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RUNS FAST SEVEN FURLONGS VESTED RIGHTS REDUCES JUAREZ TRACK RECORD FOR DISTANCE TO 1:24. Big Crowd . Sees Txas-Bred Horses Fight It Out in Principal Race of Day at Mexican Course. El Paso, Tex., December 7. Bright, warm Weather helped1 to draw out a big Sunday crowd at . Juarez -today to witnessrthe running of the two handicaps that were carded. Some of the best two-year-olds at the track competed In the Hidalgo Handicap, five and one-half furlongs. Etaierald Gem, which, raced with marked success in Canada and Kentucky, was installed favorite, but unfortunately at the start she broke sideways, which destroyed all chance she, may have had. Blarriey, which won, was one of the best two-year-olds here last winter. Edith W. finished second and Bird .Man accounted for the short end of the purse. . Vested Rights reduced the track record for seven furlongs to 1:24 in winning the Guadaloupe Handicap. The former record was 1:24. Foundation; from the stable of Jefferson Livingston, made his initial appearance on the Juarez course in this race and finished unplaced. Injury and Dorothy Dean, Texas-bred horses belonging to J. W. Fuller, ruled first choices. Vested Rights was quoted at 10 to 1, and got to the front at the finish after being- temporarily outrun in the middle part of the race by Dorothy Dean, the stable companion of Injury.. : Kqundation was backed heavily on the report that he had worked a fast thfee-quarters. He had a bad position on the rail while going down the back-stretch, being forced to fall back and the ground he lost was too much for him to make up. , Jockeys Taplln and Ford each piloted two winners during the afternoou. George Miller,, owner and trainer, is the latest arrival from San Francisco. Frank Gralfort came from Vancouver, B. C. Two horses which he shipped in advance . of his departure from, that place are expected, tomorrow. Jockey W. W. Taylor was suspended by the stewards at Juarez Saturday, for interfering with. Manasseh during the running of the fourth race.
