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+ •l + + SUCCESS OF JUAREZ MEETING LEADS TO PLANS FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT OF THAT TRACK i I I I . i i 1 I I i ■. i : i 1 i i i , , | ri Paso, Tex., March 4. Banamerish weather pre- i railed ami a ln crowd crossed the Bk Orande yea i terday t. witness llii- running of the ,000 La Vic i torla Bandicap at the Juarei track. Tliis race . • brought together Hk- l -st three-year-olds In i training here and Secretary Jasper allotted tin- weights so evenly that the first live i-aini- to the tinish on aJsaosI erea ternaa. Prandne, 1 from the stable of . W. lark. was an added starter, but nit M tifiurc in the inn aiag. Yaair, coupled In the betting with his stable companion, Vanir. as the entry of 1". I. Urefer, cap tared the prize after a great struggle. Closer, tin top weight, made the pace. Be was doaefar followed by Vanir. one of the Grefer ••any. and Upright. Ladj Rankin, which was well hacked, broke slowly, i but closed with a strong rash. Upright was forced to •_• outside i t Closer la the stretch, dosing a i little ground, while Vmir hugged the rail and stood a drive gamely. lour well-backed farorttea rewarded the public todaj and the layers received a scorching. RI Palo mar. belonging to . W. tlark. tlu California an I Montana millionaire, and trained by John Lowe, ran an inipi-sivc ra . In dhajM sint; of a fair field of two-M-ai olds in easy fashma. .i« lm Lowe made it a double whin be sent the second winner, J. BchreJh-er*s rToreace Roberts, to the paat. The iilly had anning far below her good form In previous starts, inn she simply toyed with her oppositioa The only favorite to win was Dr. Banoot and he was at odds mi. Be found the distance exactly to suit him and made a BUOW of his company. The fourth race brought together a kiumI field of fast sprinters. Sehago showed that he is at r.ie height "f his form Be broke rather slowly from the post aad rmnaing up to his opponents on the rail, was sharply cut off and forced to ;; aroana 1. lie won in a long, hard strcf.-h drive. Closer ran a smart ra.c and bung on with the gaaaeaeaa of a luil!-dog. in could not withstand the determined rush of Sebago. Kncouraged by the success of the present meeting, the management of the Juarez Jockey tluli i-about to undertake extensive improvements at the track. The directors of the Club are optimistic over the future of the sport in the Mexican city, and have given Colonel Winn carte tilanclie t expend any amount necessary for the improvement and embellishment of the plant. The contemplated Improvements will cost approximately S5i. km . and When tin work is completed Colonel Winn bcllev s the track will be one of the beauty sp..ts of North-em Mexico, Tlie Improvements already planned In i -huh the abandonment of the chutes at one mile and one mile and a sixteenth, and the placing of the starting posts for these distances on the main track, when th. starts r.iu be better viewed from the stand. The double railing, separatum the promenade and the track proper, will ie way to rows of hedges and the space between the rows will be planted to clover. Two thousand p ar trei s will be planted in the big space north of the paddock and lieldstanil. the trees having already been contracted for. The inheld will Ik- sown in wheat in the win tor and oats in the summer, thus insuring a verdant field the year around. For the protection of pa Pons against the sharp winds that are prevalent at certain periods of the year, an adobe wall twenty feel hi.h will be constructed part way around the Hack and at the most effective locations. A ladies real room thai at present is larking will be install, d under the stand where the restaurant and kitchen are at present located. The two last named will be moved close to the betting ring. The Indus i. t rooaa will be baadsomdy furnished ami heated by steaaa. S. Miller Henderson will ;» to his home in Louis villi- about March 10. The four homes owned by Henderson Hogan, which have been wintering at Lexington, will l»e taken to Louisville by I. O. Keen.-, trainer for J. V Caaadee. and be will then turn tin m over to trainer Henderson when the latter i.a.lies Churchill Downs from Juarez. Tin- four horses Henderson ,x; Bogaa have at Lexington embrace the six year-old gelding Rnan and the trio ol three year olds. EI Tor©, Fighting Hop. and Aboard, all of which arc among the entries for the Keatucki Derby of ltdU. Absurd, which has never started, i-a brother to G. M. Omans noted mare, l-oiiie Levy. Of the horses Benderson k. Hogan are racing here only two will bo taken back to Kentucky, they being Winning Widow- and Coeksper. The others wBl all be ~"ld before the Juarez meeting ends. For the spring and aummer campaign In Kentucky this year the siring trainer Benderson will race will be the smallest stable 1 1 i — lirni lias had in several years. totaling only a balf dozen horses. Henderson fc Bogan iKnight no yearlings last season and so nave in. two-year-olds In their 1912 stable. The horses which the tirni will sell here are Henry Walbaak, Bred well, J. li. Reed, Tim Judge and Acguin. Trainer J. w. Parker has abandoned the hope of again getting bis fast sprinter Napa Nick to the : H s l, en- this sea SOU and will let the horse take things easy in the 1io|k that he can bring him back : " pood running condition f.u- summer ami fall racing. Napa Nick won tl pearl ig race of the present Juarez meeting from Meadow, John i.rithn II.. Key Hindoo. Iriiic of Lismore, Cha pal topee and roar others on Thanksgiving Hay. hut weal wrong ahortly after, just at a time when he appeared to be better than ever before in his career. The s.m of Solitaire II. has never been sound. II. S. Newman lias decided io lace 0B tile K.