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JUAREZ RECORD IS REDUCED. Florence Roberts Runs Five and a Half Furlongs in 1:05 in Winning Race. El Paso, Tex., December 3. Florence Roberts reduced the Juarez track record of 1:05 for live and one-half furlongs, held by Follie Levy, this afternoon by one-fifth of a second. She did it with apparent ease. It was a thrilling race all the way. Dominica went to the front in the early part, but found it impossible to get far away from Florence Roberts and when they were well .squared away in the homestretch McDonald shook Florence Roberts up a trifle and she dashed to the front like a Hash. New Haven, which found the pace too fast in the early stages, came on stoutly in the last eighth to get second money. Colonel Marchmont, an odds-on favorite from the stable or J. W. Fuller, Texas turfman, being, in grand form, won the first race easily. The last race of the day was marred when Superstition, the favorite, was caught in the barrier just as it arose. Three favorites caught the judges eyes first and two well-backed second choices, with one outsider, accounted for the rest of the card. Jockey McDonald lost bis stirrups in the third on Sigurd, but managed to iinisli third. A party of eleven bookmakers, clerks and racing followers arrived this morning from Jamestown. Among them were Byron McNutt, Joe Devinc, J. A. Armstrong, George Seacrest. William Travcrs and ."Jockey Ford. Recent work-outs of horses in training at Juarez were as follows: Weather clear; track fast. Anytime Half mile in 35. Arasee Five-eighths in 1:00. Aunt Mamie Half mile in 53. Augustus Heinze Five-eighths in 1:05. Barbara Lane Half mile in 553. Butter Ball Three-eighths in 40. Caddie Brown Five-eighths in 1:01. C. K. Davis Half mile in 52. Colonel Marchmont Three-quarters . in 1:26. Colquitt Half mile in 54. Con Carne Five-e-ighths in 1:07. Dusky Dave Half mile in 53. Gold of Ophir Three-quarters iu 1:21. J. H. Reed Five-eighths in 1:05. Joe Nolun Three-eighths in 31. Kitty Stanfield Three-eighths in 30. La Estrella Half mile in 55. .Miss Slv Half mile in 52. Osaple Half mile in 54. Pay Streak Three-eighths in 43. Superl Five-eighths in 1:05. The Cinder Three-eighths in 30. The Fad Five-eighths in 1:0G. Topland Mile in 1:52.
