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PURSES TO MUD KLNNERS MISS JEAN AND INQUTETA SCORE AS FAVORITES OVER THE JUAREZ COURSE. Track Is Exceedingly Heavy and Day Raw and Cold — Jockey Peak Arrives to Ride R. F. Carman Horses, LI Das,,. Tex.. Iebruary 8. — A cold raw day and a beavj sticky track were the conditions that prevailed at Juarez this afternoon The attendance increased over yesterdays and tin- volume of money handled bj the layers far exceeded their expeeta I ions. Two winning favorites rewarded tin- talent. Miss Jean, which on a previous occasion demon si rated her liking foi -oft going, found condition. |US| suited lo Inr ami -cored with great ea-e. Sin-was one of the two winning favorite-. Inipiicla be! i- the other. The latter wa- backed into favoritism on i In- strength of her partiality for the mud. The other winner- were n lairh lucrative odds. Jockey c. Peak arrived today from Charleston and will ride here trader contract to H. I. Carman. Peak can ride at in? pounds. He was suspended la-t summer at l.aionia by Judge Price for lough riding, hut the suspension was lifted during the Churchill Downs full meeting. He is an acceptable acquisition to the tide:- here. Dunn was -.id .in-; before the first race to Joseph Srhreiber by C. W. Carroll, who train- for A. B. Spr eke!-. The coif ran well for a short distance in the had going, then fell back. Jockey Gross was taken sick after ruling in the fourth race and his engagements for the last two i .o. - were camelled. Jockeys E. COttoa and I. Hill were suspended for live days by starter c.i-shiv for disobedience at the. post. ols.-l.was in down behind so badly that his racing days are probabl] ended. He had one of Lis tendons almost severed. W. C. Marshall of .Montgomery. Ala., brother in law of presiding steward C. ,1-. Price, paid his first visit to the Juarez course today. He is a traveling passenger agent for tin- 1.. A N. Railroad. He is .u a leave-of-absenci ami will probably remain here Par a fortnight. The following h.is. s worked over the Juarez track after the races yesterday, when the .our-., araa wet ami heavy Blarney -Three-eighths in 38, handily. Can run well iii muddy s.hmu did Rosebud Half mile in 52%, goad racing prospect. Orperth live eighths in 1:11. handily. Runs well in muddy going. sie.-pl.n.d I iv. eighths in 1:13, breeaing. Is an extra good horse in the mud. Tip Dawdeii Tbree-eigbtha in 30. All out. This morning it was cold ami raw and training operation- were most confined to slow gallops. The ••dogs" were up anil the most notable moves included : Batwa Three-eighth* in 4.!. breezing. Is exir.t good in the mud. Dick Dodle Three eighths in 44. bre« zing. Prefers last going. Li. graver Half mile in 30, cantering. Is shaping up again alter a let-up. Kvelina Three-eighths in tl. breeaing. Is rounding to alter having been lame. Hailad -Three-eighths in it. breezing. Can run best in muddy going. II..— ii Quarter mil ■ in : . breeaing Appejrs light in llesh. Holabird Quarter mile in 2R, breezing. Prefers dry track. J. Nolan Three-eightha in 42--. handily. Is improving. Redpath Quarter mile in 2s. breeaing. A gaol racing prospect. Rose vale Five-eighths in 1:17. cantering Wadsworta II. Mile in 1 :.*• ■.. breeaing. Likes the mud.
