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TIRES UNDER HIS HEAVY IMPOST. C. B, Irwin- speedy Motor Cop still continues ••■ be ih- BMNjmrek af tin- areetera sprinters. In ■■■ -••• ini.-ii y feature, a handicap at three -quart* -mile, he picked up the crusklttg iniliost of t| . pounds aid showed lis keels to a good band of sheet distance racers. However, truth to be told, he was tiring in the last eighth and jockey Martiuez had to hustle him along to ward off the belated challenge of Stun Reh. which captured sen. ml place from Hilly Lane. The opening dash of the day. at five and a half furlongs, provided a finish which would be a fit subject for the brush of an artist. In this race the first five haraea finished so close together that nay one of them 1 oiihl have been called the winner without a dissenting voice qncstiewhng Ihe result. Indeed, the victorious runner was unknown until the .ffi.ial numbers had been displayed. It was then learned that No Wonder, finishing on the outside. which had taken the lead midway in tin; stretch, hail lasted long enough to win by a pane, with Thirty Seven, Bartyanera, Miss Kruter and Rosellis next in aider, a like distance apart. Another rloae finish came in he concluding dash. in which Freplace managed to hold the lead to win by the smallest of margins from Hobby Allen. Jockey Huwtaaaer, on Bobby AUen, elected 10 come around his field entering the stretch, which probably cost him the race. The horses of Al Austin were put up for sale at public auction in the paddock at noon yesterday and three of his string were -old. Rehnio was bid up lo JS.IOO by G. Alexandia and sold, while Coca Cola went to William "Bed" Walker for .*2.700. W. T. Anderson got the three-year-old Dovesroost. a candidate for the Tijuana Derby, for *3,000. Jean Corey, which lias gone wrong, was bid in at ,!WN and Batata was also retained when the best she would bring was L.KJO. Jockey R. Carter received a check today calling for siOtl as a present for winning with the coll Melachritio last week. Ixmi- C. Erdt, New York representative for the Melaehrino cigarettes, was the doner of Ihe gift. Hobby Allen was the medium of a claim in the eighth race when C. H. Irwin took him for ftandHk The plater Thirty Seven also changed hands after the running of the first BMW, H. T. Palmer taking him for ?8f 0. e
