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ORIENTAL PARK HEAVY TRACK RACING Program of Roosevelt Memorial Day Carried Out Despite Adverse Conditions More rain brought a heavy track and much dis ¬ appointment to the many who hoped for the best of conditions on Roosevelt Memorial Day Hut the big throng present faced their problems cheerfully and were rewarded by as good racing as Avas to be reasonably expected expectedThe The opening dash at five and a half furlongs resulted in a wellearned victory for Northern Hello under a good ride by Murray Off poorly she made up ground steadily and coining through the stretch with a rush won going away by a length with Plain Heather second a half length in front of Mary Fitzhugh FitzhughMuch Much local interest attached to the second race because the horses were ridden by Cuban army officers Frascuolo was always the favorite and made good under a careful ride winning by six lengths from Manganese and Shasta amid a din of vociferous cheering cheeringAssign Assign furnished a mild surprise when he over ¬ hauled Lillian G in the third and outstayed her in a game finish after she had seemed safely the winner and old Pierrot had a heart the best of Rora in a hot finish in the fourth race which Hasty Cora would have won with a capable rider up
