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FAVORITES DAY AT OAKLAWN Spirited Finishes wittr First Choices Proving Victorious Eternal Works Fast Five Eighths and Under Fire a Good Half Mite Horses Sold HOT SPUIXGS Ark March 24 Favorites made a clean sweep at Oaklawn this afternoon and it spelled a severe loss for the layers Some of the choices were hard pressed to score and only es ¬ caped defeat by the closest of margins which added racingThe vastly to the interest in the racing The usual large attendance was present with the recent pleasing conditions of weather and track still a feature The even class of the starters made up for any absent features and the sport wsis wholesome and interesting The recently acquired Blue Jeans which A P Kirby bought privately from K It Bradley had a close shave in the opener she just managing to get up in the last stride to down Bobby Allen Had a more experienced rider than Wheatley been astride Bobby Allen that youngster would have recorded his third straight victory here hereKd Kd Moore scored his first purse of the year when his Kd Stone a prospective Kentucky Derby candidate broke out of the maiden classto Win the second race with jockey Crump having him under restraint at the end His victory deprives him of the ten iHuinds allowance he would have received if he started him iii the big Louisville race racePat Pat Dunnes Medusa which has l ccn unfortunate in getting bad rides in several of her last races was given improved riding in the third race re ¬ sulting in her runaway victory by a big margin as great as her rider elected Nominee scored an impressive victory in the fourth race from the improved Sayonarra with II C Basch following Sayonarra was best in the race and her victory would have been an easy one but for her attempts at running out on all the turns Xominee was claimed for 1500 by D J McDer mid midPort Port Light which was taken by P M Houde via the claiming route in his last start scored for his new owner in the fifth race when he beat Words marginThe o Wisdom by a small margin The final race found Grumpy the best but Hayncs had to ride him hard near the end to outstay Waterproof Saints Bridge was claimed In the race for 1000 by Turcari Smith who were represented in the race by Waterproof WaterproofJOCKEY JOCKEY BARRETTS SERVICES IN DEMAND DEMANDJockey Jockey Barretts services are sought by the Beach Stable and if the rider succeeds in getting his release from his present contract he is ex ¬ pected to report to trainer Winfrey at Baltimore April 1 1Henry Henry McDaniel acting for W S Kilmer has sold Tyranny on private terms to P linger Jockey lingerJockey Gregory was suspended for four days by the starter for disobedience at the post postPete Pete Cone who has been barred from Xew York tracks localise of a nose stutliug connection was ejected from the track today by the Pinkertons Another undesirable who is not permitted admission here is Harry Fink FinkD D Cunningham of Boston bought the good colt St Allan this morning from Early Wright for u reported price of 8000 8000Eternal Eternal J W McClellands Kentucky Derby hope figured in another sensational training gal ¬ lop at Oaklawn Park this morning when he reeled off fiveeighths of a mile in 100 He ran tin ¬ first quarter in 22 and the half mile in 4i He was eased up in the last eighth Jockey Andy Schuttinger was astride of him in his work He pulled up in good condition and soon cooled out outOther Other Derby eligible to work today were Drum mond a mile in 144 Under Fire half mile in 48ff and Sailor threequarters in 115 Xone of this trio was extended extendedMab Mab was excused from starting in the third race today because of illness She came out of her race Saturday with a high fever feverW W D Bernhardt sold Reiiloc and Alma Louise today S H Kdwards bought the former while W latterJohn K Hall purchased the latter John Goode acting for A E Hundley disposed of the twoyearold Miss Homer to J J Russell a former jockey F C Cole which belonged to JoV Mnnilot former wellknown lightweight boxer has been sold McXuItyA to J McXuIty A rule has been made to the effect that the mini ¬ mum weight to IMJ carried in any race at Oaklawn Park will be eightyfour pounds instead of eighty as formerlyThe formerly The last of Hie horses which raced at Xew Or ¬ leans and which are intended for the racing here arrived today Included in the number were Water willow and Merry Lass owned by Mrs V Manvale
