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Show PACING RECORD OF STATE 15 BROKEN The closing program of last week's horse racing at the Fair grounds. Saturday Sat-urday afternoon was enjoyed by a good sized crowd of local and out-of-town enthusiasts. The sensation of the afternoon was the breaking of the state pacing record by Oveda, the Hamilton Brothers' fast mare, In a race against time. The little mare did the mile In 2:08 3-4, tho first quarter in 31 seconds, the half-mile in 1 06 and the three-quarters in 1:38. The last quarter was done In 29 minutes, min-utes, which was considered a remarkable remark-able performance for a slow track Oveda has been trained by Warren Davis and is recognized as having a brilliant future. In a match race, Tommy T defeated defeat-ed Coxcomb, the two winning heats being done in 1:11 1-2 and 1:12 1-2 respectively. re-spectively. Another feature of the program was a half mile running race This was won by Sultain. with Tender-eet Tender-eet second and Temple Standard third The time was :50 1-2. The 2:15 pace was run in five heats, with May Davis showing the highest summary and being awarded first place The result of the heats were as follows: Josle Knight. 2:14 1-4; Mav Davis, 2:14 1-4; Co-Ed, 2 15 1-4; May Davis. 2:16; Josle Knight. 2:17 JOE BUSH WINS GAME. Minneapolis. Oct 18 Joe Bush beat Bill James in the first game between be-tween the touring All-Amerieans and All Nationals here today, the Americans Ameri-cans winning 6 to 3. Both pitchers were hit freely, yet both had big strikeout marks James fanned eleven elev-en and Bish got nine on strikes Hob litzel, with three doubles and Murphy, Mur-phy, with a home run and a single, lead the Americans' batting, while Snodgra6s made two singles and a double for the Nationals. Americans 6 13 1 Nationals 3 10 4 Batteries Bush and Henry; James and Killlfer. |