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i e, i i 11 up p U by t. a, d k he le j J on m | n. I ! k I I | ,n ! | i a a : ,d i ! r j g j ie I d n- m t- j the ie , ld ._ MUDDFRS DOMINATE PROGRAM Mis Joe Sylvester Again in Limelight at ll I Dayton — Birthday Gift Triumphs | j in Easy Fashion. j I DAYTON, Ohio, June 21. — Mud runners rs had their inning at the Dayton Fair Grounds today, where horses which favored the soggy going had things pretty much their own trn | way. The principal event was the fourth, h, and Birthday Gift made every post a win- I ! ning one in the colors of C. H. Howe. Joe oe Sylvester, leading rider of the meeting, rode de the seven-year-old, which beat Jim McCon-y ,n- nell, Northern Slip and four others over the , , short five-furlong course. Birthday Gift won by three lengths in in | | easy fashion, much the same manner in in which other winners earned purses. Sylves-ie ;s- ! ter also rode the winner of the first race, :e, Sun Lily, which took the lead entering the he stretch and won in hand. Miss Dolly took ok the second event, and Single A. scored in in ■ the third. The fifth event produced a thrilling stretch duel between Catchall and Gallop-• J ette, with the former getting the verdict by by a length. An unbelievably large crowd yd braved the all-day rain to watch the sport. rt.
