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IMA FRANK AND COLUMBINE OddsOn Favorites Fail in Main Races at Prince George Park Ensor Big Factor in Their Defeat Three Straight for General GeneralAgramonte Agramonte BOWIE Md April 11 Jockey Buddy Ensor figured prominently in the two outstanding inci ¬ dents of todays racing at Prince George Park namely the defeat of the oddson favorite Inia Frank and Columbine in the fourth and fifth races respectively In the fourth race Ensor had the mount on Sugarmint one of the extreme outsiders in the betting and great was the surprise of the public when he brought home the McGee filly two lengths in advance of Inia Frank the rednot fa ¬ vorite The latter dropped back at the start and although closing fast in the last quarter the early handicap proved too much for her to overtake the leader The fifth race the Expectation Purse at one mile the principal attraction of the day brought together a fast band of horses with Columbine a slight favorite over Tom McTaggart both at oddson Ensor had the mount on the latter and duplicated his success of the previous race while Columbine after two straight vic ¬ tories to her credit quit after going threequarters and pulled up lame lameP P T Chinns fine looking twoyearold Opper man a son of Patiud Dancing Wave which has been showing fine form in ills exercise gallops made good on his second appearance under color3 when he won the opening dash defeating Chaste Star by two lengths while Miriam Cooper got third lor 7 General Agramonte won his third straight victory in accounting for the second race for which he was the outstanding choice The Clopton gelding under Coltilettis welljudged ride was reserved to the stretch where he moved up fast and after a brief brush with Lucy Kate the pacemaker drew away under a mild drive driveM M J Murphys speedy sprinter Jock Scot made a show of his opponents in the fourth nice a dash of six and a half furlongs Away like a flash the old Ogden gelding dashed to the front and display ¬ ing a high order of speed soon had the others fagged out in their unavailing efforts to overtake him At the end he was five lengths ahead of his nearest rival Frederick the Great third place going to Sammy Kelly KellyW W at started to be a cold dull day turned into an ideal afternoon ami the track was faster than at any previous time since the opening of the meeting meetingDick Dick Pendings Nonus and Yankee Notions be ¬ longing to J L Donahay collided this morning while at exercise Yankee Notions was cut about the nostrils and the other thoroughbred received more severe lacerations about the chest Nonus is a fouryearold which gave promise of developing into a good juniper at Laurel last fall fallPhil Phil White arrived from Havana and has ac ¬ cepted a position in the miitucl department departmentVisitors Visitors here today from Havre de Grace reported a fourinch snowfall there early Monday morning It is also rumored here that about two dozen horses are coughing at the Harford track trackDon Don Kimiey who is interested in the ownership of the Derby eligible Botheration will return to Lexington at the end of the week weekStarry Starry Banner and Jack Keevcs were added to the schooling list listWalter Walter Carr has added Little Niece and Track Star to liis string He bought the former from W H Fizer and the latter from B A Lane Carr represented J Lcischmann in the tansaction tansactionT T J Donahue has arrived at Pimlico from Aiken S C with fourteen head He took In the sport here today todayBen Ben Silverinan was one of the days arrivals from New York YorkN N J Barnes was suspended for the remainder of the meeting by the starter starterGeneral General Agramonte was reclaimed by S Louis for 2285 2285L L Erb took Sikhim out of the sunte race from A F Dayton for 203184
