown for Kiug Trovato iu the third race with Jojum second in favor However their backers failed to give the old gelding The Grader due consideration and were given a surprise when lie easily took the measure of the two men ¬ tioned al ove Jojam essayed to set the pace and did so to the last eighth where The Grader which had raced close up throughout disposed of him and drew away into a big lead winning by six lengths In the meantime King Trovato after being outrun ill the early stages finished fast and outgamed Jojam for the place honors honorsTwo Two horses changed hands during the afternoon J Curojo claimed Kernan from Williams Bros for 7XI and K Baxter took Mabel Trask from the same owners for 14H0
