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EQUALS AMERICAN RECORD THE ROYAL PRINCE RUNS THREE AND A HALF FURLONGS IN 40 SECONDS AT JUAREZ Youngster Is One of Three Winners Furnished FurnishedDuring During the Afternoon by the Marklein Stable Stableand and Is a Promising Juvenile El Paso Tex February 11 The Marklein stable won half of the card at Terrazas Park today Each of the representatives of the stable was a racer oC class and its lirst winner The Royal Prince a two yearold equaled the American record for three and a half furlongs when he covered the distance In 40 seconds The brother to Prince Imperial sold for 12000 last fall has ill the earmarks of a stake colt and he confirmed his superior class by vanquish ¬ ing with ease Frank Mullens hitherto considered the local juvenile champion Lady championLady Esther carried the Marklein colors to a sen ¬ sational victory in the cards principal race the han ¬ dicap at seven furlongs and the recently acquired Interpose won for the stable at the lirst asking in the closing contest of the afternoon Proceedings afternoonProceedings began with a success for Barney Schrei bers threeyearold Charles Fox The goodlooking sou of Bannockburn Tendi was the only favorite to score during the day The succeeding race was won by a ao to 1 chance Sad News The lloyal Prince was an outsider at 7 to 1 as was Florence flyers at the same odds oddsOn On the whole the layers recouped their losses of the previous day with something to spare Weather and track conditions were perfect and the attendance encouraging encouragingFrom From an authoritative source it is learned that the publicity departments of the seven great rail ¬ road systems centering in El Paso the Southern Pacific Santa Fe El Paso and Southwestern Roek Island Texas and Pacific Mexican National and Sierra Madre and Pacific are contemplating the featuring of the great Terrazas Park racing plant and its million dollar wiitec resort hotel which will lie completed within the year A bigger or more potent permanent attraction for El Paso Juarez and the great southwest than firstclass hotel anil clubhouse accommodations with unrestricted racing would be hard to find findPeter Peter Clark has just issued a beautiful souvenir booklet which contains a collection of photographic views of the principal objects of interest in and about El Paso and Juarez as well as a complete series of views of the Terrazas Park course In ad ¬ dition a likeness of every man of prominence from Alberto Terrazas down who has had any otiicial con ¬ nection with the big Mexican racing enterprise is por ¬ trayed Thursday February 17 will be made memor ¬ able in local racing annals On that day every visitor to Terrazas Park will be presented with one of these souvenir booklets It is also announced that the illustrious soldier of Chihuahua General Don Luis Terrazas in whose honor the glorious race course was named will grace the occasion with his presence
