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HANDICAP WELL CONTESTED i GENERAL MARCHMONT, KOOTENAY AND KING WORTH FIGURE IN THRILLING FINISH. 1 Former, Ruling: at Odds-On, Gets Up to Nose Out Kootenay in Final Stride Hodge in Sen- ? sational Work-out. , 1 1 LI Paso, Tex.. February 25. The Juarez track j Irml almost regained its normally fast condition this . afternoon and racegoers came out in force. The chief feature in a racing way was the three-quarters of a mile handicap that was carded as the fourth nice. It was contested by a fairly good field of , up," i.icis. HI Ialomai- and Cosgrove. the too weights. , b us withdrawn, leaving six to content for the , i r e General Marclimont ruled i tie favorite and c was held at odds-ou at all times, lie got ui in the , la stride to score by a nose over Kootenay, a 25 to 1 shot rhat displayed great improvement over Iks nly preceding effort here this season. Kootenay si i ;i fast pace from start to finish anil weakened t: Iv at thi very end. King Worth, another 25 to 1 sijtu. was third, only a neck away from the leaders. J I- ..st Star, backed as a "good thing," ran a re- J tuarualih race in winning the opener. lie was !i.tinl to the rear at the slarl and remained far I,:; 1; iitil il the race was well advanced. Then he I, .".in to make up ground and, finishing with i in h close to the inner rail, caught the tiring Kali- li. i v.hich had been making the pace, in the last J strides and won going away. The winner w.is i t puM favorite f the race. Another contender in 1 Ins race that came in for sloni backing was Arbu- I i t wnich finished far back. I faille .lane, the even money favorite of the sec- I odiI race, had a narrow escape from defeat by I inie Curl, a three-year old that has been racing I wiili considerable success here this winter. Jock-y McCabe, who had the mount on Little .lane, reserved Iier behind the pacemaker. Orange Iilossom, 1 until the latter weakened and retired in the stretch. ; Mler ai-suiiiing the lead. MeOabe had to ride hard wiili hand and heel to withstand the challange or J Auntie Curl, which had been a forward contender i throughout. Littlt- .lanes winning margin was : t lily a head. Dominica, smartly backed, finished f third. third race, a live and a half furlongs dash ; ... !jre year-olds, presented an exceedingly open : ispcr;. Barbara Lane went to the post a luke-, fivann favorite. She was last at the finish. Pau-T iiachiii i, from the Newman stable, acted as pace-it;, k t all the wav and won from Ooma, a filly that fon.ier jockey .Monte Preston recently purchased from Phil T. thinn. for whom he used to ride whin , hr was successful in the saddle some years ago. v sko. which scored an easy victory in the fifth N race, was the opening favorite, but support was Ine.itng for him and Clinton supplanted him in fav- Ilisni. Never far behind the leaders, he went to tl frii.t when jockey OUrieti called on him and beat Old Ooteh for first money by several lengths. Clinton failed to race as well as expected and was not prominent at any stage of the running. The sixth race brought with it failure of another l.rs choice when Sister Florence finished unplaced. She helped to set the early pace, but retired when i no real racing began. Darin, sold a few days ago 1 y John lifltve to .1. Iloskins. was returned the win-i i r. It was his lirst appearance in the colors of i i new owner. 11 I. Curloyj Brown was a visitor today. lie .uv from Los Angeles, where In has invested neavilv in real estate. lie was surprised at the lagntude of the Juarez plant. lie- leaves lomor-iiw for Jacksonville. C. W. Carroll, trainer for A. 1!. Spreckles, has i.hl v of the horses he had in training here, an.! has gone to his employers farm at Napa. Cal., to lake charge of the two-year-olds. He will select the best and ship them immediately to Churchill How us. Ilfidge worked seven-eighths sensationally this morning. He is assigned top weight of 127 pounds for the Chapultcoec Handicap, to be run next Sitn-dav. The fractional time of the work-out was 22", ::i:-- 10".-., TiSic.. 1:12"-.. 1:31. pulled up. Recent work-outs over a fast track at Juarez were as follows: C. K. Davis Five-eighths in 1 :05. Colquitt- Three-quarters in 1:22. c. W. Keiinon Three-quarters in 1:20. Darkey-Three-quarters in 1:22. Good intent Five-eighths in 1:07. Grizzly Hear Three-eighths in -10. Jewel of Asia Three-quarters in 1:10. Kelselta -liilf mile in r."i. Kid Nelson--Five-eighths in 1:07. King Worth Half mile in 52. I.cnshens 1ride Five-eighths in 1 Manganese Half mile in 52. Marv Kinily Seven-eighths in 1 :35. May" L.--Five-eighths in 1:07. .Miami - Half mile in ."5. Montreal five -eighths in 1 :05. Orb -Half mile in 54 !f.. Orllu Kripp Five-eighths in 1:07. Othello Half mile in 55. lhl Hart -Three-eighths in 10. Irlnce Kitgene Quarter mile in 25. Itcnwar Half mile in 52. k Iteiiiiiratn Five-eighths in 1:05. Si rf Savin Half mile in 52.
