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F0LLIE LEVY ON HER BAD BEHAVIOR. G. M. Odoms Fleet Filly Up to Her Old Tricks at Juarez Mexican Track Patronage Increasing. El Paso, Tex.. March 13. A combination of one of the most brilliant cards of the meeting and perfect weather brought out one of the largest Sunday crowds of the season yesterday. The especial attraction of the day was the Primavera Handicap at three-quarters of a mile. The lield, in which Jim Itasey, the California crack three-year-old was an added starter, was one whose quality would attract attention from race-goers anywhere. The adjustment of weights by the handicapper made the race appear an open one, but the public seemed to look upon it as a foregone conclusion that !. M. Odoms fleet lilly. Follie Levy, would win, and accordingly backed her into strong favoritsm at post time. Trance and Round the World were other starters that did not lack for support in the ring. The race proved a great disappointment, as the favorite, after breaking well, primped and wheeled, refusing to run there after. In other respects the race was not truly run. Round the World meeting with frequent interference, tirst from Jim Basey and later from Trance. Jockey T. Rice claimed foul in both eases, but his claim was disallowed by the stewards. The secondary feature of the program brought about the reduction of another track record when Napa Nick ran rive and one-half furlongs in 1:031. which bettered the former time for the distance by one-tifth of a second. The layers, owing to the success of but one of the public choices, had a highly, profitable day and recouped much of their recent losses. Saturdays ruling of the stewards against jockey Ganz lias been amended to 3 Instead of suspension. Import, a one-time good winner, broke down after his creditable race of Saturday and probably will never race again. With the return of good weather and an improvement in the class of horses competing, the daily patronage is steadily Increasing In a manner that is most gratifying to the -management. For an off day and an ordinary jirogram todays attendance at Terrazas Park was surprisingly large, fully 2,000 being on hand. Form was fairly well adhered to. with the success of two tirst choices and well-backed second and third choices. Judge Charles F. Price, wiio has been acting as presiding steward during the meeting, leaves tonight for Magnolia Springs. Ala., where he will enjoy himself for several weeks heroic taking up his, duties at the forthcoming Louisville meeting. Judge Price, by his never-failing courtesy and fair and impartial judgment, has made himself a host of friends here, and leaves with the best wishes of horsemen and all local patrons of the sport. His position in the stewards stand will lie tilled by Colonel Winn for the remainder of the meeting. Napa Nick, winner of the third race yesterday, on account of his owner having claimed an allowance of seven pounds, to which he was not entitled, lost the purse this morning on the protest of T. W. OBrien, whose Pluvious had finished second. Owing to the recent death of Mr. Frazier, owner of the Lawndale Stable, the horses of that establishment will be sold at auction in the paddock March 10. W. fi. Yanke, who lost The Hague by the claim.-ing process recently, has repurchased her from C. E. Patterson. C. S. Wilson leaves tonight for Harney Schreibers farm to take up a string of horses to be campaigned the coming season on Kentucky and eastern tracks. Jockey Revan was suspended for ten days by starter Cassidy for trying to beat the harrier in the second race. Eugene Elrod- is arranging for ids special train to transfer the horsemen from Juarez to Kentucky. It will leave here on the evening or Monday. April 3. the day following the close; of the meeting. The train will go from Juarez to Louisville and Lexington by way of Kansas City and St. Louis and will reach Louisville Thursday noon, April i. Those who have already engaged accommodations on the special are R. L. Thomas, J. T. Ireland, E. It. Rradley. 1!. Scbreiber. P. Dunne, I. II. Wheat-croft. W. E. Applegate, J. C. Calm, A. O. Rlakeiey, Powell .ft Parker. 5. M. Odoin. Wayne Lewis aud W. J. Speirs. The last-named two will have a car between them, while the R. L. Thomas stable will be transferred in two cars. There are so far twelve carloads of horses listed for shipment on this train and fully three or four more will be engaged. There will be. a sleeper, coach and baggage car attached to the train for the accommodation of the horsemen and there will be no delay en route except necessary points of stoppage to take on water aud coal. The strings of R. L. Thomas. J. T. Ireland. E. R. Rrad-ley and 1. II. Wheateroft will go right through to Lexington, hut all the other stables will stop at Churchill Downs. W. 5. Yanke and others will not ship their horses until a few days after the close at Juarez in order to give the horses that race during the closing days of the meeting an abundance of time to rest before shipment. Harney Schreiber will ship the biggest stable of horses to Louisville this spring that lie ever raced in Kentucky. While lie is preparing to curtail his breeding establishment in the near future with the idea of reducing his broodmares in order that the" latter may number about fifty head, he intends to continue improvements for ids horses at Woodland Stud and will shortly begin the laying out of a mile track for training purposes on his Missouri estate. Though he lias turned Jack Atkin over to William Cahiil to treat the great horses injured foot, that trainer having an unexcelled reputation as an expert farrier, may never leave Mexico to race again. A company of wealthy Mexico City turfmen lias been greatly taken with the horse and their agent lias asked for a price on him. If they buy him, he will be sent at once to the stud. Mr. Schreiber says lie lias some grand-looking two-year-olds at Woodland Farm and a carload or them will soon be on their way to Louisville. He lias wintered some thirty of his picked youngsters at the home place and to these lie looks for his spring and summer juvenile stake winners. His California string, in charge of Dave Henry, will shortly be shipped to Churchill Downs and some of these he will dispose of during the Louisville meeting. Starter Mars Cassidy will have a busy spring and summer. To meet his Jamestown. Va.. engagement lie will leave Juarez. Mex., a few days before the meeting ends, hut lie lias arranged with one or his assistants. Harry Morrissey, to otliciate at the barrier here during the last few days, while lie takes his other assistant. -James Osborne, to Virginia with him. After the close of the Juarez meeting. Mr. Morris sey will re-join Mr. Cassidy at the Virginia track. Jamestown will close in ample, time to allow Mr. Cassidy to reach Lexington tor the opening day, and from then until the middle of, July Mr. Cassidy will send the fields away on the Kentucky tracks, having failed to make Ids customary engagements for the metropolitan courses. J. W. Fuller lias shipped his string of horsQS to his Texas ranch from the Jockey Club Juarez track, and will turn them out for a time. It may be be will not race Injury, -Toy Roy or Nettie Marchniont before next fall and winter. There was nothing the matter witli any of the horses, but Mr. Puller felt like they had done enough racing to earn a rest. At the close of the Juarez meeting. Powell and Parker will ship Execute. Lomond. Kalclla. Fred Mul-holland. Hidden Hand. Napa Nick and their other horses to Kentucky for racing. Valley Stream and La Toupee broke down in training here recently iinil J. W. Young will sell them ; for breeding purposes before returning to Kentucky.
