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REAL RACING At OAKLAWN Drastic Defeats Slippery Elm in Fast Time in the Main Race Favorites and Second Choices ChoicesTake Take the Purses Eternals EternalsSpeed Speed Impresses Turfmen HOT SPRINGS Ark March 18 The mile and seventy yards handicap for a purse of 800 which served as the stellar race this afternoon resulted in the defeat of Slippery Elm by Drastic on which jockey Mack Garner rode a perfect race avoiding suicidal tactics employed by Stalker on Slippery Elm and Barrett astride Hank ODay which kept Slippery Elm close company during the earlier running both horses being well sinmt when the stretch was reached as a result of their exhaustive effort Drastic was kept under restraint for the first threequarters then moved up rapidly and drew out decisively in the last eighth to win easing up upOutside Outside of the handicap the other five dashes were contested by only ordinary racers This is ii source of much surprise considering the nuniberof good horses iii these parts anil the ideal racjns conditions w j The track during the afternoon was in excellent condition and good time was the order in most of the races The sport was spirited with finishes close enough to suit the most exacting Betting activities were again heavy with the limit numl er of operators in line and fully as many on the wait ¬ ing list ready to go in when opportunity offers offersFavorites Favorites and second choices were again victors spelling a deficit for the layers Rainbow Division in the initial race took a baud of juveniles into camp But her success was a lucky one for1 hail Inquiry carrying the Waldeck Stables colors not lost ground on the stretch turn that fjlly would have reversed the decision with the Tririner TririnerBon Bon Otis scored the first purse for W C Weant at this meeting when she scampered home in advance of Sir William Johnson and Hasty Mabel in tlie second race Port Light earned his first purse here when he led home his opponents in the third race Grey Eagle and Liberator fighting it out for minor posi ¬ tions at the end Choir Master was claimed from the race by T 15 Waters whose inconsistent Par risli barred at New Orleans served as the claiming medium mediumMose Mose Goldblatts Lcgotal showed a high flight of speed in the fifth race and led from the start to win easing up OLDTIME TURFMAN WINS Tlie concluding race went to Little String which carried C R Ellisons colors This marked the first race won by Ellison in years Horsemen who witnessed the work of Eternal this morning are ready to back him liberally to win the Kentucky Derby for which he is being given a steady preparation He was only asked to go a half mile at top speed and covered the distance hard held in 45 galloping out the throequarters in 114 An idea of the high speed the colt pos ¬ sesses is gained from the fact that he traveled the first quarter in 22r and the threeeighths in 31 Owner McClelland after tlie gallop was all smiles and barring a mishap regards his rcpreseatativo as the certain winner of the coveted LbiiisVllfc race The Wanderer Eternals stablemato was sent threequarters in 117 casing up The bolt is still on the high side aivd will require ipnyl work before he is in condition for his first sjiirt this year Exterminator also attracted the librfi mens attention this morning in his mile workout which he made in 143 hard held heldW W Martin who developed Sunny Slope which he sold to The Beach Stable for a big figure is cou fincd to his home on account of Uness fjtutep lind Midway which are being trained by him are progressing trainingStarter and forward in their training Starter A B Dade is expected to displace James Osborne at the barrier tomorrow A big delegation came again today from New Orleans The late comers were delayed on account of a washout washoutMilo Milo Shields owner of Bradleys Choice said today that a thorough investigation of the horso revealed that he is broken down aiid that1 he will turn him out in the hope of letting nature help mend him He said that in ail probability he will send him to a farm in Kentucky
