Mobiles Second Week: Opens with a Fast Track and Fine Weather for Days Racing.; Glabella an Easy Winner of the Main Race--Miss Leighton Defeats Royal Crown., Daily Racing Form, 1923-03-27

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MOBILES SECOND WEEK Opens with a Fast Track and Fine Weather for Days Racing Glabella an Easy Winner of the theMain Main Race Miss Leighton LeightonDefeats Defeats Royal Crown MOBILE Ala March 2G W D Bern hardts Glabella scored her second victory of the meeting in the Van Antwerp Drug Companys Purse at the Fair Grounds this afternoon Billy Bern finished second to the King James filly and Manicure Maid was third at the end of the mile Marjorie Wood and Jupiter were the other starters startersGlabella Glabella ran one of the best races of the meeting everything considered She made the two circuits of the track in 1 14 and had to race a bit wide for the first lap before Burger could get her into a position to take the lead and the rail Billy Bern beat the others away from the barrier and cut out a stiff pace with Glabella in closest pursuit Jupiter from an outside position threatened them at first but ran out con ¬ sistently on the turns and finished last in consequence Glabella passed Billy Bern quickly when sent for the lead and had speed in reserve at the finish justifying the opening odds of less than evens At that figure she was not in demand however and her price went up although supported suffi ¬ ciently to send her to the post the favorite favoriteAnother Another summer day with a lightning fast track and a crowd up to expectations give promise of another wellattended week of CONSISTENT C A COMISKEY COMISKEYC C A Comiskey displaying consistent form took the opening race from Wireless in a stirring finish by a head Sandy II under hard riding throughout finished in third place placeBabylonian Babylonian upset what was calculated to be a well meant coup when favored by good racing luck he took the measure of Spice bush by a length The latter opened up as one of the extreme outsiders in the second race at about fiveeighths for an ordinary band of platers Propaganda the favorite was third After the race Moofe who rode Propaganda was warned that rough riding by him would not be tolerated in the future and to watch his step stepThe The Four Oaks Farm Stable won its first purse of the present meeting with Miss Leigh ton in the third race at about six and a half furlongs for maiden threeyearolds and over Royal Crown the favorite in the race finished second a length behind the winner and a dead in front of the long shot Walespa Royal Crown raced as if best but Martin got liimsslf into close quarters with J J Trox iers color bearer and was never able to ex ¬ tract himself from the pocket until the finish was almost reached reachedJacobean Jacobean carried S Jones colors to an ather victory in the fifth race beating Stev Bnson which beat Ailliro a neck for second place placeEASY EASY roil KUCGLES KUCGLESRuggles Ruggles captured the closing race from Consort and Grandee Consort took the lead followed by Ruggles and Grandee This was the order of the leaders for the first half when Ruggles moved up and racing Consort into defeat drew away into a four lengths lead Consort held on gamely after being lassed by the winner and took second place jy more than a length from Grandee GrandeeWhen When the start came the horses crowded ach other and jockey Demayos spur caught 11 the rigging He was pulled off and suf ered what appears a broken collar bone boneThrough Through a new arrangement between start rs William Snyder and William Hamilton he former will continue to dispatch the ields from the post during the remainder of he meeting meetingT T Bornmann has received word from New ind Miss Etta which he left in the Crescent IMty are down with fever


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