Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 31
Marlin, Texas, Saturday, September 7, 1907
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FLASHES FROM THE RACES.
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Races Pronounced Par Excellent by
Horseman and Others.
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The 1907 meet for the Marlin races is pronounced an A 1 success by experienced
horsemen and by those who admire good races and fast horses. Everyday the
races have been superb and have held the interest of the crowd from start to
finish.
Each and every horse has his admirers and
backers and the bookies have been busy and some money has changed hands on the
side.
Thursday's races were witnessed by the
largest crowd seen together in Marlin in a long while. Both grand stands
were running over and there were hundreds that could get standing room only.
At one stage of the races, the track was lined for a hundred yards with people.
That crowd was entirely orderly and the best of feeling has prevailed throughout
the meet.
THURSDAY'S RACES.
The first race, free for all pace, was very spirited. Won by Anna Bell,
time 1:06. Hal Burton, the favorite winner of Wednesday, was off and came
third.
In the three minute trot, Pay Girl,
Ambermedium and Stepper contested for the purse. They came under the wire
in the order named. Pay Girl's Time, 1:14.
The half mile run was won by Texas, time
.52, defeating three others. Pleas Walters came second.
Prince, the winner of second money in the
six furlong race on Wednesday, came first under the wire in the 5-8 mile dash,
defeating Diamond G., a favorite with the betters, by a narrow margin.
This was one of the surprises of (sic) day.
In the time intervening the running races,
an extra pace was put on for two year olds. Allie Star, owned by Ward &
Cooley, Rosebud, and Torment, owned by Prof. Edgars, Hamilton. The race
was rather a one sided affair, the Rosebud horse winning, with ease. Allie
is one of the finest two year olds that ever raced on the local track and is a
great favorite with the grand standers.
The auto race was called off after an
effort had been made to start. The machine of Dr. Dupree was somewhat
damaged by a short turn and was not considered safe for the race.
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