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THE JUAREZ RACE TRACK AND ITS STARTING CHUTES Because of frequent inquiries concerning the track over whicli racing is now l eing conducted at Juarez a diagram showing its distances and chutes is here repnxluced it having Iteen published in other years in Daily Racing Form The track i 100 feet wide and one and an eighth miles in length The straightaway part of it is a trifle less than a half mile and runs from north to south The back stretch is to the east while the two full turns are to the north and south There are three chutes connecting with the elliptical track for the purpose of giving the runners as few turns as possible The mile chute connects with the main track on the backstretch and the head of the chute Is three sixtcHiths of a mile distant from the point where it joins the main track This gives in effect two straightaways in a mile with but one full turn The diagram shows this as well as the purposes of the other chutes Isinglass St Simon Isonomy Petrarch Doncaster Scottish Chief and TJiormanny All these were great stallions The second division might be called the handicap class1 with which mere staying was a far greater characteristic than speed My point is it is not the pure stayer with only that attribute that makes the stallion Speed up to at least one mile is quite essential and therefore the fast mile is a far more desirable test than three or four miles milesTo To turn for a moment to thebest class bors of today and thnt of a formefTteneratrdnrcompaTi son must of course be always a matter of con ¬ jecture L do not contend that every year produces i superior class There are moderate years and vin ¬ tage years Jn horse flesh as in other fascinating subjects But iJt is unnatural to suppose that suc ¬ ceeding generations are not distinctly superior There decayWhere is no standing still We advance or decay Where definite and reliable tests can be brought to bear iu running walking swimming and jump ¬ ing the records show marked and constant iperi ority not only in individual cases but Wliat is more important a great general improvement If it is so in these branches it would speak very poorly for the intelligence of race horse breeders if the same progress had not taken place in the race horse It should be mentioned that nineteen seconds have been knocked off the Derby time since the yeat 1840 when the first time was recorded and it may be said that the Derby time is at least ten seconds faster than thirty years ago The same ratio nO doubt obtains in the other races
