El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-16
MUDRUNNERSG|VEN
FIRST TRYOUT
Of MEETING
Despite the Heavy Shedding,
Veracruz Selling Stakes
Race Proves Thriller.

Mudrunners had their inning at Ter
razas park Thursday, the first chance
they have had since the race meeting
opened The rain started just as the
horses were going to the post for the
first race, and had the going groggy
by post time for the fourth race In
spite of the heavy shedding. the Vera
cruz selling stake race proved a whirl-
Dorante horse in the final judgment JAG
lima, Dorante and yOnn Louis were the
candidates for the honors- In this race
Jockey Molesworth, recognized as the
best of the boys at the track, was
forced to surrender to little Van Dusen.
lately arrived at the park and riding
out his first week.
Van Dusen, on JacQuelina made his
move at exactly the right time, after
laying off in the early part Of the race.
The finish was heart breaking one
from the final turn, but Van Dusen kept
his head with him and outgamed the
Dorante horse in the judgment. JAG
Quelina laid behind the two others un-
TIL the far turn when Van Dusen opened
up and pushed his mount alongside
the others and away they went for
three column finish. Dorante was un-
able to hold out against the fast moving
JacQuelina in the dual to the finish.
Louis could not hold the final pace and
dropped back to third position in the
final furlong-
First Race Ragged.
The first race was a ragged exhibit
ton with Boana- winning under shady
conditions Boana was running we'll
out in front during the first part of
the race but was stopping at the end.
He crossed over in front of Pit-a-pat at
the head of the stretch causing Rettig
to pull up. The Jockey claimed foul.
but it was not allowed by the judges
Pit-a-Pat was coming strong at the
finish but lost the chance in the mix
up. Count De Orc was third. Semp-
ronium away third in the second race
had the race in command all the way
and won with ease from Little March
mont, which ran game race after a
bad beginning. Sterlin was rated in
front all the way and had little diff
Guilty in beating Mockler. which
showed q new life and ran a good race
Thursday. Flying Wolf ran out on the
turn for home and lost what chances
ne had to win out
Execute Takes Fifth
Execute put the death sign on Cha
pultepec and the others in the fifth
race Execute turned down the barrier
break for first place and laid in behind
the pacemakers, until the stretch turn
was passed when he moved up and bea.
Chapuitepec which ran a good race and
hung on the bitter end. Fred MulhoI-
land, the old distance horse, ran his
usual heady race under the manage
ment of Rettig in the final event. one
mile selling race. Mulholland let the
others do the race in the early part
came on at the turn for home and put
1T over Light Wool which had done all
the work up to that point. The Peer
ran q steady race but could not get up.
The Summaries.
First race, five and a half furlongs
selling. twoyearolds. value TO first, 1926
-Boana. los (Benschoten) II to 20,
won; Pit-a-Pat, 112 (Rettig) to g
second; Count De ORC, log CAM Is
to 1, third Time, los is. Vanity
Fair, Quicksilver, Gilchrist. Lees Frier,
ran.
Second race. six furlongs, selling,
threeyearolds and up, value to first
$225-Sempronium, 112 (Keogh) to l.
won; Little Marchmont. 100 tBurns)
to 2, second; Bonnie Prince Charlie 112
(Rettig) s to 1, third. Time, lis As.
La Dextra, Banthef, Siscus, Dave Mont
gcmery, L. Belle. Grace Golden. Person
ality, ran.
Third race. six furlongs, handicap,
twoyearolds. value to first s400-Ster-
lin, 116 (Molesworth) to 5, won;
Mocker, 90 (Moore) to l. second; Fly
ing Wolf los (Murphy) to L, third.
Time, :16. Dartworth, West Point, ran.
Fourth race one and one-sixteenth
miles, Veracruz selling stakes, three
yearolds and LIP, value to first 5000
Jacquelina, 102 (Van Dusen) s. TO 5,
won..- Dorante. 119 (Molesworth) to
5. second; John Louis, 1o4 CAM 10 to
l, third Time, :4S.
Fifth race, five and a half furlongs.
selling, tnreeyearolds and up. value to
first s300--Execute, III (Rettig) to
2. won; Chapultepee, 112 HouderJ to
1, second; Del Cruzador. 112 (Ganz)
to /, third. Time, los 3-5. Sixteen. Old
Nick. Annual Interest, Doc Allen, Bob
Lynch. ran.
Sixth race, one mile, selling. fouryear-
olds and up. value to first, s225-Fred
Mulholland. III (Rettig) 5 to 2, won:
Light Wool, 113 (Keogh), 5 to ?, sec
ond; The Peer, 105 (Allen5 TO ]. third.
Time, 1:43 "a. Harris, Lena Leech.
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