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MORE MUDDY TRACK RACING Big Crowd Visits Jefferson Park Despite Unfavorable Conditions OddsOn Favorites Have a Day Daywith with Three Winning Their TheirEaces Eaces Ticklish First XFW ORLKAXS La March 11 The Jefferson Park track was again heavy today The weather wsis warm but threatening The attendance was surprisingly large notwithstanding these unfavor ¬ able conditions People here are realizing that only a few more days of racing remain to be disposed of and that it will he a long time until the fascinating sport will be resumed over the local tracks The spectators wen rewarded for Iheir presence with some food racing state of going considered They also viewed the unusual spec ¬ tacle of several oddson favorites gsilloping home in triumph in their races racesThe The first nice brought about the defeat of si favorite of the variety named when Joe Tag de ¬ feated Aunt Deda by a few inches under a good ride by the new saddle sensation Whiltingtoii Tin two were backed to the exclusion of all others and taking the lead quickly won all the way but narrowly escaped defeat in an exciting finish with the filly slowly gaining Coombs was a dis ¬ tant third Petween the first two it was a pretty race all the way and much applauded applaudedA A truly good thing was at once espied in the see ond race in Cain de Cause His opponents did not amount to much and after he had been hsiektd from 7 to 5 down to to 5 he proceeded to spreadesigle tin others and won pulling up hy eight lengths with The Pirate in second place and Mountain Cirl third thirdCriimpy Criimpy lias not been regarded as a sprinter s when the third race n dash of threeqilsirters cann ¬ on for speculative consideration he was lightly con ¬ sidered and went to the post a 20 to 1 outsider lut he had his revenge and after beginning slowly inside up ground steadily siud coming through the stretch with i good display of speed won by a length from Le Psilafrc Cenersil seldom fails to get i portion of the money in his races and fin ¬ ished third thirdTicklish Ticklish wsis backed as if he could not lose tin fourth race and justified this confidence by going to the post at the short odds of to 20 and win ¬ ning without a bit of trouble from the 25 to 1 out ¬ sider Toe the Mark with Trusty in third plsice plsiceJockeys Jockeys Class Smith and Whittington will each donate 25 to the charity fund here as a result of their disobedience sit the post in the first race raceAunt Aunt Didsi which landed in second place in the opening race wsis claimed for 1100 by T Hodge HodgeThe The scarcity of express csirs has forced owners to the expedient of using freight cars and si special train of sibont twenty five such csirs will be shipped to Howie about March 20 20Jockey Jockey Whittingtons riding is beginning to at ¬ tract attention and 15 A Jones his contract em ¬ ployer has hsid several flattering offers for the transfer of his contract contractThe The charity fund wsis increased by 25 when the stewsirds fined Heinisch this amount for rough riding
