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ORGANIZATION IS EFFICIENT TKIED AND TRUE OFFICIALS MAKE UP COL j M J WINKS RACING STAFF Most Successful PresentDay Manager of Racing in America Gives Credit for Results Obtained to Ability of His Subordinates HI Paso Tex l lcccmbcr cccmbcr 2l Col Matt I Wiim vli is probably the most conspicuous example of Jilt successful racing manager in North America it tlte present time ami iridcly known in bis capac ily as general manager of the Jockey Club Juarez and the New l iiilsvllle Jockey Club is disposed to give much of the credit to liis subordinates for the successful conduct of racing at the tracks of which ha is the executive head Colonel Wiuu in discussing the matter as he frequently does with his frieinls modestly refrains from claiming any special credit for the part he plays in the selection of Ms staff of officials It may lie said in passing however that an ability to surround himself will the right iort of assistants for responsible positions is one of his strong K Ints On lielng called upon to lake up the management of the Jockey Club Juarez when that organization entered the hold of winter raving three yeans ago it was quite the natural thin for him to til the resjKmsiblc osts in the new organization with the men who had been tried and found not wanting in similar capacities in the older organization of which he was the active dll rector In pursuance of this policy the opening of the Juarez track found the majority of the execu ¬ tive iiositions tilled by men who had long been asso ¬ ciated with Colonel Whin at Churchill Downs and other tracks with the which he has at one time or another been connected It is part of the Viiiu policy to stand loyally by a subordinate who lias proved his worth and the result is that loyalty permeates the entile organization to a degree seldom approached approachedIf If Colonel Whin is modest in making claims for bhmelf In is not backward in letting it be knoCn that he thoroughly believes he lias the most coin jiclciit racing staff in America today He is satis liod as a result of his long experience as a racing manager at Empire City Louisville and oilier trxtk trxtkyIfartr yIfartr publii confidence in the officials vho have direct Yliarge of the various departments of a rare track is one of the greatest assets that a racing orgailixalion can have It has always Iteen his alia to surround himself with the ablest men available and above all witli men whose honesty integrity and standing are above reproach Courtesy is an ¬ other qualillcatioi on which he lays stress The MleCos of the enterprises with which he has been connected in his present capacity would seem to demonstrate that his views and methods are sound soundatid atid well founded foundedF F From the public standpoint the most important position on a race track is that of presiding stcw Tird It is to this official and his associates that the public look to keep racing clean and free from scandal To preside successfully over racing a man must Imve peculiar qualifications He must com ¬ bine a judicial temperament with an ability to deal fearlessly and relentlessly with the wrongdoer when occasion requires Judge Charles K Trice who tills tin position of presiding steward both at Juarez and ill Churchill Downs as well ns at other tracks is just such a man Judge Trice has been connected with racing for a quarter of a century in an ex ¬ ecutive capacity at t nicks in Tennessee Kentucky California Canada and Mexico and is known and respected wherever the thoroughbrd has raced in the length and broad 111 of the laud for his fairness and strict impartiality Endowed with an acute faculty if discernment and a keen sense of justice fee never makes a ruling without a searching and kiurough investigation Once he makes up his Blind that a ruling should be made however he is Uniiiant and no influence or entreaty will turn him lily it is for this reason that he is a real ter the evildoer It makes no difference to Judge rice what may le the social or political standing f the person involved in any ruling he may be uled UDOII to make It Is his unyielding policy to feat all alike without fear or favor Judge Price S a liuc tvjns of the southern gentleman Affable kid courteous in all that these terms imply he dis larges his odieial duties with that dignity which le position demands and it may truly l e said of nn thai in Is an ideal presiding official Associa cd with him in the stewards stand at Juarez arc oionil Viim and rapt V F Fcnchler The latter i a prominent business man of El Paso and has Itrd as one of the stewards since the inception of acing at Juarez JuarezW placingfudge W H Shelley who acts as presiding placing fudge and clerk f the scales at Juarez is hardly hardlyesi esi well known than Judge Price He is likewise