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2:3O CLASS HARNESS RACING.
THE RUNNING.

In all OF the running races there We're
either driving finishes or work along
the oval somewhere brisk enough to
cause cheering.
Half-mile DASH r had big ad-
| vantage in the start. He was not
| headed. Gartaline made line fight
for the race. Fashion was third Sans
Souci was mean and could not be
made to do her best. Time, AS 3-5.
Five-eighths of Mile Dash-This
was between If Not Why Not and
| Royalist and there was no trouble at
all for Royalist to set the pace and
win. If Not Why Not was driven home
| hard.
Mile Dash, Free-for-all-The went
to the half in bunch. Then Venus
and Sympathetic's Last went out. Roy
alist had by this time found the com
pany too fast. Venus came home first
| without being touched with the whip.
Sympathetic's Last was slowed down
! in the last hundred yards. Time, LAG.
Mile Dash for Hawaiian Bred-This
was between Antidote and Amarino.
They were the only starters. They
see-sawed in the back stretch and even
to the last quarter, when Amarino
went ahead ridden easily and Anti
dote was unable to do anything under
the whip. Time, 1:46 SIS.
Three-quarters of a Mile Dash
Venus and Fashion faced the flag
Venus, a daughter OF Verona, pulled
away from Fashion ten lengths in the
last eighth. Time, 1:16.
Mile and a Quarter Dash, Free-for-
alI-This was perhaps the best run
ming race of the day. The field of four
was sent off on a line. Amarino cut
out y-Crl- with Cu1ono4hatif.sc
next the other two not far back and
all moving freely, being saved for the
battle down the home stretch. When
the call came for the final sprint,
Sympathetic's Last answered the best
and won in thoroughbred fashion.
with Amarino next, Antidote next and
Gartaline at the end. Amarino was
the favorite. The time was 2:15 LIS.
NOTES.
w Wood is a beautiful animal and
is driven most skillfully by Durfee.
1t is confidently asserted that 2:16
will be the track mark for a long time.
Wela ka Hao does not wear boots
or hobbies, or anything of the sort.
His only clothing is a leather hood
that enables him to see only straight
ahead
Col. Cornwell and friends were just
a bit miffed over the defeat of Garta-
line in the half dash. They attributed
this to the bad start she was given.
However, the colonel goes in for the
sport and neither protests nor kicks. ="
Both Sympathetics Last and Am
arino were slated to win the mile and
a quarter, but of course one of them
had to be beaten. The crack jockey
was up on Amarino, but it was no use.
The old campaigner has not been in
the stable long enough this year for
such an extended and speedy journey.
The judges were Theo Hoffman,
Capt CIuney and G.. 3. Wilson. The
starter was w T. Monsarrat, with l..
NJ. Whitehouse as assistant and the
timekeepers were J. L. Torbert, w.
F. Love and Louis Marks. Thos. p.
Cummins was clerk of the course and
ThOs. Wright was head man in the
saddling paddock.
Irish Lassie is truly a ''phenom."
Mr. McCandless bought her in 1896
with eleven other horses from Harry
Agnew, in California. Last year she
was sent out to the track here, it be-
ing suspected that she was threatened
with speed. She was returned to the
owner by a trainer who is still in the
country with the verdict that there
was nothing of the race horse in her.
This year she has started four times
and has won four races in from 2:25
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