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CONVENT BELL BUNS IN RECORD TIME heattle Wash August 24 Despite the fact that Iiitcrmlttfiit showers following Saturdays downpour lift the going at The Meadows a trifle slow today M Caiiies greatly improved marc Convent Bell wiuatar the American record of 142S for a mile and seventy yards in scoring a nose victory over Vox 1oPUli in the fourth Tacc Convent Bell had a Kcricfl of brilliant 7crformauces to her credit nrior to latr feat of today and was one of three favorites llrat rewarded form players Harmakis and Fireball being the others of the trio Jockey Lynch was liarply criticised for Ariglcfaces failure to score as thy favorite in the race for twoyearolds which Iio threw away through overconfidence after having tlu race virtually Avon AvonC C J7 I5oi ts Duriiell was a visitor at The Mead ¬ ows today having come west to collect from horse ¬ men whose notes he took in payment for horses at the enforced sale of his stable at Oakland last uinter He will remain here onlv a few days and will then return to New York where he is interested In a taxlcab enterprise He made several winning Wagers in the ring today but attempted no big plunging Durnell declared that he had no present idea of trying to get buck into racing Jockey racingJockey Walsh dislocated his right thumb while skylarking yesterday in consequence of which his engagements for today were cancelled Jockey Pages accident of Saturday kept him out of the saddle and it may be some time before he resumes riding ridingKdward Kdward Trotter claimed Miss Mazzoui for 700
