Wander Wins Under Trying Conditions.: Juarez Favorite Pulls Up Lame After Victory in Fast Run Mile--Favorites Take Four Races., Daily Racing Form, 1910-01-21

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WANDER WINS UNDER TRYING CONDITIONS Juarez Favorite Pulls Up Lame After Victory in Fast Run Mile Favorites Take Four Races Kl Paso Tex January 20 Wander raced heroic ¬ ally to victory on only three sound logs in the mile dash at Terrazas Park todiv and covered the course in the fast time of 13 The consistent and popular local favorite nulled up so lame that he could hardly hobble off the track after the race A collision at the start prevented The Wrestler from getting away and may have changed the complexion of the race Public choices were brilliantly suc ¬ cessful in four races altogether the onening and closing purses going to outsiders Wolfertons de ¬ feat in the hist race was accomplished by the foul riding tactics of Small on Cheswardlno To close observers it looked as if the Powell Parker jockey made it his special mission to take care of the favorite for after intimidating Wolferton from coming through on the inside in the stretch he pro ¬ ceeded to carry him to thp outside fence and effectually destroyed his chances chancesAn An outstanding feature was Shillings remarkable uphill and successful closing effort on his brothers Goldway with which he came in clinging to a loos ¬ ened saddle that had slipped a foot Or more from its positionL original position L O Iee lost a good horse of his own breeding by the selling nice process in Knight Dock when he failed to go beyond H G Bcdwells bid of 1000 to protect him Knight Deck is nearly of stake caliber caliberAfter After Wanders display of courage the most pleas ¬ ing incident of the sport was the survival of Ladv Panchita the most popular favorite on the card It l eing ladies day Matt Fosters sweet lllly had a great following The ragtag anil Ijobtail assortment of runners in the introductory dash ran faster than llh good horses In tha other races The winners time was l0fi for live and 1 half furlongs The runner up Kiamesha II was nearlvIeft at the I ost and was timed separately in l03i A few days ago she was uuahle to raise a respectable gal ¬ lop with Pendergast reputed to be her real owner up That ride marked Pendergasts finish on the local turf as a rider He was immediately after ¬ wards denied a license by the stewards stewardsThe The special race at one mile between the local turf stars in which an effort will be made to establish a new American record for the distance has been arranged for next week It will be known as the Merchants Handicap and will be worth racing for


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