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MEADOW REDUCES TRACK RECORD. Wade McLemores Consistent Mare Runs Mile and an Eighth in 1:51 at Juarez. El Paso, Tex., January 10. The largest Sunday crowd of the season was in attendance at Terrazas Park yesterday, the chief reature being the running of the Bavicora Handicap at one and an eighth miles, attracted one of the best fields racing here. The race was locally conceded to Injury, despite Ids heavy impost of 130 pounds, although Wade McLemores good mare Meadow was considered to have an excellent chance at the weights. The race resulted in a great disappointment so far as the favorite was concerned, being outpaced throughout. Meadow found no difficulty in winning and incidentally reduced the track record for the distance by four-fifths of a second, winning with comparative ease in 1:51 j. The remainder of the races were well contested and, although but one favorite succeeded in scoring, the winners were more or less well backed. Jockev J. Held has signed a contract with Powell and Parker and in future will do the riding for that stable. Sam Franks cut In today after i short Inyo IT and added to the liveliness of the ring. C. 15. Clow departed for Salt Lake yesterday, matters of importance regarding racing there the coming summer making bis presence in that city necessary. At the conclusion of the last race, Chapul tepee, the winner, was bid up to by J. Pinkstaff and was retained. The board of stewards, after investigating the last race run by Harrigan, indefinitely- suspended jockey Murphv for his ride on that occasion, finding there was no reason for his having pulled up the horse during the running of the race. Upright, which won for G. M. Odom his first two-vear-old race in 1011. is one of the four yearlings" starter Mars Cassldy bought, at last falls sale at Lexington on an order from Alberto Terrazas, president of the Jockey Club Juarez. They were not just to the liking of Senor Terrazas and he instructed .Mr. Cassldy to dispose of them. George Odom took the bunch off Senor Terrazas hands for . I. II. Wheatcroft has been absent from Juarez for the past few days, having been called to Oklahoma to look after the annual balancing of the banks in which he is interested in that state-. He expects to return shortly to Juarez to spend the remainder of the winter here. It is notable that two races yesterday were won bv sisters. Lista and Meadow, both being "hyLeonld Dolly Haynian. Lista is a six-year-old, while Meadow is five years old.
