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ATOKA RUNS THREE FURLONGS IN 33 1-2. In a match race against Sam F. for 00 a side at Butte, Montana, last Friday Atoka set the American record for three-eighths of a mile at 334 seconds. On" the opening day of the Butte meeting, August 21, Sam F.- won at a quarter of a mile in 21j. Atoka finished fourth that day. August 23 Atoka won at three-eighths of a mile In 33$ carrying 115 pounds. That clipped a quarter of a second off the American record. Sam F. finished third In that race. August 25 Sam F. ran a quarter of a mile in 22 with 130 pounds up. Atoka was not in that race. August 27 Atoka won at five-eighths of a mile .in 1:00. Thursday last Atoka beat Sam F. two lengths in a race at three-eighths of a. mile in 34. Atoka carried 125 pounds and Sam F. had up 135. The argument between the owners of the two horses over the result of this race concluded in the match race on Friday, which was at catch weights, Atoka carrying 105 pounds and Sam F. 97. They ran together until within forty yards of the wire, when Atoka left Sa-m. F. as if he had been tied.
