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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