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NO CURTAILMENT AT JUAREZ MANAGER WINN ANNOUNCES WINTER MEETING WILL BEGIN THANKSGIVING DAY. Plan for Division of Winter Dates with Mexico City Does Not Appeal to Him as Atlvisablo or Desirable, Louisville. Ky., July 20. There will be no shortening of the winter racing season of the Jockey Club Juarez in 1911 and 1912. M. J. Winn, manager of that Mexican racing plant makes this announcement. Racing will begin at the fine track just over the Rio Grande River from El Paso, Tex., On Thanksgiving Day and continue without interruption until spring. Manager Winn so informed Senor Alexander de la Arena, the wealthy Mexican turfman who came here to consult with him concerning future racing in that country. Senor de la Arena came to Louisville to seo Manager Winn as a representative of the Mexico City track, which desired, if Juarez was idle In November and December, to have racing during thoso months in Mexico City. Manager Winn said he thought that tho country is big enough for the operation of two winter raco meetings at the same time, especially when they are carried on over 1,400 miles apart, the distance between Juarez and Mexico City. The latter association expects to race only three days each week, which arrangement would not be inviting to American owners of big racing stables. Senor de la Arena left for New York City via Cincinnati yesterday. While in the metropolis he will consult with James Butler, who Is interested financially in Mexican racing. He will return here next Monday ami spend several days with Manager Winn before returning to Mexico. Before leaving, however, he came to the conclusion that Juarez should have the winter racing field in Mexico to itself, and while the Mexico City track will have much racing in the future, It will be during other seasons of the year. During his stay here Senor de la Arena and Manager Winn entertained D. X. Murphy, the architect who planned the buildings on the Jockey Club Juarez course. Mr. Murphy will ultimately go to Mexico City to build a clubhouse and stables and rc-arrango-othor structures on the track there. Tho improvements contemplated are all on the most up-to-date order, and the new clubhouse wiU be an expensive and pretentious affair. Senor de la Arena said before he took tho train, for the east: "The day is not far distant when there will he racing in Mexico the year round. Tho thoroughbred horso daily gains admirers in my country, and racing in Mexico has come to stay. We are a sport-loving people and more liberal In our views than the citizens of some other countries, and once a concession is granted any sport of amusement, it cannot be annulled under any conditions so long as the promoters make good. "The breeding of the thoroughbred Is making rapid strides there and any number of wealthy men there now are interested and are on the lookout at all times for desirable stallions and mares to add to their breeding establishments. We all think down there that to Colonel Winn more than to any other person is due the credit for the growing interest in racing in Mexico. Wo appreciate his efforts and are satisfied that the day will come when Mexico will play an important part in the racing world." W. G. Yankes big string of horses arrived at Churchill Downs from Latonia and will rest until fall. Tho shipment includes the celebrated filly Round the AVorld, the speedy Oklahoma-bred three-year-old Quartermaster, The Hague, Leopold, Lack-rose and several others. Round the Worjd will now get what she has needed for some time a good rest and if she takes on some flesh by September, she probably will give a good account of herself in the big races on tho Kentucky tracks the coming autumn. Another stable to arrive from Latonia is that of II. R. Brandt, which now is quartered at Douglas Park. The noted Harrigan, the speedy Angelus and the smart two-year-old The Reach are in the Brandt string. All will be rested here. Mr. Brandt probably will not send any horses to race at Lexington. Trainer Pete Coyne came to the Downs with George J. Longs stable, and W. P. Hopkins also came in with bis big string. Coyne did not bring tho three-year-old Exemplar back with him, having sold that horse to former jockey W. Lewis, who will educate him for jumping. All of L. I. Doerhofers stable are also in their old quarters at the Downs. There are nine horses in trainer Shelby Wests care, but io of the number, Mclisande, probably is through with racing. Her breakdown in her last Latonia race was complete and it is unlikely she can be patched up to race again. The city office of the New Louisville Jockey Club in the Atherton Building has been discontinued, and hereafter all business will be transacted at Churchill Downs. The furniture and library of tho jockey club have been transferred to the track and an office established in tho room under the grandstand adjoining the clubhouse gate. Superintendent Keegan is at present looking after the track office of the club, though Manager Winn is a daily visitor to the course.
