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EQUALS BUTTE TRACK MARK ARASEE RUNS IN RECORD TIME IN WINNINff OVERNIGHT HANDICAP. Turns Tables on His Erstwhile Conqueror, Bpohn, in Impressive Fashion Well Backed Horses Take Purses. Butte, Mont., July 20. Before one of the largeit crowds of the meeting Arasee turned the tables on Spohn in the feature race htrc this afternoon. It was a handicap, at one mile, and Arasee equaled the track record of 1:39? by winning iu easy fashion. In the stretch he overtook Fern L., which had been setting u hot pace from the start. The filly from the Jackson stable weakened only in the last sixteenth of the race. Spohn was third. The public had a profitable day, as three firs choices, won and the remainder of the card was. won by horses which were backed more extensively than the favorites. Jockey Coburn carried off th riding honors of the afternoon by scoring on Work-box and Arasee, each of which carried large conii missions. An extensive killing was brought off on the easy win of Lena Lech in the second race, she beln backed from a high price of 0 to 1 into favoritism. The presence of many bad actors here bad impelled starter Dwycr to put the following on the schooling list: Zapotcc. Marti, Napa Nick, Delena, John H. Sheehau, Ethels, Gramcrcy and Hlacko. The talent is picking the winners with such reffii-. larity that the ring is considerably loser. This condition caused tbe withdrawal of two of the important layers today.
