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GOOD CROWD OUT TO SEE ERIE RACING ERIE Pa May IS Showing a high flight of speed at all stages of the threequarter mile race H AV Moores Rainbow Girl captured the Eiie Driving Fair Associations Inaugural Handicap at Exposition Park this afternoon Knklux in a haul drive saved second place from the fast closing Viva Cuba The winner ruled favorite and her vic toty was most popular popularDespite Despite the threatening weather a crowd of 3000 turned out to witness the sport which marked the introduction here cf thoioughbied racing That the Sport of Kings will become popular with the sportloving public locally seems assured Society turned out in force twentyfour of tha private boxes being occupied by Eries leading citizens citizensTrainer Trainer T B AVaters saddled two of the winners in My Gracie and Dr Hall both of which scored by comfortable margins An accident marred the running of the curtain raiser when jockey C Mc Corkle was unseated He sustained a scalp wound and was removed to a local hospital hospitalPrevious Previous to the running of the second race Airge was claimed by M Sanders owner of Anna Starr from Mrs H J King for 700 700Word Word readied here today from Cleveland that starter Elmer AVilson was operated upon in that city Sunday following an attack of pleurisy He Will be JuJd up fv several weeks uud wjlj be unable to officiate as starter at Mount Royal Park Mon ¬ treal at which meeting he was engaged to dispatch
