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UNCLE BEN QUALIFIES FOR DERBY. El Paso, Tex.. March 24. A card of fair quality, including a handicap at one mile, wkieh served as a tryout for Derby candidates and au allowance race for three-year-olds, drew a fair attendance to the Juarez races today. The haudlcap was. somewhat of a disappointment to the followers of first choices, as Uncle Ben, from the Newman stable, and overlooked in the betting, was returned the dinner after a sensational stretch sprint. The success of three favorites and two second choices gave the public somewhat the better of the daily argument, although the defeat of the heavily hacked John Grillin II. was a shock. At the conclusion of the second race the board of stewards suspended jockey F. Anderson for the meeting for indifferent riding and refused the. further entry of the mare Fancy for inconsistent running. ..After the running of the handicap, in whicli Uncle Den was returned an easy winner, Mose Newman announced that the colt would be a certain starter in the Juarez Derby, to be run April 2, and forth-, with engaged jockey. Molesworth to ride him in that event. As Molesworth is considered the best rider lifcro over a considerable distance of ground the colt will doubtless he a factor in the blue ribbon event of this section. General Navarro, commander-in-chief of the Mexican federal forces at Juarez, has purchased the horse Oblivion from J. Johnston and will use him for saddle purposes during his stay in these parts. The action taken after the second race by the stewards illustrates the alertness of that body and is in line- with the jwlicy of the management here to have nothing but the best of sport obtainable.
