. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. FIFTH DAYâFRIDAY, JANUARY 5. i AGREE fields ran to-day, and (he at- tendance was good for such a chilly afternoon. It was a chilly day in more respects than one, for one lone favorite was all that man- 1 aged to struggle in a winner through the thick, gummy mud. The track dries out very slowly, for although the sun had been out from early . morn there was no appreciable^im- provement in the condition of the course. Surprises were numerous. Among the five winners were two 8 to 1 shots and one 12 to 1 chance. Four of the events were captured with lots of daylight
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. FIFTH DAYâFRIDAY, JANUARY 5. i AGREE fields ran to-day, and (he at- tendance was good for such a chilly afternoon. It was a chilly day in more respects than one, for one lone favorite was all that man- 1 aged to struggle in a winner through the thick, gummy mud. The track dries out very slowly, for although the sun had been out from early . morn there was no appreciable^im- provement in the condition of the course. Surprises were numerous. Among the five winners were two 8 to 1 shots and one 12 to 1 chance. Four of the events were captured with lots of daylight separating the successful ones from their opponents, but in one raceâthe lastâthere was a nose-and-nose finish. Queen of Scots left the ranks of maidens in fine style in the opening race of the hay. Getting away poorly and run- ning up from the rear at they neared the homestretch, she came away from her field like a good member of the Levity family should. Flagstaff led up to the final sixteenth of a mile, but tiring badly, Currency beat him out clearly for the place by ahead on the post. Morven led almost from flag fall to finish in the second race, winning in a big gallop by three lengths from Johnny Payne, the favorite. Valparaiso was a very poor third. Alexis, favorite, won the third event by a dozen lengths in a big gallop, Centella (clearly nothing like her old self) sec- ond, Ed Stanley a miserable sort of third. The lime made, 1:53, is very doggy, even on snch a deep, muddy track. Alexis is likely to prove a more than useful colt to Billy Jonathan. Duke Stevens upset the calculations of most students, and did it in an impressive, not-to-be-forgotten fashion. Getting away absolutely last in a field of seven, with the assistant starter holding on to the big chestnut colt until the others were off on their journey, Duke Stevens was taken to the in- side by Charles Weber with a rush, and in less time than it takes to tell it had run np into third place. >"ear th
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