The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-04

the trip past the grand stand TO thu
wire. Rusticana ran a fair race but
was never a serious contender, the
three in the money having the race
strictly to themselves.
]. T. West saddled the winner IN
the third event and this time it proved
to be the one best bet of the day.
Dandy Dancer seemingly fell into a
soft snap here, there not being much
to dispose of and the distance just
suiting the black mare. While show
ing high flights of speed at Tampa for
half mile, she would stop in the
closing eighth but at four and a half
furlongs Dandy Dancer was some bear.
Showing most speed all the way she
held the field safe throughout. Cheeky
held on gamely and finished strong,
but the winner easily stalled of all
challenges and won eased up by n
length and a half. Three to two was
the reigning price on this choice and
the talent got down good and hard
recuperating from previous losses
Mascoral, on account of his good race
the other day, opened at favorite odds
even money-but the players ruled
otherwise and went to Dandy Dancer
while the Roberts entry went up to .
to 1. Lodestone, off in front, essayed
] to make the early pace and laid in
front to the three quarter starting post
on the back stretch where Hall, on
Dandy Dancer, made his move and
drew away easily. Cheeky. coming
strong, disposed of Lodestone an
eighth from the wire, the latter weak
ening in the final drive.
Orlin Ormonde came right back and
made it a winner this time, beating
out the favorite, Okolona, by a length
and half. While the winner opened
at favorite odds of six to five, a con-
centrated plunge on the English entry
which sent hfs price tumbling from S
to to 1 caused the layers to quote .
to on Orlin at post time. The dope
sters made one more mistake but 1t
was no fault of theirs for Okolona ran
as if pounds the best and but for re-
peated interference would undoubtedly
have been returned the winner. AS it
was, the horse came with good cour-
age in the closing eighth from tangle
in third position to save the place
money. Melzar set the early pace but
tired in the stretch. The others We're
at no time serious contenders. From
the first quarter to the stretch the field
did not change position but in the final
drive both Okolona and Complete
moved up a peg while Melzar quit.
| Royal Lady and lamar shifted in
the betting as favorites in the fifth
race, the feature of the day, but
toward post time the wise money went
down on Lady Maxim, the two choices
l 81,
the boolxies thought it best to rub the
| Holstein mare down from 4 to ala.
Their suspicious, however, proved IN
founded, for it was nothing but Royal
Lady all the way. Two scratched in
this race, leaving but five TO go.
lamar, first to break, was Immediately
taken into camp by Royal Lady, and
from the first hundred yards on she
never left the issue in doubt, finally
cantering under the wire a winner by
eight lengths. lamar held on to the
place throughout, never being hard
pressed by Lady Maxim, the latter
running in third position from the
rise of the gate to the wire. Virginia
Lindsey and Occidental were outpace1
all the way.
| Love Watches had the closing race
all to himself. winning with consum-
mate ease by six lengths, with Ossian
a length in front of Beverstein for the
place. Off third in a field of seven,
Love Watches moved to the front in a
half dozen strides and never left tho
issue in doubt. At the half mile the
big horse was leading the field by a
length and when they reached the
three-quarter pole he had opened up a
gap Of three lengths. which was
steadily increased until it was a run
away race. Beverstein moved up to
second position after passing the half
mile pole, when Jack Ryan faltered.
but tired and had nothing left on
which to meet the challenge of Ossian
in the final sixteenth. Stafford went