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GRIFFIN IS VICTORIOUS Wins From Morocco Under Fine Ride by Jockey Mills. , My Sis Weakens in Stretch, but Saves Third Donny Johnny Scores Over Tuskegee. MIAMI, Fla., March 8. It was a decidedly ordinary card that was served up by the Gables Association for the sport at Tropical Park this afternoon, when each race was confined to platers under a valuation of ,500, and one race of five and a half furlongs was split three ways, being run as the first, second and third races. This having been arranged for at entry time Monday. Before the first race was run Bob Blackburn was ordered out for the reason that there was a question as to his ownership. Another that was scratched and after wagering had begun was Sea Rocket. Named to go in the fourth, he wrenched an ankle while being led to the paddock and was excused. The race occupying the feature position was the Bocaratone Claiming Purse, over the mile distance. This brought an interesting contest with O. A. Simmons Griffin the winner, under an excellent ride by Hank Mills. E. McCuans Morocco raced to the place with J. P. Musgraves My Sis saving third from C. K. Finchs Bird of Prey. MY SIS SETS PACE. My Sis was the one to cut out the running in this and Hazel Gumberts and Griffin followed her closely. Mills held his position on the rail and he showed both skill and courage as he stuck to the position until My Sis weakened slightly, when he went into the command. Bird of Prey moved up on the outside going to the half-mile ground and for an instant he threatened to run over the leaders. Then when My Sis hung on gamely Hanford was forced to go wide with Bird of Prey, and his winning chance was gone. It was at the head of the stretch that Mills took command with Griffin, and there Ensor cut through on the inside with Morocco and, in a vigorous finish, he ran out the others to take the place by half a length, but Griffin was safely the winner by a length and a half. My Sis stuck it out to save third, and she was three lengths before Bird of Prey. The skies were overcast and .there was some chill in the air, but altogether conditions were excellent, and another good crowd was out for what was offered. The faint-hearted Morden, which races for C. A. Grande, found the band in the opening five and a half furlongs dash so utterly cheap that he stuck it out to be winner over M. Sheas Barn Dance, and it was old Crystal Domino that carried the silks of George Arvin into third place before Harum Scarum. Catrone did not lose much time taking the lead with Morden and he nursed the filly along all the way to have her winner by a length and a quarter. Barn Dance, after racing third while Chianti was chasing the winner, made a determined bid in the stretch, but hung under the drive. CHIANTI QUITS. Crystal Domino found his way into third place when Chianti stopped, but he was five lengths back of the first two at the line. A surprise occurred in the running of the second race, at five and a half furlongs, when E. Buck brought H. A. Coulsons Donny Johnny along with a great rush at the end to beat Rudolph Spreckels Tuskegee. Mrs. W. E. Martins Black Watch outlasted Chattahoochee for third. There was some delay at the post and Guffle was taken to a position outside the stalls before there was an alignment. The start was a good one and Guffle was first away, but he almost at once surrendered command to Black Watch, while Tuskegee closely followed the son of St. Jares. Donny Johnny was well back in the field, but, with plenty of racing room, he steadily made up ground. Tuskegee raced Black Watch into defeat before the stretch was reached and there Long hand-crossed to the inside with him and he looked all over the winner, but Donny Johnny was just beginning to run in earnest. He had worked his way up until he was in third place and through the last sixteenth he ran down Tuskegee, to be over the line winner by a length and a half. Tuskegee had beaten Black Watch by more than a length and Chattahoochee finished fast to land in fourth place. A close finish came in the third, another Continued on twenty-second fige. GRIFFIN IS VICTORIOUS . Continued from first page. five and a half furlong dash for cheap ones when W. J. Nortons Pass in Review just nosed out Mrs. R. Pollards Princeton and Miss L. Halls Orkin saved third from Jesse Spencers Tiger Prince. From a good start Mortime was rushed into a long lead and Princeton was in second place and soon going along under a steadyingrestraint. Orkin was third and then came Pass in Review, but well back of the leaders. Hanford was in no hurry to chase after Mortime with Princeton, and the son of Morvich had enough before the stretch was reached and Mrs. Pollards sprinter took an easy lead. He had been going along so strongly that he seemed a sure winner as he swung into the stretch. It was there that Robertson called on Pass in Review and as he closed resolutely, Hanford went to a drive on Princeton. The son of Light Brigade hung slightly in the drive and it seemed to many that he had lasted long enough, but Pass in Review had dropped his nose down in front in the last stride. Orkin outlasted the others and was only another length away and just half a length before Tiger Prince, which finished going well. Mortime, after his flash of early speed, quit utterly in the short stretch and finished next to last.
