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LONG SHOTS WIN AT JUAREZ HORSES LIGHTLY REGARDED IN BETTING RING TAKE MAJORITY OF PURSES. Fool o Fortune Starts Days Proceedings by Taking Measure of Odds-On Favorite, General Warren Mose Goldblatt Buys Fast Yearling. Til Paso, Tex., December 27. Long shots won the majority of the races at Juarez tins afternoon. Fool Fortune accounted for the onener at 15 to 1, defeating the odds-on choice. General Warren, in ii hard drive. Ask Ma, starting in the colors of .i. W. Fuller, and heavily supported by followers or i hat stable, wore Nifty down in a hard stretch drive in the second. She was a public choice. The only other favorite to win was Little .Marchmont in the closing dash of the day at one mile. Neylon handled him to perfection. He is a slow beginner and was allowed to run in the rear in the early running. Neylon brought him up when well straightened out for the tinal drive and, drawiug past the tiling leaders opposite the paddock, he won with plcniy in reserve. After winning. Little Marchmont was bid up from .OO to MU by J. Bishop, the trainer of Joe Woods, which finished" second, but was protected by owner I. Striker and returned to his stable. After being shown the fastest trial by auv vear-llng so far at this track, Mosi Goldblact this morning purchased a colt called Blue Racer from 15. A. Jones of Missouri at private terms. The colt is a son of Blues and worked three-eighths of a mile over the straightaway in 34 with ease. Among the late arrivals are S. A. Beckham and J. Moody. Both came here for the running of the Texas Futurity, which is carded for tomorrow.