-n i i i . • i 1 i i lucky tra.-ks the mrnlng season, instead of following th.- small Hacks in the far west. At the dose d the Juares mis-ting the Newman stable, which is one f the hesi lure, will be ahipped to Latoaia to be rested for the spring meeting. Among the lot that will be sent north are Closer. Calisse, Incle Iteii. Isoiu and the two Mar olds Tan Eareta and Mother Katchani. The two last-named have been nominated for the Cincinnati Hotel Trophy stakes. J. . Pel lias, Jr.. is in receipt of a letter which imparts the Information that the Canadian trainer, Joan Walti is. now has charge of the horses in training at the Fletcher Stock Farm near liallatin. Teiin.. ami is preparing his charges far an early ~iip meat to Churchill Downs, at which course he will do his spring training this year. Mr. Walters lias i something like a dozen horses in his care, the bulk of which an- two .Mar olds. The letter :.s states that W. w. Dardeaa good colt Little Pgtbei is . reported as wintering well at Nashville. J. A. Seekington, who has lieon racing a small string here for B. A. Jones, a Missouri bleeder, has left for his employers establishment at ParacU, Mo., taking with him the mans Black Domino, Lad] Rliaabeth, Tender Bloom, Day Peep and Krrant Lady. All of these mares were purchased at Juarez and Were taken north for breeding purposes. The noted stallion Blues is standing at the Jones farm and will be mated with all of the mares. .In- Scbreiber, the ow mi -bookmaker, has departed for his home in San Francisco, and will not return to Juarez daring the present meeting. He was Interested In booking operations with W . i. Yank.-when ih" latter was hooking here, but has not operated sine Mr. Vanke left. Mr. Schreiher has a fair lot of horses racing here in charge • 1 trainer John I.owe. The Schri ilxr -triug will be sent to Coear dAlene for the spring meeting. It. EL Harris is training ■: couple of two year olds for the Mexico City turfman. T. liore. One is the brown colt Tom G., ami the other a bay tilly by Oti~ Pauline, Which lias been named Marie Core. These two youngsters are out of the band of year lings that Barney Scbreiber shipped to Mexico City last fall. The date for the losing of the Juarez meeting has not yet Ik-i n definitely decided upon. Manager Winn states that there will at least be the HXI days of raring that was ptoposed and that he will take ep the matter of an extension later. From now to the end f the meeting there will be racing every day •in the week. II. II. Seiby will ship his horses to Louisville tomorrow. Henry McDaniel will send Wool winder in the same car. Mr. Seiby now has only King Stalwart and Little Cleo lure, having sold the rest of the horses be brought from Kentucky. He has Sandriau ami Sister Florence turned out in Kentucky and will take them up f..r the summer campaign. An especially large number of entries were made by the principal stables now racing at Juarez to the stakes to be run at Lexington, Louisville and I. a tonia the coming spring and swmsaer. Practically all the cracks which nave been racing here this winter will be among these nominations, as the principal stables here will tro to Kentucky. Judge Charles F. Price was forced to absent himself from the stand several days last week, owing to another attack Of illness. During his absence General Manager Matt J. Winn and Cant. W. II. Penchier supervised the lacing from the stewards stand. General Hernandez, of the Vasqaista forces, visited the track and expressed a desire to purchase several boraei for mounts for his command. He looked mainover carefully and probably will seli-ct those he may wish to buy tomorrow. Former jockey Frank Otis has iKWght Crossover from C. V. Lamar for ,200. The mare will be restored to good Standing upon proof being tiled that the sale is bona tide. It is Mr. Otis intention to race her at Louisville. In fie event that he is unable to dispose of the nine horses he is racing lure. John C. Ferriss. of Nashville. Team., will at the dose of the aaeet-tng ship the entire lot to Spokane and race them over the Interna sintaln circuit the coming season. ;. II. Keen*, who has for the past few summers raced on the far western tracks, will ship the entire siring he has racing here back to Kentucky at the dose of the present meeting. Henry McDaniel K thinkin:r seriously of racing over the tracks of the liitermountain circuit the coming season. OoL W. K. Applcgat. and his son William, who has bei n booking since the meeting eoaaaaenced, withdrew from the ranks of tin- layers today. Wliid.li n. the w inner of tie second race, was bid up s5 ni ov.r ins entered price by John Cuaeo. The following horses changed hands as the result of a recent paddock sale at Juarez: Ainarillo. f. R. Bender. 15. Betty Lester, C. C. Townsend, 5. King Thistle, W. B. Arnold. n. Maggie Cunningham. Mrs. c. I. Orippen, 00. Marjorie Fleming. W. B. Arnold. 5. Maxdlce. :. . Wright. 0. Pretty Dale. Mrs. . |. rippen. 00. Rio Pecos. J. rana. *HO. Salroiua. It. C. Benson. 95. sir Angus, B. D. Kanffman, s 1 1 m . Sir Irenus, J. A. rhipps. $|s.-,. Sparkette. J. A. Chipps. 0. Travis Fddleinan. W. K. Arnold 0. Wevin-.utli. V. B. Arnold, 25.
