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INJURY TAKES MOCTEZUMA STAKES. Cold Wind Affects Time Recorded in Races at Juarez Track on Sunday. El Iao. Tow. I", iiiuary 120. — Clear skies pro-railed, but ■ cold sharp wind blew here yesterday, causing the attendance at the Jnares races to be •omewbat smaller than i usaal on suinlay. The stewards shortened the time between races and permitted the crowd t" it !u.-:ii earlier tban on any previous daj tbi* s.-ii.m. The time recorded in all the race* wax slow, as the horses had s gale to run against. The Moctesuina Selling Stakes, guaranteed ralne ,O0U. was the feature. Pour starters made up tbe liciil. Irish Gentleman, which had been ■iiiii!,il among tbe calf lea, was withdrawn. injury turned up the winner. The race was run to suit him. I be leaders ran under strong restraint for the arsj three-quarters of the Journey. Injury. running easily ana freely, overtook Arasee, the favorite, in the stretch and woo handily. Carter had used Arasee excessively from the half milf ground In the bead of the stretch and tbe horse bad nothing l.tt t" hnisb with. Public choices fared 1 rly, only one favor! ti managing to g lam, I- in front and the talent bad a troublous time ■ i i:. Wbldd :i. the winner ,.: tbe closing race, running in the colors of W. 11. Piaer for the Brsl time, wiis heavily backed. He surprised everyom that hii.l lecn iiim race by remaining cfbae t tin pace in the early stages ami he just canter il to vl tory in the ftaal furl. mir. Jockey C. Grand ni.-t with an accident. After the lirst race was over be pulled up his mount, Booge Battle, and aras returniag t,, the Jadges stand, when the horse ran away with him, ..in the reverse way of the traek. He tried In run in at tin paddock gate and Grand was throws so heavily to tbe ground Hint be was unconscious for abate time. Colquitt, :i lirst lime starter from the stable of J. W. Puller, w.ii the opening .lash for two-year olds i,„ii. in ii common canter. He has all the earmarks of ii good colt. He ran greenly, algaaggl 13 all i.v.r the track, luit when be s.nle.i Into his sii-:,i - be ran away from his opposition to win with the utmost ease. Melts, at odds of 13 to 1, captured the see. .ml 1 ii. . . :i tiv. -furlongs sprint. BnueM won the fourth race, in which only throe started. He ruled favorite over Meadow, which ..-not ai her lK-st at present. Vaair, the big half In-other to Dr. Leggo, dashed to the front, setting a hot pace, lull when tbe stretch was reached Keogh shook his wip at Kntield and he overtook anii iik :i lash. Meadow came with a terrific rush in the final sixteenth and beat V.mii a n,,i for s, coed money. •I. K. Hugbea started bo kins yesterday, making a total of 1 in.- hooks in the hi;; ring, besides on.- i.i the field and one combination. I. Striker purchased Little Marchmont lod.iy. Jockey Bnxtoo was roapended for ten days for disobedience ai the tMist. TraJnei .. It. Hand, who is training a stiiu ,1 horses at Jnarea for W. K. Blade, has an idea ih.it South Dakota will BOOM! day limine as a center in the Northwest foe high-class thoroughbred stock. Mi. Hand say a thai the Blade ranch, mar Hudson, s. P.. has is much to recommend it for the snee fui breeding of thoroughbreds a a hlnegrass farm in Kentucky. Messrs. Hand and Blade are partners in tbe breeding enterprise. The horses they nou I1.1 . in tbe stud embrace Nanki Pooh, Cherry Leaf, Ono mastns and GoMsmlth, and tin saarea at the Blade lunch number i.ny. Goldsmith, which will l o mated t" abonl thirt; five of tins, inai.s tin- year, is .1 son of Meddler and is out of Klkleer, by Darebin. Mr. Hand es pects great things of Goldsmith as a sire. GoMflnn, the speedj sevea-year-oid sprinter now racing at Jnarea, hi I ked i . be mated with Harri ran at tbe dose of the ineeting. she was once be fore retired to the stud and then again part in training. The daughter of Gold 11. •Hs was owned at a