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BILLY BERN TRIUMPHS Takes First Mobile Race from High Value Narrowly Dahinda Wins Luckily in a Close CloseFinish Finish of Three Feature to toSearch Search Light HI MOBILE Ala March 22 E L Woods threeyearold Billy Bern after numerous unsuccessful attempts to earn brackets reached that height of thoroughbred useful ¬ ness when he gained a head decision over the locally owned High Value in the opening of ¬ fering of the days racing Miss Leighton raced into third place four lengths behind tiie leaders Billy Bern took the lead while rounding the first turn and under hard rid ¬ ing by E Martin held his advantage when challenged by High Value and secured the winners share of the purse Miss Leighton easily held the remainder of the field safe for third place and finished four lengths be ¬ fore Barbara Palmer for that position positionSandy Sandy H did the unexpected for runners on a halfmile track by coming from the rear and taking the second race in easy fashion from Marse Jimmy and Consort Midnight Stories made the early pace closely fol ¬ lowed by Consort and Sandy H This order was maintained until threeeighths had been covered when Consort raced into what ap ¬ peared a winning lead but his saddle slipped and Gregory was almost unseated When Gregory pulled himself safely into the saddle again Sandy If had a big lead and Marse Jimmy passed him by three lengths and in this order the three placed horses finished finishedCLOSE CLOSE FINISH PLEASES PLEASESThe The best finish of the meeting came with the running of the third race in which three horses finished so close together that the result was in doubt until the official placing had been made which gave the race to Da ¬ hinda with Briarcliff second and Miss Em third Dahindas victory was of the llukey kind as Fast Trial which dashed to the front right at the start ran out on the stretch turn and forced several horses with him to the outside This permitted Dahinda to slip through next to the rail and save much ground which enabled her to take the lead and win by a nose with Briarcliff a head in front of Miss Em Kitty Carpenter was installed favorite for the race but she was never able to secure a clear course courseThe The Mobile Gas Company Purse at a mile featured the card of six races at the Fair Grounds this afternoon and it was won by the wellbacked horse Search Light III He was plunged on in the betting and backed down while Financial Rooster which opened an oddson choice receded in the betting When it came to racing it was a onehorse affair and Search Light III made a show of his opponents He was ridden right to the front directly after the start and soon had a long lead over Financial Rooster They ran in this order for the first half mile when Financial Rooster began to tire and Tyranny set out for the leader but the advantage was too much to overcome and while Search Light III tired badly in the last quarter he had enough left to out finish Tyranny and secure the verdict by two lengths Tyranny had no trouble in taking second place being six lengths before Financial Rooster L T Bauer brought Search Light III over from New Orleans for J H Nicol and managed to secure a purse at the first asking askingSU3I3IEULIKE SU3I3IEULIKE WEATKEU WEATKEUThe The weather was like summer in every way and as a result the crowd showed an ¬ other big increase the attendance being the best of the meeting to date The manage ¬ ment has decided to have a day for the members of the fair sex tomorrow and all ladies visiting the course will be admitted gratis gratisThe The longest priced winner of the meeting scored in the fifth race when a real good thing was put over in Verdi Loon and the ring received a scorching as a result San dalwood dashed to the front right after the start and as he soon had a long lead it seemed he would make a runaway race of it but after entering the backstretch in the last time around he bled which was the third day in succession that he did this and he was eased up by his rider When Sandalwood retired Verdi Loon took the command and increased his lead with every stride to win as his rider pleased Jago the oddson choice for the race failed to show his usual early speed and was outrun all the way but finished well and beat Little Patsy by a half length lengthJockey Jockey E Martin won his second race of the afternoon when he brought J T Looneys Harvest King home a winner in the last race Hutchison finished second and Tokalon March third Harvest King followed the favorite Grandee for the first turn of the track then raced into a safe lead leadJockey Jockey G Mangaii was forced to cancel his mounts today due to a painful injury to his left leg received yesterday while rid ¬ ing Grayson
