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JUAREZ TRACK DRIES OUT GOING AT MEXICAN COURSE WILL BE FAST FOR THIS AFTERNOONS RACING. Othello Wins Allowance Race That Has Tlaco of Honor on Sunday Program Big and Enthusiastic Crowd in Attendance. El Paso, Tex., Novemltcr 29. The weather today wis almost summerllke and helped to attract a big crowd to the Juarez track. The card was not an at tractive one, hut the racing was keen and well contested. The sneciators showed their appreciation, all the winners being well cheered after lhiish of each race. The surface of the track was still quite lumpy, hut the warm sun was drying it out rapidly and tomorrow tho dust should be Hying. The big crowd wagered heavilv today, having mere confidence he-cause of the conditio:i of the track than In the preceding " three days since the opening of the meeting. . . Othello which ran disappointingly in the hrst race of the meeting, won the live and a half furlong allowance race that served as tne- days feature. Orb, which finished second to Wilhite in the opening dav stake race, ran second to Othello today and Bemiudian third. Bcrmudian is one of the horses that beat Othello on the opening day. Orb was well fancied today as a result of the good showing he made in the Juarez Handicap on the opcuing dav, but his wind is slightly affected from sickness that he contracted in shipping to Denver last spring. , , . . Othello, being a rapid breaker, dashed into the lead quickly and opened up quite a gap on the others in the early racing, but Orb began to close on him and, jockey Mott, taking no chances, rode him out at the end. C. W. Gasser is the first owner to send two winners! to the post in one day. He won with Balgee and Claribel, and both were well supported in the betting.
