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TWO FOR C. PHILLIPS « Figures Prominently in Wednesdays Racing at Mobile. ♦ Cromwell Is Again Triumphant — Remnant at Home in the Heavy Going. i MOBIBK. Ala., March HI.— Jockey C. Phillips figured prominently in todays racing at the local Fair Grounds, winning two contests in succession and finishing second in two others. Phillips rode Northern Star to victory in the fourth race, furnishing the higgest upset of the afternoon, in beating Guy Clayton, the odds-on choice. Northern Star got away quickly and. under Phillips energetic ride, held sway throughout. Guy Clayton was taken back in the early running and met some interference when moving up in the stretch, tiring at the end. Phillips followed with another triumph in the fifth race when he brought home Simpleton a half length in advance of Nans Fortune, with Richard V. finishing third. In this race Phillips was forced to do his! I best. He rode his mount wide on the turns, I but caught and passed Nans Fortune in the last sixteenth to score in a hard drive. Resides the two victories noted above, Phillips finished second with Candy Jar in the first race and second on Cornflower in the succeeding contest. ■LUX AIRS GOOD RACK. A three-year-old race opened todays proceedings, and Black Air put up a sparkling performance to take the major portion of the purse. He and Candy Jar were the popular choices, the latter a slight favorite. For a time it appeared as if Candy Jar would win by a big margin. He had a big lead entering the stretch, but suddenly tired and then quit. In the meantime. Black Air, which was forced back soon after the start and interfered with, closed an immense gap and, after overtaking the leader, easily drew away at the end. There was no mistake as to which horse was best in the second race. At least, the old mare. Remnant, left no reason to doubt her superiority over her opponents in the heavy going. She simply revelled in the mud, and, after racing Cornflower into defeat, opened up a big lead and found no trouble maintaining it to the end. Cornflower was as easily second best, but proved no match for the winner. FIRST FOR C. 8. WILSON. Mark Aurele enabled C. S. Wilson to take down his first purse of the meeting when he accounted for the purse in the third race. He led for the entire way and beat Miss Aji by a close margin under hard urging. Southern Melody finished in third place. Mxirk Aurele displayed the most speed and also a iiking for the going, but lost considerable ground going wide, which enabled Miss Aji to get close to him. Southern Melody raced well and MM Kvelyn Prown safe. Grenade, one of the choices, was never prominent. The veteran Cromwell scored another victory, defeating Servitor and Horinga in the sixth race. The winner was saved while Sfrvitor raced Lamp Ward into defeat, then moved to the front and easily drew clear to finish three lengths in advance of the tiring Servitor. The concluding race of the afternoon was at one mile and seventy yards, with Babbling the favorite an easy winner. The Sea King mare led all the way, and was never seriously threatened.
