Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-10
CLOSE AND EXCITING FINISHES.
Second Choices Win Four OF the
Races Mt Oakley.

CINCINNATI. July 9.-Second choices
won four out of the five races on tne
card at Oakley to-day. The sport was
replete with close and exciting hhlshes'
simon W.. in the fourth race, was heaVi-
lv hacked bv the talent, and went 10 me
most a hot favorite When the nag uIoP-
ned. Simon w. was slow to get III M NO
ton. and was never aDle 10 ses 20 ,,,o
front, and finished last IN Hsiu " foir
Weather hot: track fast; betting laiI.
First race-fve furlongs-tTehch 1Iay
"A ~ q won Allie Belle. q TO l and 10 D
second. and Lucy M. 90 TO th'iu'
Time. 1903. Mutuals PAID - Ior $,r,oro n
to j. won, Dago &c to and 2 to 2i y secGn ipa
and Motirla Is to u third. Time l;z9'
Mutuals paid $40 for So -. ...-,o,,..
Third race-iye and a half ,e iu III ana
Ranished g TO p won. Swing % 10 l anu
EVEN second, and Einstein g to y tniru'
Time 100 Mutuals paid $3.50 for 8.
Fourth race-Free Handicap, mile ana
twenty yards-Macy On to % Won, an an
youre 40 to 1 and TO u second, ana
G 1'S q to p third. Time l:i2 IL. Mu-
tuals paid SIS for %. ,u,,,,,,to,, ~
Fifth race-seVen acknowledgements Y
10 II won. Eddie Burke % TO l ana 10
II second. and Abe Furst q TO u thliu'
Time. IN 81.
NO FAVORITES WIN.
ct LOUIS. MO. July 9-No favorites
won az the FAIRGROUNDS to-day. Track
f FAST " weather very hot Attendance
500. ill, ovoor
Odds five and a half furlongs-Afra O 10
o. won. Xelassia 90 to / and TO - Sc
cond. Fred. Broens (even) third. Time
Sc second race-seven fmlongs-Mamie G.
90 TO ID won, Cappy go TO ] ana ,eeveD
second. Glad Eyes az to u third. Time,
IN Third race-purse, for 2-year-old fll Df.
five furlongs--Crocket to y won, Ma
rietta 90 to ! and TO u second, Sorro"
'i1 Fo M In TX race-purse. for hllies and
mares. zone mile-Linda q to y won
Gladys II; % 10 ! "a and ri, 70 y 20 second
Fifth race-one miles and seventy
| vards-Charley Reiff &c to u won, As
| trada az TO ] and TO - second, RHYME
! Dufchman az to ID third. Time. AZ 81.
sixth race-six furlongs-Bridget Is to
| II won Robair q TO and EVEN second,
Utopia g to u third. Time, ia S-4.
TO-DAY AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY.
| NEW YORK. July 9.-There is every
| prospect of a fine days racing at Sheeps
| head Bay tomorrow, for besides the mrs
| half double event for 2-year-olds, the rlci
Realization Stakes, Tor S-yvaI-olus, d. 80 :
mile and five furlOngs, VIII be run on
and the winner will get close upon w
| 00O for his victory. 1t looks as II IN
| starters would be eleven IN NUMBER, al
though some of those who nave SAID the.
| would send their horses TO the post ma.
| cbonge their minds at the last minute
| ond conclude that the chance is no
| worth $3.50 the cost OF starring.
| In smile of the fact that The f'rlar raj
two very bad races lately, ne IS likely =
u" the favorite even though he VIII b
ridden nv the same boy who made mes
With him on the other occasions. IL
should not, however, be, held az Nei
large margin over Scottish Chlettalh' IN
winner of the Belmont, as the latter ]
,Nrnt,,n to be able to go the distance, an
I'M he ridden by Taral. Buddah tried
Ionc time 10 get into the first place be
core ne was able to, and as the occasio
I of his winning was aiso that ~ tne "a !.
siding of The Friar, he is not likely 10 Z
~ The post any better than thlr
, choioe A GOOD FILLY.
Winged Foot was a good fllly las
snring. although she Went OF IN the sun
, spar'opd fall but in the hands OF ne
! LINERS she ought TO be in good coma
! ~ 60 RIM Rensselaer, has shown IL
eioi sneed lately. and is sure to have man
el;aa1s although the majority Will rave
= others. DR.. Shepard comes from u -
Vest and will be well backed as "a
8 rMrensration has been quite careful, an
- p,,,ners would not take the long Jou
nav ,,aS unless they saw some chance OF &c
ting repaid. ,rha,ora oraetas an
/ o.s1h~nn make up the rest of the list, VIII
sims F1Eins at the foot as probably the mo
/, aaSnised of the lot, both on account
G uespi9on and his lack of speed. exec
e ms oer,ain intervals. Three--year-old for
at S Sv'' no means what it should be, al
,t 10 M race may result in Just su u.
< W ", inset as has been seen Ia every OF
e az ,hn S-vear-old stakes this year.
1 Oh f ,liJ ~ the good ones. however, are !
! the only notable exceptions being Il
d sas p on Deck. octogan. Don .,
l. ORC, and Horoscope sSoho anu II 'ne wsS'ei"e'