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SOME EXCITING FINISHES Legotal and Minawand Furnish JP v vOne One That Arouses Spectators Four Noses Apart in the First Oaklawn Race Derby Horses Taking Mile Gallops HOT SPRINGS Ark March 21 Thrilling fin ¬ ishes developed with the running of several dashes this afternoon and kept the big attendance at a high pitch of excitement while the duels were on and even after the finish the suspense continued until the official placing was displayed The battle indulged in by Legotal and Minawand in the fifth race was the most spirited the pair fighting it out on even strides all during the stretch with Connelly and Schuttinger the respective riders exerting their best efforts Connelly by virtue of being closest to the rail with r egotal saved some ground and succeeded in getting the judges eye The Goldblatt fillys victory was not won by more than in Inch v vAnother Another similar finish came in the initial dash with the exception tiat four racers took part in the grueling struggle and terminated noses apart David Gideons Castor just managing to win from Fun with Miss Minks in third place and Miss Parnell following with St Allan a short distance back of the quartet quartetDelightful Delightful weather was again the rule here arid the racing was over a lightning fast track The attendance was of tlio usual good standard B Chapmans Rogart which in a previous start here finished a distant follower was the first to come under judicial ban when he achieved an easy victory ju the thirdrace over some fairly 3gooil onei Hi mconsisTeni pfllr o f races prompted Judge Nelson to issue a ruling barring the entry of the horse here in future Owner Chapman gave various reasons for the horses improved showing this after nooA but it was not convincing to the officials here Bogarts inconsistency at New Orleans the past winter should have earned him disqualification from racing there The race won by Bogart found Medusa the favorite but much interference she suf ¬ fered from brought about her undoing Solomon Jarmqn the Arkansas turfmen gar ¬ nered u double during the afternoon with their II 0 Itnsch and Grey Eagle but they also proved a target for the claiming brigade here and both horses found new owners H C Basch was secured by 1 1 McDermid for 1000 and Grey Eagle went to P Gering for 1000 1000Kenward Kenward winner of the fourth race proved an outstanding surprise when he led for the entire mile and tin eighth to beat Saints Hridge with Letu in third place and sorw Thanksgiving following Omond has been bought from T Livingston by M Quinn the Kansas City turfman Pat Dunne will continue to train the colt coltDrummond Drummond a Kentucky Derby candidate was galloped i mile this morning in 144 Eternal hard hold covered his mile in 14 and Mormon was sent a half mile in HO seconds secondsRecent Recent eastern arrivals express the belief that C T Fitz Gerald who was in charge at the Enipiro City track last fall as its manager will again fill that position this year and that lie will also be the guiding spirit at the Laurel track next fall
