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WINS WITH HIGH WEIGHT Brown Wisdom Easy Victor While Carrying 132 Pounds Jtcichert Tair Dominate fairniount Tnrk Tnrkfeatures features 31 y Handy Winning Ills IllsRace Race by Ten Lengths COLLINSVILLE 111 May 17 The Hotel Jefferson Handicap which was renewed here today as the feature of a good Saturday program after a lapse of two years was won by the Reichert Brothers Brown Wis ¬ dom which carried the enormous package of 132 pounds and proved liis superiority over a small but good field in the mud mudBrown Brown Wisdoms sprinting stablemate My Dandy had just won the previous race the GlobeDemocrat Purse and in each instance it was the second straight victory of the Reichert racer Second in the Hotel Jefferson was Beau Wrack from the stable of C Graffagnini whose colors also were conspicuous in lo days racing and third was the good filly Thistle Fyrn running for George Collins The running time was 1 48 48Brown Brown Wisdom won drawing away from his field after BeauWrack had made a very determined effort to catch him The Reichert racer had been under restraint however and was always best bestJockey Jockey P Garrity rode both My Dandy and Brown Wisdom WisdomTorrential Torrential rains during the night and a steady downpour diverted the track virtually to a quagmire and horses partial to the muddy going were in demand and came in for heavy support Unpropitious weather kept the weekend crowd down to around 3500 hardy patrons who braved a cold rain to witness the card cardMiss Miss M Kelly won her first purse of the meeting when Jack Crain carried her colors to a wellearned victory in the threequarters first race Although he had a margin of one length at the end it was only after making up considerable ground that he finished in the van of the favored Toltec which raced to the place with E E Majors Robina Seth get ¬ ting up in the final strides for third having a head advantage over Watch Word Wordt t FAIL THEIR BACKERS BACKERSStarch Starch and Woodgain came in for stout support but the latter failed to get into con ¬ tention during the running Starch ruined whatever chances he had by his bad post acting beginning tardily when the break came but showed a good effort for he closed up much ground and was going strongly as he closed his engagement engagementFig Fig Leaf the favorite in the second race made good in impressive fashion when she led home Ed Medians Vagrant by two lengths after a brief stretch duel West ¬ ern Princess raced to third place in hollow style jn advance of Lady Emblem EmblemG G Fowler who had the mount on the winner performed in a confident manner for he took the AV R Cox filly under re ¬ straint while Vagrant cut out a good pace in the muddy going and waited until they reached the stretch before urging his mount When he did she responded gamely to wear down the early pacemaker and drew away to an easy victory Apprentice C Green had Vagrant in the van before the open ¬ ing quarter had been traversed and it looked as if the McCuan filly was going to main ¬ tain her advantage but she readily gave way to the winner in the final eighth West ¬ ern Princess had an easy time taking down third money having twelve lengths over Lady Emblem at the end endTWO TWO IX A ROW ROWWith With the third race declared off the Globe Democrat Purse which served as a secondary attraction was shifted to this position on the program It went to Reichert Brothels My Dandy making it two in a TOW for the son of Porte Drapeau My Dandy won in im ¬ pressive fashion from A G Dunlaps Queen Towton with C Graffagninis Whileaway third thirdThe The winner well suited by the mud set the pace and as he sped along he increased his advantage until he had a tenlength margin when he passed the judges stand Queen Towton began slowly Jockey M Rose bided his time in making up ground and as they rounded the stretch turn the gallant mare had reached contention and easily held While ¬ away safe for the place as the latter was eight lengths back of her at the finish The latter while showing improvement over his recent efforts failed to race with the same speed that earned him a place among the top notchers at New Orleans last winter when he conquered such good ones as High Foot FootMy My Dandy a popular favorite of the Fair mount devotees was backed to the exclusion of the others and never left the result in doubt after going a quarter Extreme an exceptionally good mudder failed to race to expectations and finished far in the wake of rthe more successful ones onesJockey Jockey L Morris made his first appear ¬ ance in the saddle at the meeting when he had the leg up on Bainbridge in the second race Friday
