Buster Clark Surprises Once More: Preece Family Prominent in Yesterdays Results at Oriental Park-Jockey Rosen Suspended, Daily Racing Form, 1919-02-16

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BUSTER CLARK SURPRISES ONCE MORE Preece Family Prominent in Yesterdays Results at Oriental Park Jockey Rosen Suspended. HAVANA, Cuba, February 15. Buster Clark, which created a surprise last Sunday when he won, paying more than a hundred and fifty to one in the niutuels, furnished another shock today when, on a drying-out track at Oriental Park, he scored in the second race at tliceQ-quartcrs, winning easily by two lengths from King Trovato. Buster Clark was again an outsider, paying 12 to 1 in the books and better than 15 to 1 in the mutuels. He saved lengths at the-far turn, running close to the inside rail and always held the favorite safe. The Preece family was again to the fore. Godfrey riding James to victory in the fifth, and Qitentin fattened his percentage by bringing E. C. Griffiths Flare home an easy winner in the last race, a dash of a mile and fifty yards. Little Fator struggled home with Artist in the fourtii. a liead in front of Dreyer, who was on OMalley. The horse Dr. Xi.ckel, owned by Frank Rector, was destroyed today. Fustian was claimed yoMerdny by Mrs. Buxton for 00, and Sweet Alysum by E. L. Valentine for 00. Jockev Rosen was suspended for ten days. Starter Milton and manager H. D. Brown returned today from a short trip to Florida.


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