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FIRST PREMIUM FAILS HIS BACKERS. San Antonio. Tex., December 21. The fact that this was ladles day. combined with fine weather, served to bring out the banner crowd of the meeting. The bookmakers were again jolted hard by the success of well-backed choices. The defeat of First Premium in the feature race was the chief upset of the afternoon. Horsemen here are still . anxiously awaiting developments in New Orleans and are sanguine that there will be racing there of some sort before the end of next month.
