Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-09
FAYOR|TES WIN
IN ALL BUT ONE
ONLY ONE OUTSIDER WON Al
THE FAIR GROUNDS YEsTER-
DAY; ATTENDANCE BIG.
PUBLIC Gets best OF IT
Autumn Rose Well Played; Dublin
John Fails 10 Beat Good Yield
OF Speed Boys.

Six high class races furnished very
interesting sport at the fair grounds
yesterday II was n great day for the
public RB five favorites were winners,
while but one outsider came In for the
money The wind did not blow as ON
the previous day and had the track
been n little bit faster, some great
time would have been made. The
course is expected TO be In tip top
shape for the great international Dry
Farming Congress card this afternoon.
Seven races are on the program.
The fourth race was easily the fca-
turo Of the day, and the great gelding,
Upright, disposed Of field OF the best
horses that ever ran on an Oklahoma
track,
Dublin John, from the stable Of J
d. Grant. was well supported by the
talent, as in his initial appearance
he easily bested "A fair field of horses
but yesterday was up against the best
horses at the track and fully ran his
race, but did not finish In the money.
Autumn Rose, winner Of the last
event Of the day, was one of the best
played horses OF the meeting, and
after the result was posted officially
the books were literally swumpod with
ticket holders ON tho winner
IN the first race, four furlongs- -And
~ yards, for maiden 2-year- olds, Tom
knight rushed to the front, shortly
after the start and saving ground on
the turns while his nearest compcti-
tor found It difficult to make the
turns. held his lead and came under
the wire winner by one length Aunty
Curl was probably the best horse but
Is still green TO the turns, but was
good enough to easily defeat the 9TH
ers Ctar Dan. a local owned colt
ran good race and finished third
Furraud, favorite for the second
race, raced Jack Witt into submission
in the first quarter and drew away to
win well In hand at the end. c. n,
Haskell running In much improved
form over his previous effort, closed
strong and was an easy second. Jack
Witt was killed off trying to keep up
with the winner in the early stages,
and although firing badly lasted long
enough to get the show honors.
The third race went to Pedro, the
only long shot of the day. to score.
Flying Pearl, the wen played favorite,
met with lot of early interference
and was probably best but had TO be
content with the place. Marshal
Tilghman came fast under punishment
In the run through the stretch, and
had no contenders for third honors.
Upright had no trouble defeating
his opponents in the fourth event, the
feature race of the day. He was held
in restraint by Jockey Small until the
horses turned in to the stretch where
the real racing began and he drew
away with ease at the end. 'Cordova,
away flying, opened up long lead in
the early part, but tired at the end
and Just lasted long enough to beat
The Wolf out of the place by head
The latter finished third, but a head in
front OF Dublin John.
l.. NJ. Eckert, under a vigorous ride
got up in time to beat out the fast
Eva Tanguay, in the fifth race. Ega
Tanguay set fast pace and stood
long drive gamely. She was easily The
best Of the others. Dave Montgomery
came with his usual strong end rush
and had no trouble getting third
Autumn Rose broke well in motion
in the sixth event, and although losing
considerable ground on the turns, she
was much the best OF the rest, winning
going away by half length. Billikins
W. saved many lengths on the turns
and easily disposed OF the remaining
horses for second honors. Maggie
money in / drive.