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FIVE HORSES IN SENSATIONAL HANDICAP FINISH Teddy Weed Victorious Over Four Rivals in 0,000 Race Jockey Schmidl, Rider of Bobs Boys, Second Horse, Claims Foul in Tropical Handicap War Streak Disqualified in Second Race MIAMI, Fla., April 8. The 0,000 Tropical Handicap, which climaxed the regularly scheduled meeting at the Gables Association this afternoon, was not the richest, or the most important stake of the Florida season, but it produced the most thrilling finish that local racing fans have seen this year. There also were several tense moments after the numbers had been posted, the crowd waiting for the stewards to make the victory of the favored Teddy Weed, from the Tomara Stable, official. Schmidl, on Superior Farms Bobs Boys, the runner-up, claimed a foul against Hanford, on the victor. It was a frivolous claim. There was close riding between four horses in the stretch, but Teddy Weed was caught in the middle and suffered most. Schmidl had been moved into first place astride Express in an earlier race when War Streak was disqualified. Perhaps the lad thought he could work the same trick twice. HEAD WINNING MARGIN. Teddy Weed beat Bobs Boys by only a head, but he was far better than his final margin would indicate, for he broke very slowly, was used hard getting into contention going to the first turn and then was pinched in between horses in the rough and tumble stretch drive. Five horses finished like a cavalry team in the race. J. B. Partridges Our Ketcham took the third award, just a head off the runner-up. No Sir wa3 a head back and Co-Sport, which had set the pace right up to the sixteenth post, was yet another head back. The five-cornered drive, which lasted for a sixteenth of a mile, had the crowd of 6,000 in .an uproar. Teddy Weed reared in his stall at the gate and delayed the start for several moments. When he broke he leaped into the air and did not gain his stride until the field was well under way. Hanford, knowing the importance of securing a good position in the short run to the clubhouse turn, set him down hard, weaved his way between horses and showed second to the pacemaking Co-Sport as they made the first turn. Co-Sport went into the back stretch two lengths in the lead, with Teddy Weed after him and Our Ketcham a close third. GAINS ON PACEMAKER. In the charge down the stretch Teddy Weed gained ground steadily on the pacemaker, but on the far turn Bobs Boys swept up fast and the three horses went past the final turn head and head, with Teddy Weed in the middle. Co-Sport was in front by a narrow margin in the stretch. Teddy Weed was second, but he was in close quarters between Co-Sport, on the inside, and Bobs Boys, on the outside. As they raced past the eighth post No Sir came up to offer a challenge, and as they drove to the sixteenth marker Our Ketcham was driving hard after the leading quartet. Co-Sport dropped back inch by inch in the final yards and as he did Teddy Weed found racing room. Under a larruping last-minute drive from Hanford the winner outgamed Bobs Boys in the last strides of the race,, with Our Ketcham flying after them and just two heads off the winner. Teddy Weed carried 114 pounds and earned a net prize of ,950 in the only added money Continued on twenty-seventh page. FIVE HORSES IN SENSATIONAL FINISH IN TROPICAL HANDICAP Continued from first page. event of the Gables season. He completed the mile and one-sixteenth in 1:44 over a track that was good, following torrential rains of the morning and light showers earlier in the afternoon. Francesco was top weight of the field. He ran last in the twelve-horse contest. S. Schroeders Broadkill, an odds-on favorite, left little doubt of his supremacy in the three-quarters opener, leading all the way and widening out down the stretch to score by two and a half lengths under Euclid Le-Blanc. Mrs. P. A. Shaws Shantime, a gray mare which likes an off track, closed stoutly to finish second, half a length in advance of George LaFleshs Attainment Nalita J., which chased the winners pace until the final sixteenth, was another head back. Track conditions were good for the opening of the sport. Broadkill completed the distance in 1:14. EXPRESS MOVED UP. J. Kelleys War Streak finished out a head in front of A. A. Crabbes Express in the j three-quarters second event, but piled up three horses in getting to the lead just past the eighth post, the runner-up suffering J most from the interference. A foul was claimed and after a short deliberation the winners number was taken down. Under the rules, War Streak was placed last. Express was the winner under the revised plac-ings, with E. J. Ross Holiday Tea, which finished four lengths back, being awarded second, and Mrs. C. C. Hotards City Judge the official third horse. Dona Montez was next past the line. Express set the pace until she was impeded by War Streak, and then came on again gamely after being knocked off stride. Schmidl rode Express. C. W. Smith was the lad who put up the rodeo ride on War Streak. Express victory was a surprise, the filly paying 4, but War Streak was held at even longer odds. The veteran Epitaph, from Letang and McKays stable, made it three in a row, as he lasted it out in front to win the third event by three-quarters of a length over Mrs. C. P. Lindners Spittenimage. Mrs. R. H. Lloyds Wowo finished third, two lengths back and Gold Knightess was a distant fourth. W. C. Huff was astride the winner, who finished out in 1:13. A light rain ca ne up "hile they were at the post for the race but lasted only a few minutes.
