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PARIMUTUELS ON AT JUAREZ El Past Tex December 10 One of the best pro ¬ grams of the meeting coupled with sumuierlike weather attracted more than the usual Saturday attendance to Tcrrazas Park today and by post time for tlie first race the immense grandstand was com ¬ fortably filled fully 4000 i ersons being on the grounds The Tainpico Handicap at six furlongs was down for decision and while tlie field was small it was made up of the fastest sprinters at the track The track was lightning fast and on that account it was expected that the track record of 1112 held by Sevcnfull might be reduced Although disap ¬ pointed in this respect the grand performance of the winner Jack Atkin aroused the wildest en ¬ thusiasm among the crowd and on his return to the stand the great son of Sain was giveiv a veilmerited ovation ovationThe The secondary event of interest was the third race a handicap at a mile the result being a sur ¬ prise to those that looked upon H U Brandts good horse Dorante as outclassing his opposition Do rantc was not equal to the task of conceding so much weight and although making an heroic effort iu the stretch could not overcome Injurys lead which scored the first victory of the meeting for J W Fuller FullerThe The parimutuel system of betting was put In operation iu tlie grandstand to supplement the action of the booking in tlie ring There were three ma ¬ chines one each for straight place and show with i the tickets selling at 1 each The machines were in charge of Eugene EIrod The innovation proved quite popular with the grandstand patrons and the machines were patronized liberally the takings ex ¬ ceeding the expectations of the inauagement inauagementC C Hutchcraft arrived from New York bringing word that Sam Franks the wellknowii layer is on his way here