two-year-old by T. Collins, the present own, 1 ol Bourbon Beau, and was Bret trained bj Peter Wim m. r. She won at thai a - m the metropolitan I tracks, and was placed in the Pashlon Stakes pin;, won thai season by Blla ONeill. The follow in year she did not do well in training, and in lie spring of 1908 trainer Winiuur persuaded .Mr. f.,l lii, — 10 "inl her to the S"ii rit.i Stud, in Kentucky. and have her mated with Broomstick. This Mr. Collins agreed to do. but the following spring, having ascertained thai Goldfinn was not In foal, Uer owner had her again taken up and put in training. She was then four years old. and after running Ser unsuccessfully several times and backing her heavily on the strength ol ta-t trials. .Mr. CoUtna became disgusted, and. putting her In a paddock sale :i Shee|ish.ad Bay, let her go for 8B00, James Blnte purcbaslng her. The hitter raced her a time or two in the east, without Wanning, and then skipped I, 1 10 Mexico, iin. 1 at Jnares in 1808 sic- won her tiisi race since she had scored brackets a- a two-year-old. ■ After Mr. Blnte got her buck t.« winning form a* a 1 five-year-old, she captured ten races in 1810, and list year she won three races. Her record would doubt less be much better but for a bad leg. T. II. Stevens did not stay long at Juarez, having left f.r the Coeur dAleii- track ill Idaho. Mr. Stevens has all his boraes. except Asa, wintering : at iii.- Idaho course and ha1 gone there to put them i in training for the coming spring and summer racing season, lb- has seventeen thoroughbreds there, thre,- of which are yearlings, the others consisting of I four two-year-olds, live three-years-olde, and five ohhr ■ mes. He left Az., here in charge of John 1 Mastersoa, and that gelding will be entered in the Juarez Cup. two miles and a quarter, ih. featui race for Sunday, March 31, at tin Mexico track. G. M. 1 Mom has not had a sad, he on Poilie Levy since she ran hei lasl rati In the Savklad Handicap 1 on Christmas day. she eaase oul of that race to ; none toi good condition and Mr. Odom baa sin,, o. mi 1 going easj with her. The great Mare is now ahoul ready to begin receiving work again and Mr. Qd m 1 hopes to luiii ber around to race in the Jl.JN Prim avero Handicap. *is furlongs -,11 Sunday, March 24. .Ii, k Adfcins, wl,,, has charge of the thoroughbreds owued i ihe Manitoba tarfmaa. It. .1. Mackensie. will sbortlj order tin- three well-known horses. Fountain Square, Melton Streel and Teneta Strome. taken up In Kentucky and transferred to Chnrchill Downs, where tbej will receive their spring train in:;. This iii., have been turned out all winter a John Hussey*s farm mar Louisville and Mr. Adkius baa i.-• :i advised thai all are looking good and have wintered in Ihe beal of health and condition. A. Murray, who has recent Ij been riding successfully here for the table of j. r. Newman, balls from Hamilton, Ont.. and is .1 — to thirty years old. He w ii formerly noted in Canada is a bicycle rider and rod • nnmbw of races on the wheel in the Dominion. Il - concluded finally to try ridiuc ii,..-. - in-: .I of bicycles aid in- baa mad.- 1. Murray is .1 young man Of :,- , 1 babltc and hi,- ii u ife and daughti 1 . Prank Bectoi bai gone home to Chicago after disposing ol ih.- horses be has be. n racing berc. Wicket and lblgh. He sold Wk-ket to w. 1:. 1 .,11 .11 and Lebigb joined v. II. Plners stable. ,; Cotton intends t - tit Wlekel for the Jnares i up tw., mil,- iind a quarter, N» be run March 31. Mr. 1: ■ bad quite a profitable season at Juarex. Henri BcIJaniel is iweel oa Moller. which 1 is been winning in brilllanl style here, ami Ik- believes thai in tiii- grand-looking youngster lie baa devel oped another good coll : t tlie Tennessee turfman, lieorge C. Bennett. Mr. McDaniel formerly trained .,,!,. L..„i horses f.,r Mr. Bennett, such a- ." 1 rank. i:d Austin, Laureate, Little Scout, Mi lieliiictl and other.- of tluir class.
