. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Alt* Vela 2:15 by Electioneer. heat: Alta Vela even money, Lijero 2 to 1, Vic Schellar and What Is It 3 to 1, Thomas R. 15 to 1 and Puerto Rico .30 to 1. Thomas R. rushed to the front when the word was given but the game little brown son of Electioneer has the foot of his field and soon had the lead and the pole and was never again headed in the heat. Al Macdonald made a splendid drive with What Is It down the stretch and closely pressed Alta Vela, but could not pass him. The mile was in 2:16. Thomas R. was distanced in this heat, and Joe Cuicello got permissio
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Alt* Vela 2:15 by Electioneer. heat: Alta Vela even money, Lijero 2 to 1, Vic Schellar and What Is It 3 to 1, Thomas R. 15 to 1 and Puerto Rico .30 to 1. Thomas R. rushed to the front when the word was given but the game little brown son of Electioneer has the foot of his field and soon had the lead and the pole and was never again headed in the heat. Al Macdonald made a splendid drive with What Is It down the stretch and closely pressed Alta Vela, but could not pass him. The mile was in 2:16. Thomas R. was distanced in this heat, and Joe Cuicello got permission to draw Puerta Hico. He had finished fourth but was slightly lame. The third heat went to Alta Vela with What Is It and Vic Schellar both pressing him hard. The time was 2:15',, rattling good speed for the first race of the year. Lijero in this heat and the second wasnotdriven hard, Durfee probably realizing that his only chance to beat tin' little brown stallion was by making a wait- ing race of it. In the fourth heat there was quite a horse race between Alta Vela and Lijero, the driver of the latter finding it was now or never to win first money. The struggle through the stretch was a thrilling one and the grand stand rose to the occasion. Durfee and Hooper were both driving when entering the stretch, a ad one hundred yards from the wire Lijero poked his nose in front of Alta Vela, but Hooper tapped his stallion with the whip and he shot bj the bod of Mo- Kinney and was a half length in the lead in the next stride. Had Hooper kept his whip off the little horse then he would have won without leaving his feet, but another tap caused him to break twenty feet from the wire, and Hooper did not catch him until he was be- yond it. He was awarded the heat, however, and was entitled to it, having been the contending horse in every heat but the first. The time was 2:151 and Lijero was d riven out to the last ounce. Second money went to Lijero, third to What Is It and fourth to Vic Sc
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