Juarez Favorites Beaten: All the First Choices Are Bowled over at Mexican Course, Daily Racing Form, 1912-02-22

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JUAREZ FAVORITES BEATEN ALL THE FIRST CHOICES ARE BOWLED OVER AT MEXICAN COURSE. Races Are Marked by Spirited Contests Thioughout — Upright, with a Light Impost, Beats Good Sprinters in the Three-Quarters Handicap. El Paso. Te.. February 3.— The favorites snsn howled over today at Juarez in six well contested races. Tin- linishos wt-y,- hotly contested In every instance. r.-itrueh.-. facing tin- barrier for the rirsi tlsse dor lug the meethag, with a band of maidens, was Installed an odds on favoril,-. H - was h.idlv outrun in l he arly stages and Kfasg Klk. the winner, gained too much of a had for him lo overcome in he but part. Tommy Twig, after easily disposin- of ORbeD Rose, captured tin- serosH race. Assuclws, the nni,-In- Choice iii the third, made a game struggle, bill succumbed to the closing rush of .1. it. suMnson. which was n,, diiim of ■treug support shut the betting opened He afterwards receded to three .. " j* • k«l at seat tiim- his supporters bucked him again. The handicap hroughl together a fair hand of sprinters. Pride of Lissson was installed favorite lie went to the front at once, hut never got far away Ironi his company. Plying Footsteps was the In-t to chain-not- him and In- relinquished the lea. I to her, Inn sin- held it only temporarily, as the lightly weighted Upright came from the rear with a rush and beat her to the finish. The tit" til proved the most exciting contest of the day. the On* .1V. tinishimr heads and noses apart. lulla. which dominated all through the running gamely lasted it out and scored. Angelus was sold to .1. II. Schneider alter the third race for JfoOO. Joe Burnett, a prominent busily ss man of i huu.neru.ue, v m.. arrived today and is Interesting ho!s,.M1en in a ten-days meeting which it i- proposed to hold at that place upon the conclusion of the season ban.


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