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Ocean Breeze Outruns Four Rivals in Suffolk Feature SUFFOLK DOWNS, East Boston, Mass., May 5. — Running his victory string to three straight. T. A. Sears Ocean Breeze led his four rivals a merry and fruitless chase in the featured Salem Purse here this afternoon. Ocean Breze took the lead at the break, raced head and head with Sailed Away until their straightened away for the backstretch, where he put his rival away and opened up a six-length lead, never being threatened after that. Coasting to the finish line under the Bermuda-born Keith Stuart, Ocean Breeze led F. M. Poncelets Uncle Edgar by four lengths. The favorite Rebel Stables Shell Diver, finnished third, both of the money horses coming from far back. Ocean Breeze slithered through thes lop in 1:4723 and paid .40. A crowd of 9,512 braved the raw elements and turned out for the afternoons sport. A heavy rain fell all morning right up to post time, then fog started slipping in from the sea, blurring the running down the backstretch for most of the fans.
