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JtTABEZ TTAR KOBE BAIN El Paso Tex December 20 Cloudy skies in ¬ tending rain affected the attendance but slightly today A hvavy rain at an early lioiir this morning inndfii flic track sticky but asvtbe races progressed iriiiipri ved so that it became fast by the latter part of the afternoon The fourth and fifth races respect ¬ ively furnished the features of the day and were Hindi interesting by the appearance of two California oniokK Balronia and Edmond Adams Their per ¬ formances were rather disappointing neither showing anything startling although Edmond Adams was buffeted about so much lit the early running that be had little olrance When in the clear be gained pcr cflilibly cfliliblyThe The three parlmutncl machines were removed from 1h promenade in the upper part of the grandstand to i jtoiut adjoining the Itetting ring This is a derided improvement as was evidenced by the in rriascd patronage they received today todayTlic Tlic inanagcment has announced a race for gentle ¬ men riders which will be mn during holiday week weekF F G Handle sccrqtary of the Los Angeles Racing Association is a recent arrival and will remain for a sliort time timeOfficial Official announcement was made today that there will lie racing on Monday December 20 and Monday January 2 and none on the Tuesdays following those o days After New Year week racing will be run The usualThe usual family of James S Butler arrived today to tcnd the season seasonHostilities Hostilities in the selling race line were resumed today when Kopek owned by W A Buck was returned an easy winner of the second race the horse being bid up to 500 by AV C Veant his former owner and then raised to 600 by J Pink Ktaff at which price he was sold Collnet was claimed for 1100 by John Day owner of Workbox in the third race
