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SPLENDID OUTLOOK FOR JUAREZ MEETING Indications That New Plant Will This Season Take Prominence It Deserves Louisville Ky October 29 Tomorrow October 31 the Jockey Club Juarez will close for entries the greatest array of stakes ever offered for winter rac ¬ ing and judging from the entries already received by Secretary Lyman Davis and the number of appli ¬ cations for stable room the indications are that this new racing organization will iu this its second sa son take the place of prominence that the splendor of tlie plant and the enterprise and standing of its promotors entitle it to It was no small project Col Matt Wiun and his associates undertook when they began the const ruction of this great racing plant but they were full of confidence iu the future Of racing and as a result of their efforts there has been built the second finest race course on this con ¬ tinent tinentWith With the experimental first season satisfactorily concluded the Jockey Club Juarez now makes the splendid announcement of fifty stakes with a total value of more than 80000 and It assures horsemen or at least one hundred days of racing during which l erlod 300000 an average of 3000 per day will 1x5 distributed iu stakes and purses With this offering the Juarez people may well feel confident of gathering at their attractive plant a representative lot of horsemen aud turf followers followersHorsemen Horsemen who raced at Juarez last winter re ¬ turned to scenes of summer racing full of enthusi ¬ astic praise of the plant of the treatment accorded them aud of the manner iu which the meeting was conducted There came from Juarez no breath of scandal aud as the management and the officials will be the same this season it is proper to expict that the same clean sport will be had during the coming winter winterThe The inaugural season at Juarez was not a big success financially for the reason that turfmen were not fully aware of the opportunities offered thore and did not go iu great numbers This season how ¬ ever will bring a great change in all of this Horse ¬ men and their following from all parts of the coun ¬ try have made preparations for attending the coming meeting and In place of the smaller gatherings of last season there will be a good healthy game with plenty of horses and a patronage that will insure a highly successful meeting meetingThe The Juarez track is located about one mile from the justness center of El Paso the largest and most progressive city in the southwest and Is reached by street car after a ride of twenty minutes Those who have visited the locality claim that its climate is uuequaled by that of any other racing point In the country With the warmth of southern California or northern Florida there Is combined a lightness and clarity of air that tend to invigorate and as a re ¬ sult It furnishes a most delightful upbuilding cli ¬ mate for winter tourists touristsThe The hotel accomodations of El Paso have been vastly improved since last winter so that now there will be ample accomodations for all who may go there whether for the entire season or for a shorter stay And in addition to this there is now In opera ¬ tion on the Mexican side a hotel of eighty rooms that is almost opposite the entrance to the track j This hotel was built for the accomodation of owners aud trainers who prefer to be quartered close to their horses horsesAltogether Altogether the prospects for a great winter race meeting never looked brighter than for the approach ¬ ing term at Juarez Eastern turfmen of wealth and prominence and their friends and followers will be there in numbers and the west will have the greatest representation it has ever contributed to winter racing With the assurance of good patronage many wellknown big operators have signified their Inten ¬ tions of having a try at the Juarez game and a num ¬ ber of the best bookmakers In the country have al ¬ ready made arrangements to be on hand for the opening openingThe The final preliminary arrangements for the meet lug so far as the entries for stakes are concerned will come tomorrow with the closing of the fifty stakes in the arrangement of which Secretary Davis has displayed his usual skill and knowledge of the requirements of winter racing Thirty of the fifty are for twoyearolds and over at the present time nine are for horses that are now threeyearolds six are for twoyearolds at tht time of closing and five are for coming twoyearolds foals of 1909 1909With With these stakes there will be run overnight races framed to suit the material at hand and the management makes positive announcement of one hundred days with a guarantee of 3000 per dav davDuring During a recent trip to Mexico Manager Winn completed arrangements for moving the horses and equipment into that country under a bond that has been filed and approved so that there will be no customs duty to be paid by horsemen Another pleasing announcement is that the price of feed this season will be as cheap as at any track in the country I