likewisein in iliMimer in racing having begun his career as an aniHiihil iHiihil twenty years ago at Louisville He has hascnod cnod in various official capacities at numerous i iracks racks and has tried his hand at almost everything everythingmmected mmected with the riiniiing of a racetrack with sue suePS PS It was not very long ago that he stepped into intohie hie breach when a vacancy unexpectedly arose in inIM IM examplef starters itosltioii which affords a good example f his versatility In addition to his positions at atliurchill liurchill Downs and Juarez Judge Shelley serves servesIttularly Ittularly as racing secretary for the Kentucky As AsJiciatiiin Jiciatiiin at Lexington In years gone by lie was wasWrlated JudgesFrancis Wrlated In the stands at Xew Orleans with Judges Francis Trevvlyan and Clarence McDowell He also alsoiserved iserved as an associate judge at the Empire City Citytirade tirade when racing was established there under tin lames Butler regime and he presided over the most pretentious meeting that Mexico City has ever had hadin in the fail of rll rllMars Mars Iassidy who does the starting at the Vlnn Vlnntrucks trucks racingFor is the highest salaried starter in racing For main years Mr Cassidy tilled the position of starter nu the Jockey Club tracks in the east with wonderful success There was some criticism of ofhis his work at the barrier in Kentucky last fall but butfcids fcids starting since the Juarez meeting opened has hasIxen Ixen generally gmil gmilv v 1U ward JasHr who tn k up the duties of racing secretary when Iyman Davis was compelled by III health to remain away from Juarez is well known from iui end of the country to the other as a Mighty competent man in that connection He lias Jerved In a similar capacity in various sections if f country including California and the middle westv He is well liked by tlie horsemen who till his iwils and he als i has the reputation of being a skilful hamlicHppcr Besides acting as racing secre ¬ tary handicapper and programmer at Juarez In serve ax assistant placing judge Hurry1 F IJrKvogel who has been associated with Colonel Winn in the capacity of assistant manager for several years also serves as one of the placing judge at Juarez lie Is one of the younger members if Colonel Winns official family and liegaii his rat ¬ ing career if a newspaper corrospoudcut He en ¬ joys the reputation of licing a man of k i executive executiveability ability In Eugene Elrod Colonel Vinn has m of the oldest Ixtiiiig ring uinnagers in this count rr and olie if the must popular Mr Elrod has had charge of the ookmakers on many of the leading raie I Courses of America and when the pari inuUicl supcrsidcd the bookmakers iu Kentucky he be ¬ came supervisor of the mutiiel department and inmrh of the development that has come in the practical workings of that system of betting on the Kentucky tracks has been under his direction i to the time that racing was discontinued at Santa Anita track near Los Angeles Mr 12 1 rod was in charge of tin betting ring at that far western track He is a man of genial itcrsonality and is noted for his capability in his particular line lineGeorge George Iindeiiberger who times the races on the Winn tracks has served In that capacity for some nine years and is an oldtime trotting horseman His work as an official is generally commended for its accuracy accuracyPaddock Paddock Judge J L Hall is one member of the Wliin staff at Juarez who docs not serve In Ken ¬ tucky Mr Hall has been lilling the position of paddock and palnd judge on American tracks for llfteen years durint which Mine he hn served iiii tlie Xew York tralks at Xew Orleans and else ¬ where j t tThe The imiiorlaut position of track suiKirluleudcul if tilled by Frank Keegan who air exceedingly skilful man in the art of preparing a track for racing over and keeping it at its Ivst Mr Keegan has had charge of the Harlem Hot Springs Latonia and Churchill Downs tracks among others The last named course under his direction has developed into one of the fastest of American tracks Since taking charge of the Juarez track he has transformed it from a course that was in ¬ jurious to horses with bad feet to one which horse ¬ men pronounce as Ideal IdealWith With a staff of experts t carry out the details of the general policy that hi lays down Colonel Wlnn Is left five to exercise supervision over those broader matters to which a general manager should devote liis special attention He himself is an indefatig ¬ able worker and the magnitude permanence and com ¬ pleteness of the Juarez racing plant which has hern at mice a source of surprise and delight tit th ths s horsemen from the east whit are here this winter for the first time stand as a monument to the fore ¬ sight and million of this successful and K pulr racing manager
