New-York tribune., 1908-04-01
ORACULUM FAILS TWICE
DISCIPLINE FOR SH4U.
Dion Kerr Fails IN Chase, oW
Escapes Serious Injury.
rex T.,.sraph to The Tribune-l

-, Norcb 3-Not satisfied with orac-
ul,,,n's performance in the first race WIZ" r' ~
,sba5 third TO oxford and Simple Honou's "eo %.
oso,, the oretime jockey, started MN
-, - .ba .oYrrh race only to meet dIsappoIl'-
NOM for the second time, as once asaii' "a"
% Sorcerer finished third. horse is rafei! $40"
"a tuice in one day, but II is most nl"'
,hing AZ this time Of the year. although oracu
Inn, has been in training all winter Inc u".
rss heavy So 1Eat Oracuum. a noted nuoialh n
was plunged in the first race gong 10 'me ~
Al even money and with Shaw IN the saDui'
id no, have his usual speed and was badly OUT
run most Of the way.
- +a eo,,-th race Odorn put Mcdaniel up. in
s,ead Of shaw but the change % riders mace no
difference. OracuIum raced head ano hsao W. VIZ
Park Row for quarter Of a mile ana lheh oIopPe
cut OF it. He opened at . 20 ,. but drllleo "a'h
TO TO / as ;he form players had had quite enough
of him the first race
Shaw. the Jockey who rode abroad last year,
was SET down for three days by the stewards ol
the meeting for disobedience at the post IN thf
first race When the stewards called shaw UP III
The stand a rlImor was started that Odom was not
satisfied with the boys handling Of oracunm' out
50 far as could be learned there was no ground 1or
this.
Dion Kerr. the amateur rider, had narrow es-
zane from, serious injury when Golden Glow, on
which he had the mount in the steepechase came
q cropper early IN The race He was stunned ana
acted as If badly hurt for couple OF minutes plt
soon scrambled his feet. and later appeared
heavily hacked favorite, running in the name and
colors Of " T. Townes. won this race in gallon
when J " Colt scratched Penarris the wise
PLAYERS made = rush 10 back Aiken and they hao
Isrtie cause for worry. he jumped well and had
plenty Of speed when called on. Bessie hiser
made the early running. but she tired in the last
half-rniIe and Pete Daley followed Aiken home
Jimmy McIaughlin's gray horse Oxford, now six
years old, made his first appearance OF the season
I'm the opening race and handiIy after running
Firebrand into submission He had been working
well and Mclaughlin told his friends he had a
chance br; = to was freely offered the field
was on the way the post. Judging from his
performance to-day. may take beating in
the Carter Handicap at Aqueduct. for which stake
he is being pointed and in which he is handicap pped
Fl 1G5 pounds
John Z. Madden sent his usual fleet the post
IN the race for year-oids. Obdurate. of
The three won easily by lengths. The entry
was quickly backed from TO TO 10 l. and those
;n the know proffted well. Obdurate is well fur
nshed. good looking FLY by Ogden. She
beaten few days ago by Spencer Wells. and for
Ih5s the latter hot favorite this
afternoon q ODDS on. but second the best he
could do Taboo furnished a distant third after
attracting some support. Juliet NJ will bear watch
ing she showed lot Of speed and may have
been saoTi
Progressing mis- second race in TWO DAYS and
his fourth IT Tie meeting when he beat Park Row
and oracuIum in the fourth event. was a hot
faTori'e At even money in spite Of the strong play
for Park Row, which was backed from to ! to >
10
Mccarthy kept up his good work by riding two
winners and TWO second horses IN five mounts.