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RACING FLOURISHING DESPITE COLD. San Antonio. Tex.. December 19. Cold and threatening weather detracted from the success of todays racing, but a large attendance was again present and speculation was fairly brisk. At todays draw-in only eleven books decided to quote prices. S. , . Woolfsohn. the Chicago operator, deciding to try fw- Los Angeles, quit the ranks here. In the opening race King Wllda. the favorite, unseated hjs rider while at the post and ran away three miles before he was caught. Under the rules here, that a horse becomes a starter when hi groom delivers him on the track, his backers were forced to see tholr money go glimmering. Jockey Wilson, who had the mount, had several of his back teeth knocked out and sustained minor injuries about the body as a result of the horse stepping on him. The horsemen in this section are becoming sanguine that New Orleans will furnish the next racing center for them.
