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Hazel Kirke four lengths further back, Scandanavian last. On the 

 backstrctch Scandinavian broke badly and at one time was a distance 

 out. At the half La Grange broke and Barney B came home in a 

 jog, Le Grange second, Hazel Kirke third, Sister fourth, and Scandi- 

 navian fifth. Time, 2:32. Scandinavian's friends (some of them) 

 were discouraged by his performance in the heat, and transferred 

 their accounts to the favorite. The pools went — Barney B one hun- 

 dred and sixty dollars, Scandinavian tifty-five dollars, field twenty- 

 two dollars and fifty cents. 



Second Heat — Le Grange led around the turn and was first to the 

 quarter, Barney B, Hazel Kirke, Sister, and Scandinavian following 

 in that order. On the backstretch Scandinavian threw a shoe and 

 went up, but soon settled and began closing the gap._ In the last 

 quarter Barney B closed with Le Grange and carried him to a break 

 and apparently had the heat secure, when Scandinavian came rush- 

 ing up on the outside and beat him to the wire by half a length, Le 

 Grange third. Hazel Kirke fourth, and Sister fifth. Time, 2:30. A 

 suspicion found lodgment in the minds of some outsiders, and Scan- 

 dinavian took a shoot upward in the betting. Scandinavian one 

 hundred dollars, Barney B one hundred dollars, field twenty-two 

 dollars, was the prevailing odds. 



Third Heat— Bsirney B and Scandinavian got away together, but 

 at the quarter Scandinavian broke and Barney B marshaled the 

 procession, Le Grange second, Hazel Kirke third, Scandinavian 

 fourth, and Sister last. They went in a string around the lower turn 

 but bunched up at the head of the stretch and Hazel Kirke came 

 through winning the heat. Barney B crossed the line second, Le 

 Grange third, Scandinavian fourth, and Sister fifth. Donovan, the 

 driver of Scandinavian, complained that Barney B had fouled him 

 and exhibited a broken wheel in evidence. The judges placed the 

 offending horse last. Pools, Scandinavian seventy dollars, Barney B 

 fifty-five dollars, field sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents. 



Fourth Heat — Hazel Kirke led off and on the backstretch four 

 were in a bunch with Le Grange three lengths back. At the half 

 Barney B showed in front, but Scandinavian held the edge over any 

 and all the others when given his head and won the heat, Hazel 

 Kirke second, Barney B third, Le Grange fourth. Sister fifth. Time, 

 2:32j. It was rapidly growing dark and there was no time for further 

 maneuvering. Pools, Scandinavian three hundred and ten dollars, 

 field one hundred and forty dollars. 



Fiftli iZeai— Scandinavian began business at once and the result of 

 the heat was never in doubt. Hazel Kirke finished second, Sister 

 third, Le Grange fourth, and Barney B fifth. Time, 2:33L 



SUMMARY. 



Agricultural Park Course, Sacramento, September 15. — Purse $1,000, for 3:00 class. 



P. Johnson's blk. g. Scandinavian 5 13 11 



J. B. McDonald's b. f. Hazel Kirke 3 4 12 2 



P. Farrell's b. h. Barney B 1 2 5 3 5 



L. J. Rose's blk. c. Le Grange 2 3 2 4 4 



S. S. Drake's b. f. Sister 4 5 4 5 3 



2\"me— 2:32; 2:30; 2:33; 2:32J; 2:33i. 



