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FOURFAVORITES SCOREAT JUAREZ El Paso Tex December 21 Despite an ordinary card a goodly sized crowd was In attendance at Ter razas Park today With the success of four public choices the ring received a drubbing The first spill of the season occurred In the third race Red Hussar fell to his knees at the start forcing McNally the favorite to pull up thus destroying all his chances Jockey T Smith aside from a few bruises and a general sliaking up was not Injured InjuredThe The win of Bedlass in the first race signalized the initial success of the St James Stable here and I H Wheatcroft was highly pleased with the good showing made by his filly After the victory of Ramon Corona in the second race quite a throng gathered at the judges stand expecting a runup as has been the case recently when a race was won by W C Weant or W A Buck They were how ¬ ever disappointed as there was no reply to Judge Shelleys invitation for bids bidsJockey Jockey J Moore was seriously injured this morning while engaged in schooling yearlings at the barrier barrierAl Al Muller a useful racer iu the string of J R Waiuwright pulled up lame in a workout thismwu ing compelling his withdrawal from the last Tace While he is not hopelessly broken down he will be thrown out of training and will not be raced again until spring springThe The oldest racer in training here is the old mare Louisville by Loantaku Virulent by Virgil which is In the stable of J T Ireland owner of Cherry ola She is now thirteen years old and has dropped several foals during her long retirement from the turf If she races here it will be her first ap ¬ pearance under colors since she was seven years old That season she won five races and during her career she was winner of twentysix races and 15974 Louisvilles sire Loantaka won the Subur ¬ ban Handicap in 1801 as a fiveyearold In her racing days Louisville was owried by W H Mc Corkle of Lexington who once had a strong racing stable trained by Charles Mahone The mare was sold by Mr McOorkle to Catesby Woodford for a broodmare H M Ziegler the Cincinnati turfman bought her first foal It was however a failure as a race horse and in fact she has produced nothing of merit Mr Woodford let Mr Ireland have her to try her once more on the turf iis it is under ¬ stood that she never actually broke down downL L Blum who several years ago bought many thoroughbred horses in Kentucky for export to Mexico and who last fall was ruled off the turf by the Mexican Jocbey Club for selling horses of al ¬ leged fraudulent pedigrees has gone to Germany and from all accounts has quit Mexico for good goodEugene Eugene Elrod has his bands full at Juarez as in addition to being master of the betting ring he is ticket seller for the parimutuel machines selling tickets not only on the winning machine but also in the place and show devices His former place as blockman for one of the field books Is now filled by Col W E Applegate who has that betting privilege here The Louisville turfman makes about as big a ibook as any layer in the big ring and rarely turns down a wager no matter what the size sizeBig Big Mclnerncy is on the block here for Jack Atktn and is taking any sort of wager offered es ¬ pecially on horses to show The western bookmaker Shannon is credited with being about tho biggest winner so far in the ring He too accepts any rea ¬ sonable wager offered offeredStarter Starter Mars Cassidy is having the time of his life this winter He has joined a bowling team and secured a saddle horse on which he rides to and from the Juarez track after using his steed in the early morning for a mountain ride of from six to ten miles He also greatly enjoys the chicken fights anil is an excellent judge of a game cock His work at the barrier is alx ve reproach
