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HOWE COLORS IN FRONM Lullaby II. Triumphs Over SprinterjH in Miami Feature. v Surprisingly Large Crowd Witnessef Hialeah Park Sport Tomber eau Adds to Earnings MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 1. Lullaby II., the in ported daughter of Ellangowan and Chan-sonette, which races for Richard Howes Howe Stable was winner of the Coral Reefs Purse, feature offering of the Miami Jockey Club at Hialeah Park this afternoon. It was a race of five and a half furlongs confined to fillies and mares and in victory she took the measure of Mrs. G. W. Lofts fast mare, Mabla, and it was A. G. Westons, Jaffa that finished third. The card was one that was made up of overnight events, but some excellent racing resulted and it was viewed by a surprisingly large crowd for an off-day. Weather and tracks conditions were all that could be desired. While Lullaby II. ran a good race to win the sprint purse, Mabla was the victim of bad racing luck and it was a performance not up to her best. Single Star, another of the starters, was also unfortunate and performed well to finish fourth. Robertson lost little time in taking the lead and he sent the Howe filly along at a pace that kept her clear of the other3 after the first furlong had been run. Jaffa, the lightweight of the field, raced after her, and then came Lady Fingers. Mabla had been slow to leave her stall, as was Single Star, and when Walls moved up with Mrs. Lofts mare, Single Star moved outside of her in a fashion that saw the daughter of On Watch caught in rather close quarters. Mabla had scant chance to stride freely until well out of the back stretch. By that time Lullaby II. had raced Jaffa into submission to open up a clear lead. She was some three lengths to the good in the stretch, while Mabla was forced to go to the outside. She finished gamely, but could not catch the foreign miss, which was past the line a winner by a length and a half. Mabla had beaten the tired Jaffa by a length for second place, while Single Star was a fast finishing fourth. Lady Fingers had quit badly, and the others cut no figure in the running. MILLS GOOD RIDE. Hank Mills came back in the opening race to show no ill effects from his fall with Dabster Saturday, when he piloted Mrs. E. L. Swikards Hamilton to a cleverly earned victory over J. W. Mays Please and W. E. Hupps Bobs Play. It was a thrilling finish when the three crossed the line closely locked and a wide distance before San Presto, the one to finish fourth. Mills plainly outrode the experienced Workman, who had the mount on Please. Workman went away from the post whipping and slashing, and he continued his drive for most of the seven furlongs. Mills, on the other hand, sat still on his mount, and by nursing him along kept his head in front. Inside the final furlong he roused Hamilton once with the whip, and it was sufficient to save the day. Bobs Play was outrun to the stretch, but he closed with a great rush, and while Hamilton had only beaten Please by a nose, Bobs Play was just a nose back of the May gelding, and he would doubtless have been winner in a few more strides. The juvenile race of the day saw the distance stretched out to five-sixteenths, and it brought together a field of eighteen maidens. It went to Mose Lowensteins Meany, which won easily from R. W. Collins Levaal, J. F. Pattersons Gay Attire, a field horse, and Asa Harneds Vennie H., which were only heads apart as they followed him ! past the finish. Continued on twenty-second page. : HOWE COLORS IN FRONT Continued from first page. Before the start G. D. Wideners Light Action reared and fell with Leischman, while Eaby, who had the mount on Bantu, jumped from the saddle to escape being caught in the accident. Fortunately no harm was done, and shortly thereafter the field was sent away to a good start. Vennie H. proved particularly alert and was first to show the way but could not hold his position, and Meany, racing straight down the middle of the course, took command in the final furlong to draw away and be the winner by a length and a half. Levaal, under a powerful ride by Pollard, fought it out gamely when he dropped hi3 head down before Gay Attire. The third was a seven-furlong race for platers of the male gender, and it went to J. D. Norris, Jr.s useful Tombereau, and, though he won by a big margin, he was doing his best. Mrs. V. M. Duncans Clean Play took second place by less than a length from Richard Whitneys Cock Robin,; and Crushed Stone was fourth. From a good start Arthur at once sent Tombereau into the lead, and he was soon well clear of the others, neverto surrender the lead. Crushed Stone raced after him in the early stages, with Clean Play third, but before the stretch was reached Clean Play had moved into second place and held it to the end. Sun Memory carried J. F. Pattersons silks to victory in the fourth when he took the measure of H. Roseachers Bacciocco, holder of the Hialeah Park record for the distance. Third was the portion of F. H. Carpenters Double Heart when he barely beat C. H. Millers Jamison for that part of the purse." From a good start The Heathen and Bacciocco were the ones to show the way, but Sun Memory was close after them and Double Heart was in contention until he ran into interference and was crowded back. Bacciocco put The Heatheri away, but the old son of Donnacona had raced along far enough to cost him a big effort, and when Bejshak moved up with Sun Memory in the final furlong, he was soon past to be the winner by two lengths, though plainly doing his best.
