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COGAIR DEFEATS FAVORITE Nellie Custis Finishes Second to Pollard Colorbearer aiorocco Hakes It Two Straight by Winning WinningFourth Fourth Race Ossie II Scores Scoresin in Opener COLLINSVILLE 111 May 26 The Pollard stables CogAir made it two in a row when he defeated the strong favorite Nellie Custis in the outstanding race of the afternoon at Fairmount Park False Pride was third thirdThe The University City Purse was the name of the feature and it attracted a good band Despite the recent triumph of CogAir the public supported Nellie Custis in confident fashion and great was the disappointment when the daughter of Sir Barton failed to win winThe The winners time for the six furlongs 1 11 was the fastest of the meeting for that distance and within twofifths of a second of the track record set by My Dandy DandyRacing Racing conditions were ideal with a bril ¬ liant sun shining on a track that was at its best There was a cool breeze blowing through the stands which made the goodly washday crowd comfortable for the good sport sportEd Ed Medians useful sprinter Ossie H won his third race of the meeting when he was home winner in the first race Fortunate Mann raced to second place half a length in advance of Jeanne Adele which was grouped in the field with Rosetta and Hous ¬ ton but the notorious post actor was on his bad behavior and refused to leave when starter Wingfield dispatched the field fieldB B B Rice finally broke his run of hard luck when he saddled Broad A winner of the second race The daughter of Chilhowee scored a nose victory over P M Burchs Amour in a thrilling finish which brought the two to the end so closely aligned that only the judges could separate them Joan G took third thirdThe The public suffered one of the severest shocks of the meeting when the Weque Sta ¬ bles Skibo a pronounced favorite went down decisively in the threequarters third race in which F Serembas Etonardo was an easy winner over Celtic Prince Fidelia O and eight others othersJockey Jockey Joe Cavens who had the mount on Skibo failed to make any effort to get his mount into contention and despite his Continued on twentieth page COGAIR DEFEATS FAVORITE Continued from first page being far back Cavens seemed to be con ¬ tent with the rear position and practically gallopedi the heavilyplayed favorite around the track trackMorocco Morocco scored his second consecutive vic ¬ tory in one of the fastest run races of the meeting when he negotiated the mile and seventy jards in 144 leading My Scoop and Calome which finished second and third respectively The winner under apprentice T Swigert followed Highway to the stretch turn and Avithout undue effort supplanted the Blue Star Stables representative and once in the lead drew away to an easy victory victoryMy My Scoop reported to have pulled up lame after his trial Sunday failed to reveal any of the infirmities that had prompted trainer Schwartz to try to have him excused and it is quite evident that the judges were con ¬ vinced that the scheme was a hoax to throw off the ones that fancied his chances The son of Scotch Broom was prominent from the start and made a game effort for honors but could not match strides with the winner and made a gam effort for honors but could not match strides with the winner winnerThe The winner was well backed with a result his odds dwindled to less than even money at post time and he eventually paid 378 for the usual 2 investment investmentG G W Ogle woner of Morocco winner of the fourth race claimed Jem out of that race for his entered price of 3000 3000Jockeys Jockeys J D Mooney and Johnny Parmalec left Monday for Chicago
