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SHREVEPORT MUDDY AGAIN Rain Spoils the Track After Finish of the First Race i iPanaman Panaman Takes the Main Race Shilling Defeats The Portu ¬ guese in a Close Finish PY 1 L DEMPSEY DEMPSEYSHKEVEPOKT SHKEVEPOKT La March 2 A copious rain visited here just as the horses were going to the iwst in tile second race and showed the place to be totally inadequate for rainy weather racing the large crowd at the course receiving more or less drenching unless they sought shelter beneath the grandstand A sprint handicap at five and a half furlongs for i purse of 700 featured and it resulted in a vic ¬ tory for the Pelican Stableowned Panaman which Avon easily from ISapid Day and Harry Shannon The latter was coupled with Tableau dHoiineur as the Drumhiller entry Tableau dllonneur as well as Lads Love another starter in the race were devoid of much speed and finished far back Panaman was confidently backed and nevert left his supporters in much doubt for he dashed into the lend right at the start and easily held sway for the entire nice niceThe The best finish came witli the running of the third race a mile and seventy yards dash Jn which Shilling outstayed the suddenly improved The Portgnuesc to win by a head Like the sec ¬ ond this jrtotr wasrun in a heavy downpour and the track was gradually slowing as a result of the drenching it received receivedChief Chief Harthell and Financial Kooster were sup ¬ posed to be the ones that had the opener between them judging by the betting barometer but the winner turned up in the neglected Sunny Ways carrying the Waldeck Stable silks silksTony Tony was the favorite in the second and won but only after he seemed to be beaten He came with a rush in the stretch to outstay Cousin o Mine and Dinty DintyPropaganda Propaganda made a runaway of the fifth race and won away off from Verge ami Old Faithful The disappointments were Mary Fonso and Petrograd The latter particularly ran in dull style and fin ¬ ished away back of the otlieis otlieisK K W Moore tcok down liis first purse of the meeting when his Sunduria got home in front of Kirsties Cnb in the final race The latter was on his good post behavior and beginning well raced into a Ion load and it required Siindurias best speed to overhaul him himThe The judges are probing into the ride that Habin Rave Dark Hill in yesterdays fifth race and have Jnstincted liim to refrain from accepting any mounts until further notice noticeW W II Itowe intends campaigning some of his horses in Kentucky this year and will ship part of sixteen twoyearolds and some of his older horses to Lexington about March 11 lie will again cam ¬ paign a division of his stable in Marvland
