The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-13
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RACE TRACK
AS USUAL THE TALENT WENT
WRONG AND THE LAYERS
REAPED THEIR USUAL HAIR
VEsT-FIELDS FILLED TO LIMIT.
BY w. A. r.

Two favorites. both odds-on choices,
proved successful yesterday at Kup-
frian's Park race track, while the win
ners in the other three events were
but lightly played and inasmuch as tha
winning choices were out of reach Of
the rank and file of betters, the books
found day in their favor.
The talent went wrong in most in
stances and were liberal contributors
to the layers, for a good sized crowd
was on hand to witness the running OF
the best card of the meeting and play
was fairly brisk on all events.
Putting the limit of fields to ten
worked to a great advantage. The
best horses at the track were entered
and while there were a few scratches
it was usually the case that the dogs
declared leaving the race to the best
and as a result. all the events We're
closely contested and hugely enjoyed
by the crowd.
The feature race of the day resulted
in an upset for the form players who
backed Love Watches and Donovan
stoutly with most of the wise coin
going on the latter which was backed
down from to 1 to six to five. Our
Nugget was overlooked entirely but
fooled the bunch by scoring an inn
pressive win in drive from Donovan.
The first favorite to come across was
in the first race when Sanctim, run
ming in his best form, got up in time
to nose out victory from Automatic
at 4 to 5. Princess Thorpe was the
other public choice but her price was
even shorter than Sanctim's, to 1, so
only the big betters realized anything
on this trick.
One of the most popular wins of the
/ day was that of the gray streak, -
Chanate, although a second choice in
| the betting to DR.. Hollis.
The judges, after a careful fnvesti-
cation of the alleged Sweet Owen
boat" race of last Friday, ruled that
any entry of the horses owner, Frank
Pierce, be refused in the future.
Jockey Lloyd, who was suspended in :
definitely for his part in this race, was
reinstated.
Before leaving for Kentucky yester-
day, w. o. Flowers disposed of Eva
Tanguay for 5000 to c. w. Hall. The
| horse under new handling ran last
yesterday, but was in the soft going
| all the way and may yet prove to be a
good acquisition to Hall. Last Deem
Pensacola track, but seems to be
going back.
Ossian, belonging to Mrs. e. Hostel
ter, is a very sick horse. After his
race the other day he broke down
badly.
First Race.
| The day started off very auspiciously
for the form players and pale students
of the dope, for after a heavy plunge
| in the opening betting on Abe Gooding,
| the talent switched and went to Sane
| tim with a grim determination which
| BODIED i'll for anything else in the race.
\ Abe opened at 1-2 to 1 but only for a
minutes. Charley Smith, after taking
| a barrel or so on Gooding, earnestly
| begged the boys to wait just one mo
ment while he rubbed down to s to ).
However, after satisfying themselves
on the Abe Gooding bunch. the specu :
lators turned their attentions to SAM
| tim and soon forced the noble ininions
who run the books to cut the price
| from even money to to 5 at which
price the colt managed to get up and
score in the very last stride, as the
10 to 1 shot, Automatic. was firing fast
toward the end. Abe Gooding fattered
his supporters for half mile by going
to the front ana setting a swift pace
but Automatic and Sapctim were al
ways close pursuers and In the CLOSING
quarter raced the pace makers into
submission and drew away to fight II
out between themselves. Twenty yards
from the wire it looked like Automatic
but Sanctim came on with a speedy
rush and just managed to get ia
Blanche Frances ran a fairly good race
and was prominent most OF the trip
but began stopping in the last furIong
The rest of the tribe were at no tinnG
during the race serious contenders.
Chanate. the old gray mare, opening
favorite but closing as a close second
choice, came across in inpressiv.
fashion in the second race, winning a.
her rider pleased by two lengths, Will.
the favorite in the betting, DR.. Hollis
Just lasted long enough TO save thu
place bets by a neck from the fas
coming Yankee Pooh. Red Robin wal
another serious contender in this race
only being beaten out for a portion O
the purse by a head DR.. Hollis wa,
whispered around as a good thing
being the medium OF a concentrates
plunge which forced his price dow1
from to 1 into favoritism at :.
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