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RAY PILOTS THREE WINNERS Smallest Crowd of Current Omaha OmahaMeeting Meeting Watches Days Program Pharenough Earns Purse OMAHA Neb June 17 Inclement weath ¬ er kept the attendance down to the lowest figure of any time during the current meet ¬ ing at AkSarBen Park this afternoon The crowd marginThe exceeded 2000 by a slight margin The Nebraska Press Association Claiming Purse featured the program a six furlongs dash in which there were five contestants and was decided over a sloppy track trackD D J McAuliffes Pharenough displayed a courageous effort to gain the decision over Shady Gate by the margin of a neck after having been under a drive for the entire distance Unlawful lasted to be third thirdApprentice Apprentice W Ray exhibited some splen ¬ did horsemanship in the handling of the threeyearold filly battling with Unlaw ¬ ful for half a mile then Shady Gate took up the challenge Head and head they fought it out down the stretch but in the last seventy yards Pharenough drew clear to hold a safe advantage at the finish finishRay Ray accounted for his third victory of the day on this occasion having previously landed Prairie King and Traplou home in front
