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JUAREZ CARD IS DECLARED OFF Heavy Rain Causes So Many Scratches That Manage ¬ ment Deems It Wise to Suspend Racing El Paso Tex February 20 Heavy rains this morning rendered the Juarez track muddy and in consequence the card was so riddled by withdrawals that the management decided to declare the races off for this afternoon afternoonA A new card was prepared for Saturday when the mooting will be resumed The probabilities are for clear weather tomorrow tomorrowThe The Arizona senate committee today recommended for passage a bill providing for a state racing com ¬ mission and legalizing betting on horse races with the systemThe pariniutucl system The Washington state senate committee has re ¬ ported favorably a bill providing for mutnels for fairs and racing with a limit of fourteen days to each meeting meetinggovernor governor Ferguson of Texas ordered the customs officials here today to place an embargo on the im ¬ portation of all live stock from Mexico owing to the spread of the hoof aiid month disease in Chi ¬ huahua Collector of Customs Zack Cobb has wired the state executive asking him to permit the thor ¬ oughbreds racing at Juarez to be transferred across tile boundary when the owners desire He lias announced to the horsemen that he is positive that his request will bo granted as all horses racing at Juarez are in a healthy condition
