The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-08
BETTING WAS BRISK AND THE
BooKMAKERs DID NOT FARE
so WELL-WRIsPEN SUSPEND
ED FOR THE MEETING FOR HIS
RIDE OF EXPLICIT.
BY w. A. R.

turned out to witness the running Of
five fairly interesting races Ladies'
Day was expected to fill the grand
stand to overlooking, but one could
not ask the fair ones of Pensacola,
of which there are many, to venture
out in their bright spring bonnets,
cts, when all indications pointed to a
downpour. However, the audience
that did turn out was well repaid for
their trouble, for each race proved
very interesting contest and while
number were won in the easiest kind
of fashion, the events were contested
with enough spirit to suit the most
exacting.
AS usual the management had to
call off one of the events owing to a
number of dogs breaking down and
otherwise uniting themselves to race,
but in order to save the fifth event,
which was declared void, a new num-
Der was opened and filled with six
pretty nifty dash artists, so the card
did not suffer. Four of the original
entries in the fourth remained in. Re
CARDS declared in the first and was
put in the fifth and Elsie Van added
and the race was on.
sparkling performance of Frank
Pierce's crack three year-old colt.
Sweet Owen. The last time out here
he was practically left at the post,
but finished strong and gave evidence
that he was in excellent condition
and ready to race. The books were
far off when they posted six to one
against this trick and in a twinkling
the talent backed the horse down to
six to five and watched him work
his way from third place in the first
quarter to the front in the stertch
and score under wraps by a length
and a half. Sweet Owen was much
one. many reaping a rich reward for
their confidence in backing him.
It was a rather tough day for the
layers, as most of the well-backed first
and second choices proved successful.
While the favorite was not always to
the front. some good thing carrying
ton or so Of coin would make a
show of the field and canterr home,
much to the deteriment of the bookies'
bank rolls.
One long shot got in to disturb the
harmony of short priced horses to the
fore. First Premium. showing
startling reversal of form. won at ten
to one but few besides the inveterate
long shot players derived any benefit
from the form somersault.
The Judges took drastic methods
yesterday to rid the game here of in
competent and Indifferent riding. In
the Sweet Owen race the handling of
Explicit by Wrisren left a bad taste
T. ~ toll =
the judges, which resulted in the boy
being suspended for the meeting. In
the same race, the ride of Irwin on
Profile did not escape the alert Off
Gals and he also drew the balance of
the meeting on the ground. Starter
Murray handed c. White a four-day
suspension for pulling up Vanen in
the fourth. Altogether there surely
was excitement to that race.
The First Race.
After starting in on Johnnie Wise
as the favorite at to the talent
switched off on to My Rosa when a
plunge of this one was sent in the
ring backing her into favoritism while
while Johnnie's price was boosted to
ID to 1 and ran like a one to two
! shot My Rosa showed good speed for
a quarter and quit, while, favored by
/ the start, Johnnie Wise was off full in
motion and never left the issue in
doubt, making every pole a winning
| one. to score with much in reserve by
] a length and a half. Lodestone, the
medium of considerable play, held on
we'll throughout and finished an easy
second. Black Domino laid off the
! early pace to the head of the stretch
and then came through with a good
burst of speed. and closing a big gap,
got up just in time to nose out My
| Rosa for the show. Gull Holland was
right there with My Rosa and Domino
| being beaten for the short end of the
money by only neck but was firing
badly in the closing sixteenth. Lady
Hapsburg was sent around as a good
thing and quite a few unloaded or
this one, but the tip proved to be un-
founded, for she was never a serious
contender, trailing the field from the
| first turn to the wire. Athie w. rar
poorly and never had chance. Fol-
show betting, Black Domino was the
good thing and well rewarded his
hackers, but il was a close shave and
gave them heart trouble in the stretch
Many were of the opinion that Ny
Rosa lasted long enough Tor the snow
but Domino was there in the las
jump.
The long shot hunters were in theil
glory when First Premium got up IL
the last couple of jumps to beat ou
the poorly handled Omicron in the
second race. The winner opened a
s to l with so little play that he wal
boosted to ten with nothing doing out.
side of the perpetual long shot con
tingent, who risked few seeds OIL
the nag's chance of showing a form
reversal and scoring. And such wa!
the case, for First Premium turned
about as nifty a form somersault a.
one ever sees on a race course. Run
ming fifth, beaten by over five lengths
in a field of seven, the horse was a
his best yesterday, although off poor
ly he steadily wore down the leader
to the head of the stretch and thel
under urging came on with a goot
rush to score.
| Grouse, off in front, set the earl.
pace for quarters, but in tn
final furlong stopped badly and wa
beaten out for the show by a heai