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I , i , , , J UAREZCARD DECLARED OFF SNOW ONCE MORE INTERFERES WITH RACING AT MEXICAN COURSE. Storm Results in Abandonment of Program Prepared for Yesterday — Sport to Be Resumed Today with New Card. El Pas... Tex.. January !. — This afternoon, for the third time during the present meeting, the Juarez management wa- compelled by adverse weather ton dlttons tn declare off the days races. A heavy fall of snow that comaaenced early this morning ami cuu-linued unabated all afternoon covered the track to a depth of several Inches and rendered il unsafe for racing. Todays card was annulled and a new nne was arranged for Tuesday, bj which time it is expected the weather will have moderated aud the track will Is- clear of BUMS*. It was learned today that tin- concession granted bj I In- Mexican goverumeut to a syndicate of Mexican and American capitalists tn build and operate a racetrack in Lower California, near the International boundary line at Run Diego, is for sale, am that al least .me ni.m t.. whom the cniieessinn was offered has turned Hie offer down. The price le-inanileil is half a million dollars, but OUting to lee many and onerous conditions Imposed by the jtraiit the efforts of the syndicate to sell are not meeting wiih much encouragement. The Imaid of stewards have made a thorough investigation of the altercation that occurred between ;. W. CTippcn and S. A. Bcosham during the run nlng of the races on Saturday last. The trouble arose last summer at I-airoon over the claiming of the burse Oriinar Lad. when was racing in the name of II. T. I.atcheler A Co. P. IL KeaatUffef had a horse in the race and claimed Oriinar Lad. supposedly in the interest of 6. W. Crppen. Mr. Beckham approached Crippcn and accused him of biin a patty to the claim. A war of words ensued, tin- men naming to blows, although no serious bodily injury resulted. Crippcn owns tin- horses Autumn Hose. Booger Battle ami oriinar Lad. while s. A. Beckham is the owner of Visible. Ora McOee and Aunt Alice. These bones have been trained in the past by 11. T. Batcbeler aud the ruling of tin- stewards denies both men the privileges of the course, aud further. tin- horses are ordered off Hie track. Mr. Beckham shipped his bones to his ranch in Texas this morning. Frank Muher. a representative of W. Brinkworth. of Salt Lake City, arrived this morning and will stay for the remainder of the meeting. . Superintendent Frank Keegan ha- recently put a new top dressing of sand on the Juarez track. It was found thai part of the top soil had been removed When the -now was scraped from the track just before Christina-, while some had been blown away by the wind. It has been found that a sandy cushion is necessary to prevent the track from becoming too hard. SlarhotHe. nne of I he stars of the R. K. Carniau stable, is laid up with a swollen hock and will not le able to race for a considerable lime. Bonnie Kelso and The Turk, two cripples that Mr. Carman brought here, ale still on the ailing list and1 will not be iu condition to earn anything for their owner during the present aaeetkag.
