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MOBILE MEETING ENDS Assemblage Which Clogs Grounds Signalizes the Day Last Effort First in the Chief ChiefRace Race Wireless Wins and andPleases Pleases Mobile Folk MOBILE Ala March SI Mobiles third annual spring meeting under the auspices o the Business Mens Racing Association camo to a close this afternoon with the running of a handicap at a mile and seventy yards as its feature Last Effort picked up a five pounds penalty because of her victory in the closing dash of yesterday and won the race with Glabella Magician Exhorter and Ame ¬ lia S following her across the finish line in the order named The race was named in honor of the L Hammel Dry Goods Company and had a value of 700 the largest offering of the meeting It was the second purse given by the Hammel interests Julius Ham ¬ mel president of the company served as one of the stewards here a year ago undar tho other racing regime and is an enthusiastic supporter of the thoroughbred thoroughbredWeather Weather conditions were favorable for the closing and the largest crowd of tho meeting packed the stands and bleachers that extend practically from end to end C the homestretch of the halfmile course Tho footing was streaky with the heaviest going along the inner rail Jockeys played more than an ordinary part in the decision of tho contests brains to travel near the center of the track being at a premium premiumWEIGHT WEIGHT BEATS 3IAGICIAJT 3IAGICIAJTLast Last Effort with Mangan in the saddle was always in front in the feature and was judiciously piloted along the comparatively dry path but had to be hard ridden at the end to outfinish Glabella Magician which had come to be looked upon as the Man o War of Mobile tired under 117 pounds anil barely outstayed Exhorter for the smallest portion of the purse purseMobile Mobile racegoers had another opportunity to applaud the victory of a locally owned horse when the frequently disappointing Wireless won the opener in a canter by three lengths for W T Potter M ss Era toqk second place by a head from Arietta AriettaW W D Bernhardts Jago the second fa ¬ vorite of the afternoon to win again dis ¬ played his mud running ability by taking the second race in a canter by a half dozen lengths from Mary G and Mickey Moore which was beaten a half length for second place placeThe The result of the third race was very un ¬ satisfactory to the form followers when Fleer Gypsy Light and Consort finished as named Machiavelli and Propaganda suivorted to the exclusion of the other starters were rid ¬ den with poor judgment by jockeys Martin and Moore Both boys continued to pull their mounts up with no good reason reasonTWO TWO lOlt AV J POTTKIt POTTKItW W J Potter scored a double when Herald which he purchased Thurnday accounted for the fifth race at one mile Little Patsy se ¬ cured second place two lengths behind tho leader while Harvest King followed seven lengths away awayPostponement Postponement of Chicago racing dates for a month has been made for the purpose of avoiding a conflict with the meeting of tho AkSarBen Exposition at Omaha according to word received here by John Carr from Charles L Trimble president of the Nebraska enterprise The new dates provide for racing at Hawthorne for twentyfive days beginning June 30 instead of May 20 as previously an ¬ nounced The Nebraska meeting will open on June 2 and continue for nineteen racing days Thomas K Bourke manager of tho Illinois Jockey Club met with Mr Trimble in New Orleans near the end of the Jeffer ¬ son Park meeting and they talked over tho situation It is believed the Chicago inter ¬ ests were influenced in their decision to givo way because June 2 has been used by tho Nebraska track as an inaugural day for tho last two or three years ay well as by a desire to promote harmony in the budding western field fieldJ J W Murphy claimed Wireless the win ¬ ner of the first race for 800 800It It was said at New Orleans that W Shields second trainer for the Binghamton sportsman had gone to Havre do Graco with a years contract to train Exterminator Sallys Alley and the other Kilmer stars starsPut Put Heffernan has taken over Tricks and Kingling II belonging respectively to James Arthur and J P Mayberry and will raco them at Huntington and other trucks off tho main line Heffernan has Fleer to carry his own colors Kenneth Parrington will do the riding for Ilcffcrnau
