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FAVORABLE COURT DECISION Temporary Injunction Permits Use of Pari Mutuels at Chagrin Falls ClIAGUIN FALLS O May 3 Following the granting of a temporary injuntion late today by judge Foran in the Court of Common Pleas the spring meeting of the Chagrin Falls Jockey Club opened here this afternoon Although the initial dash was scheduled to be run at 2 oclock it was 3 oclock before the field was dispatched No mutuels were sold however awaiting the decision of the court An hour later the second race was called after word had readied the course of the courts favorable decision but still the mutuel pavilion remained closed closedA A crowd of about four thousand was in attend ¬ ance despite threatening weather conditions The announcement that the injunction had l een granted was received with much enthusiasm The ma ¬ chines then commenced nprntions on the third race and continued to operate during the remainder of the afternoon afternoonM M Sanders Olympian King captured the Chagrin Falls Handicap the fourth and feature attraction although hard pressed at the end to win by half a length in a driving finish The next three horses finished heads apart apartSabretash Sabretash also scored by a narrow margin but the remaining winners had considerable to spare at the finish finishFor For rough riding on Olympian Kins jockey C Taylor Was set down for a week weekL L Gentry was kicked by Molly O while at the post for the fifth race and pulled up lame and bleeding freely after his victory victoryMolly Molly Os entry will be refused in future futureC C B Waters suffered tlie loss of Lieutenant Lester since his arrival He died of fever Con ¬ tracted while en route here hereH H Woods Cavan Boy died yesterday of a similar cause Waters also reports that Dick Winfrey died last winter at an Illinois farm from pneumonia
