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THRILLING FINISH AT JUAREZ Colonel Bob Beats Goldfinn and Enfield in Principal Race of Day by Inches El Paso Tex January 21 Ed Alveys fast hut unrulv Colonel 15ob won todays feature from old fiun and Enfield by inches The finish was close and some of the spectators thought Goldliun got up on the outside In the last stride Powerful finishes by Archibald and Shilling on the two leaders aroused the enthusiasm of the spectators to a marked degree The struggle between the four imixirtaut factors in the race Colonel Iob Goldfinn Enfield and Execute Executewas was one of the most thrilling and siwctiicular seen hereabouts and the result was in doubt from the first stride to the last Enlield ridden by the diminutive Garner dominated the running for five furlongs Midway of the stretch he was joined by Colonel Bob and Ooldfinn and they beat him home in a terrific drive driveLittle Little Garner did his best and had a game horse under him but the contrast in effectiveness between his puny efforts and that of his powerful rivals was startling and he lost on the best horse Enfield entered to be sold for 1000 was claimed for 1 225 by J W Brown owner of Gresham The winner had been working phenomenally fast in private but his usefulness as a race horse was impaired because of unrulincss at the post and repeated failures to get away on equal terms with his opponents opponentsMr Mr Blute said after the race that Enliold being on the verge of a breakdown was well sold at 1225 1225Just Just half of the card was captured by public choices The form of the last two races was awry awryPosing Posing broke her leg yesterday An effort will be made to save her for breeding purposes J It Waimvright gave her away Jockey TV Itlcn one of thn best jockeys here was badly bruised from a fall off a horse lie was working in the morning and had to cancel all Ills riding engagements
