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DOROTHY ALICE JUST LASTS Mary Biddy Closes Fast to Be Beaten Only a Neck Corida Vindi- I cates Strong Support. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 1. Ideal weather conditions prevailed for Thursdays racing at Riverside Park and another large crowd was on hand when the horses went postward for the initial race. The track was still muddy, but, with a hot sun shining, was drying out rapidly. The card was again turned over to the. -cheaper sort and well balanced fields paraded to the post in the majority of the races. Dorothy Alice took the measure of a group of older platers in the opening event "when she just lasted to beat Mary Biddy by a neck. The latter pursued the pace set by the win-ner.all the way and closed with a determined rusht My Hero was eight lengths behind the runner-up, while the others never figured prominently in the running. High Fidelity caused a mild -surprise when he overtook another long shot, Notar, tb be victorious in the second race. Glencot, the favorite, was beaten a neck for third honors. Notar enjoyed a comfortable lead going into the stretch, but tired at that point and was supplanted by High Fidelity. Roselake turned in a good performance to earn a nose decision over Clack in the third over the Futurity course distance, while Corida, held at odds-on in the betting, had little trouble capturing honors in the fourth, also over the Futurity course distance.
