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/ C r a I b to li _ t r - , | ; | _ . j j j , I j, AKRON TRACK AGAIN MUDDY Caligula Takes Best Race on Mondays Card — Transportation Strike Affects Attendance. AKRON. Ohio. May 3.— Once more the races were run over a heavy track following downpour this morning. Overhead conditions were more favorable, however. Owing a strike, the transportation facilities were limited and the attendance confined only to those who came by private motor. This was responsible for a much smaller crowd than usual for ladies day. Haughton Moran provided the winner of the best race on the card at Northampton Park this afternoon when Caligula annexed the sixth in commanding style. He wrested the lead from Vacation Time while rounding the far turn, and thereafter the result was never in serious doubt. Finishing with a rush through the stretch. Porto de Oro was up in the last few strides to beat Vacation Time and Brandeis for second place. Taking command at once. I.ady Oxford never left the issue in doubt during the running of the opening dash. Alice Atkin was bard pressed to save the place from the fast I closing The Scholar. Collie Tokalon was also in the van at all stages of the following race, but was doing her best in the closing stages. Eoxtail came from far back to beat the others home. As the field rounded the far turn. Napan. la close quarters on the inside, stumbled and all but fell, unseating jockey Rausser. The lad luckily escaped injury. It was only in the closing stride that Padlock got up to snatch victory from Brass Hand in the third race after the latter appeared the winner midway of the stretch. Finishing with a rush San Hedron nosed the pacemaker Beg Pardon out of third place-right at the finish. The- apprentice Epperson sent Article N. into the lead at once in the fourth race and he retained a comfortable lead for the entire race. Dustproof worked his way up next to the inner rail during the stretch run and handily disposed of the tiring Harp of the North for second place. Showing the way throughout. City Clayton scored a comparatively easy victory in the fifth race. The real struggle came for the minor portions of the purse, and Wee Toddler outlasted Gussie P. during the final drive.
