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STORM BREAKS AT BUTTE VIOLENT TEMPEST SWEEPS OVER TRAGIC WHILE RACfNG IS GOf JKJ ON Downpour Precedes Feature Race and Republican RepublicanGives Gives Exhibition of His Mud Running Ability Trouble Follows Bidding Up of Azo Butte Mont August The most severe thunder lightning rain and hail storm that has taken place in Unite in many years broke forth just after the finish of the third race lasting for fully fifteen minutes Tho rain came down like a cloudbust deJuging everything and making the track a sett of mud for the remainder of the racing racingRepublican Republican the oddsou choice in the fourth race at seven furlongs ran through the sloppy going as if it was just what he wanted It was just play for him to take the lead and run away from tiis opposition Three Links kept close to him in the early part of the race then began to fall Ixihind Lady Rnnkin made a good showing in view of the fact that Kirchbaum was forced to pull her up at the start startThe The days racing was good considering the chang ¬ ing winningMiller track conditions four favorites winning Miller Henderson has been engaged by 1 O Keene to train part of his big string duriug the absence of his brother Hamilton Keene who in company wills 1 T Ireland has departed for the Mexican border where they have large laud holdings in the vicinity of Kl Paso PasoAzo Azo was bid up from rOO to 000 and sold to II G Bedwell after he won the fifth race Mr Rod well was afterwards accosted In the ring by T H Stevens the former owner of Azo and an alterca ¬ tion look place during which it is claimed Mr Stevens struck Redwell The judges have sus ¬ pended investigationW Mr Stevens pending an investigation W Powers bought Sierra from the Burbauk Stable this morning
