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MEXICAN MEETING IS CURTAILED. Lack of Horses and Condition of Courso Responsible for Earlier Ending Than Scheduled. Mexico City, November 16. The smallest attendance since the opening of the Condesa meeting was present at the course today. The program provided by the management was attractive and resulted in good racing. The honors were distributed between six stables, each taking a purse. J. C. Ferriss gelding Fort Johnson, with J. Howard up, won the first race by a neck from Nyanza, which was coming fast at the finish. R. J. Powers W. II. Ford, the favorite, captured the second race, while H. R. Brandts Sebago, another favorite, was first in the third. Tho fourth was a race for Mexican-breds and proveiT easy for L. Zivys La Luz II., which won in a canter, with her stable mate, Zamorana, a good second. These two horses so far outclassed the other starter. Mad Pranks, that the books refused to lay a prlco against them. Butter Ball won the fifth from good opposition by a length at odds of 8 to 1. The Hague was an odds-on favorite, but failed to place. The last race went to W. F. Fords Gore, a horse that ran second In the first Mexican Derby, and was a good second to Jim Basey on the second day of the present meeting. Barney Schrciber, accompanied by R. E. de Lopez, of San Francisco, arrived here yesterday with two carloads of horses, including eight broodmares, twenty-three yearlings, and several two-year-olds. These horses will be disposed of here. It was originally Mr. Schrcibers intontion to sell his importations at public auction, but he has reconsidered and will offer them at private sale, it being his belief that he will In this manner receive a better price for his stock. This shipment of horses is unquestionably the highest grade of American thoroughbred horses ever Imported into the Mexican republic, many of them being by Sain, Bannockburn and Nealon. The Mexican gentlemen interested in thoroughbreds are taking a lively interest in Mr. Schrei-bers offerings. The Jockey Club held a meeting last night and decided to bring tho present meeting to a close on Monday, November 20. This action became necessary because of tho track. On account of almost continuous racing, the turf course has been badly cut up and Is honeycombed with holes, making racing rather dangerous. In addition to this, the horses racing here which were brought from the United States for the occasion, are becoming sore. This is because of the small number of horses brought here, which made it necessary for their owners to enter them more frequently than is usual in order to fill the races. While this action was a necessity, it is received with regret by the visiting racing men, as they unanimously declare that Mexico City Is one of the most pleasant localities they have ever visited and they are delighted with the treatment they have received from everybody concerned, the Jockey Cluh members and everybody with whom they have been thrown in contact affording them every courtesy possible. The racing contingent from the United States are looking forward with pleasurable anticipation to the next meeting and declare that nothing will prevent them from coming here next spring. American horses find a ready sale here, as Mexican owners of racing stables are extremely anxious to improve the quality of their strings. Among recent sales recorded here is that of Traymore to Francisco Rincon Gallardo. Forecaster to C. G. de Cosio, and Sigurd to Dr. R. Macias.
