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JUAREZ TRACK GOOD AGAIN NOSE AND HEAD FINISH BETWEEN FIVE HORSES MARKS THE SECOND RACE. Argent Emerges from the Maiden Class— Fairly Outstays His Opponents — YorkviUe Wins and Finds Another Owner — Edith W. Badly Hurt. El Paso. Texas. Decomlier 9. — The Juarez track was once more in good condition today, although n .t s i last as it will 1m- iu another day or two. The card that was offered lacked any special feature. Ixit some useful platers were engaged in the days racing. Argent, which had never before entered tin* winners circle, made a show of those I opposed to her in the opening race. Lady .lames was the most fancied for the race, but failed to run to a place. The second race went to Fairly, for which there ■was substantial hacking at remunerative odds. It was Fairlys second consecutive victory and he sot up in the last stride to nose out liiooming Posey, which in turn was a nose iu advance of the tiring favorite. Charley McFerran. In reality it was the lM-st finish of the meeting, as the first five horses were noses and heads apart. Vorkville was hacked with groat confidence to win the third race, and did it with ease, in spite of being cut off iu the early railing by Jake Argent. He recovered quickly and after lacing into a Ions bad wo;i with ju key Cullcn easing him up. He hanged bauds after the race going for ,100. an advance of ifi-loo to Elijah Brewster, trainer for ;. sadle. from whom lie was claimed iu an earlier start here. llarwood -was installed first choice for the fourth race, a seven eighth* dash but Royal Interest was bis master at all times and won with plenty of margin to spare. Tue veteran Doc Allt-n was slightly injured in a railroad smash-up while ltciug shipped from the Dwyer raueh t the Juarez, track. Edith V. was so badly cut down iu her last race that she may never race again, but F. D. Weir uojH s to save her for bwding purjKises. lievelry James was an odds-on choice for the fifth ::::d had to be driven out to win from Choctaw, the extreme oul-i«ler of the race. Rose Oueil. whose chasten «ere lightly regarded, upset calculations _ riM- closing dash by taking the measure of Bogy Johnson. I. G. Bussey. of San Francisco purchased York-■. le from E. A. Brewster for ,250. Harwood was claimed for 25 by W. Scnitto, owner of Sweotdale.
