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ORB SCORES GAME VICTORY " COLT FROM DR. I. E. CLARKS STABLE ACQUITS HIMSELF WELL AT JUAREZ. Carries 11G Pounds to Victory in Driving- Finish with t Lightly-Weighted King Worth in Chapultcpcc Handicap Track Record Twice Equalled. Kl Paso. Tex.. .March 1. Rarely lias a more at- .1. , tractive card been served up at Juarez than that .1. . of today. Small lields. with the; contenders evenly ,, S. matched, were the rule. The Invest lield oC the Ij day went to the iiost in the Chapultcpec Handicap. . an event for three-year-olds that occluded the place .1. of honor on the program. Twelve owners had ae- , ccptcd weights for this race, hut four or those J named overnight were withdrawn, leaving eiglu J to contest for the .stakes of ,500. In spile of i.is 1 exacting impost of II!" pounds Kay Spences 1 lodge ". the top weight, was installed favorite and was well ! hacked, lie failed to place. The winner turned up in t Dr. 1. K. Clarks Orli. which carried 110 pounds 1 to victory in game fashion. Orh .set the pace from start to linisli and after racing Hodge into siibmis si"U. stood a long and hard drive in the stretch in . 1 withstanding the closing challenge of the lightly weighted Kins Worth, which had been a forward contender throughout. Head and head the pair J raced through the stretch and Orb scored by a nose. J Milton Koblic. with which .1. Stephenson will make jr bill for Derby honors in Kentucky, came from the rear to beat the tiring Hodge for third money. The .1 distance of the race was three-quarters of a mile and 1 was run in 1:1 J. 1 After tin- linisli of the race .jockey MeCabe lodged a claim of foul against .1. Wroth, who was -1 astride Orh. lie complained to the stewards that I . mill had tried to lock logs with him when it came 1 to the liual drive at the linisli and the two horses : were running stride for stride. After deliberating over the matter the stewards decided not to disturb the order of finish, but Grolh was disciplined by M.spcrsjon for the rest of the mooting, j li was an ideal day and an exceptionally bis crewd Journeyed to the track. The track record of 1:23-;.-. for seven-eighths of a , i 4mil was twice equalled during the afternoon, lirst t S. Veillers ChrKtophino in winning the secom! race and again Uv J. V. Fullers Dorothy Dean in winning the Irttftfficap that served as the secondary , feature of the card, Christophine displayed a high j turn of speed in heating General Mareliinont. the favorite of her race. She ran close up to the pacemakers in the early part of the race and came away . in the str-tch after assuming the lead to win otT by 1 mrsilf. Dorothy Dean did not have quite such an easy time, but won going away from her opposition. She 1 carried the his burden of IIS jmiuikIs and was a well- . supported favorite. Vested Rights was the pacemaker of the race and easily held the others safe. Dalston. one of the receding choices, came from behind to win the opening dash from Superl. the lae -maker, while Ilinata. the favorite, failed to place. Tin- well-backed Mandadero led from start to linNh in the lifth race and Key did praetically iho same thing in the sixth, for which I.urnt Caudle, which finished .second, ruled first choice. Beginning next Thursday, the purses will be in creased to ,401 a day. There will be one purse of 00, four of and one of 00 until the end of the meeting, which will come to a close on Sunday. March 22. V.. .1. Ramsey claimed ISurnt Candle for 1914.sh25. .lohn Darker received word from It. J. Allison, manager of the race meeting at Tulsa. Okla., commencing April 11 and closing May 2. that the ring will be opened to all reputable bookmakers and that th" lowest purse offered will be 00, .lockey 1!. Itookor was suspended yesterday for ten days by the stewards for bothering El Iato in the sixth race.
