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some explanations to make, which were
satisfactory to the judges and no blame
was attached to the rider for the poor
showing of his mount.
Rubrc Wins Easily
The third race brought together a
good field Of six at seven furlongs and
Rubric, the favorite, breezed all the
way in the fastest time for this dis
tance this season.
Don Domo was scratched out of the
race, Owner Newman deeming it toe
far for his Rancocas gelding.
Rubric went to the front Immediately
after the start and with an early burst
OF speed opened a gap of several
lengths, enabling the Mcdaniel colt to
take life easy for the run home.
La Londe, with Miller up, was easily
second best and landed in this 20
sition without an effort, although not
good enough to overtake the FLYING
Rubric.
Incarnation made her first start of
the season here and ran into third po-
sition. This one will be a dangerous
factor i'll any race when she rounds
to her eastern form.
The final race of the day was can
tured by Judge Denton, which was held
at 6s and went up to IS at post time,
with scarcely any notice whatever.
LustiG was made favorite for this
race for some unknown reason and
this attracted good play, but the
best that Lustig could do was to be
pace-setter for q time and then wilt
away into nothing when real racing
began.
The Borgian was away with the
bunch, but among the tailenders He
raced for the leaders, and this effort
probably cost him the race as he had
nothing left with which to finish and
did not run into the money.
Golden Light finished with his fam
beau efforts and was second although
forcing Denton to go some to beat
him. Potrero Grande was third.
Sprint Is Feature
A futurity course sprint. the fourth
race, is the feature Offering for to-
day.
-Four entries have been made and all
will face the barrier. Big Ben is in at
top weight, 107 pounds. and if he was
in fit condition to race back to his
best form, he would breeze home in
front, but his "dickey" legs will bother
him again today and he will probably
be third. if lucky.
Don Domo, the gray streak. has a
package of 102 pounds, is in his best
form now and this is his exact dis
tance. Just how far off he will win
today is more of IL question than the
probabilities of his being defeated.
Nothing IN the race can get away
from the post with the speed of the
gray boy, and he will set "a pace so
hot that all the fight will be taken
out of his rivals.
EScalante will be in front of the
others at the finish and Big Ben and
Capitanazo will wrestle for show
money, with the odds favoring the lat
ter.
If Escalante shows anything of his
best form today and gives Domo a
run for first honors. it will be new
track record. When Domo is right
and he is at his best now, he is a
wonder at the sprinting game.
The official result will probably be
Don Domo, Escalante. Capitanazo
Varieties May Win
Tho third race will attract second
airy attention, because it will bring to-
gether field of fair performers for
q settlement of the mooted question of
supremacy between them which the
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Varieties is in lightly, likes the dis
| tance and if there is any such thing
as class to the field, the Walker gel
| ding is ace high in this bunch.
Blissful is in with IA feather and will
cut some ice today, but If she runs
back to the form of her race Friday
the ice will be very thin. That race
was too far, while the route today
Will be to her liking.
Blissful will have to beat Mai Low
cry to get the place, but will turn the
| trick II Moore rides her as he has
| In her winning races this season.
McGrathiana Prince may be sur
| prise at the finish, but is hardly good
enough to win. sails is another proba-
bility for portion of the purse money
| but will have TO reverse form in a sur
| prising manner to run in the money.
The judges will probably hang out
the numbers corresponding to the fol-
| lowing order: Varieties, Blissful, Mai
Lowery.
The opening race is n consolation
affair for horses that have not won
this year. Some of them have not even
come close and others In the race
will never be q contender in any
| thing except an oat-chewing contest.
Pettijohn looks best because he has
a past. Once upon time. when some
| of those who are now gray were In
their teens, Pettijohn beat some horse
| or other over at st. Louis, but the
date has been so deeply buried In the
long ago that 1t is not diggable.
Brigand is the class of the field, Il
the bunch ever had any such thing,
and should be the contender. He may