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LAYERS HEAD FOR JUAREZ MEMBERS OF BOOKMAKING FRATERNITY REPORTED ON WAY TO MEXICAN COURSE. Finishing Touches Made for Thursdays Opening anil Track Is in Spick and Span Shape Gossip of the Horses. El Paso, Tex., November 24. Bookmaker Willie Applegate received a letter today from Jamestown statins that Marcus Mose-s, Frank Haitis liooking partner, and some forty other race followers, several bookmakers among the number, are now on their way here from the Virginia course and will arrive Wednesday. The bookmakers already here, besides Applegate, who will hang up their slates 0:1 Thanksgiving Day at the Juarez track, include Frank Shannon, A. H. Horton and Izzy Ham. The latter arrived here from New York yesterday and reported that several other layers had made reservations to leave New York for here yesterdav. Frank Farrell has taken charge of jockey M. Matthews and that western rider can now do as light as 101 pounds, ut which weight he expects to ride during tt:e winter at Juarez. Jockey ;. W. Carroll arrived today to ride for the stable of J. 15. Kcspess. W. J. Weber was an arrival todav from San Antonio and laddoek Judge J. L. Hall arrived from Xew York.. The horses that arrived at the track today Included four owned by W. M. Baird and the string of A. Iiullcoat. They came here from Seattle. J. II. Uogan. representing James Butler, arrived from New lork today. The Butler horses are expected to. arrive here from the east in charge of trainer It. C. Benson within a few days. The members of the present city government of Juarez are; most favorable to racing and have announced their Intention of contributing in every way IHissible to the success of the coming winter meeting. TJiere are already more horsemen in hi Paso than at any line during former seasons. Hotels-, apartments, boarding, houses and relit houses are rapidly lilting. Jjocnl merchants -Kay .business is better, now than at any previous time in El Pasos history; During the suninier months it was rather dull, but the business lnejilfuve found it necessary to increase their, force of clerks, and scores of persons have; been given employment, due to the fact that racing is conducted within easy access of the heart of tins city. Racing brings a host of people here each winter and of a class who buy the best of everything. Sales In clothing stores, department stores and produce and groceries have been practically doubled luring the past few weeks, according to statements of the proprietors. Superintendent ICeegan has the Improvements at the track completed, even to the repainting of the1 benches on the lawn and elsewhere on the ground, and Is finishing the whitewashing of the rail fence. Each Jiew visitor to the track Is enthusiastic over its beauty, and it is nothing to hear one of the newcomers declare it the finest and best equipped race track in America. Superintendent Keegau has arranged for a portable fence to lie put up where the main course turns into the chute whenever a two-year-old race is run. It is not believed that a youngster would turn back from its evurse to run out of the chute on the turn of the main track, but to avoid such an occurrence the portable fence will be used. The big stable built for the occupancy of James Butlers racing string is completed and trainer It. C. Benson is expected to arrive soon with a big liand of the horses owned by the New York turfman. T. E. Crist will make the riding engagements of jockey C. Jross. Cris.t has a trio of hordes at the course, one being the two-year-old Crusty, the other Bear Ablny. and a yearling. Gross will ride Osaple whenever trainer Karl Liuncll sends him to the post. J. V. Fuller, famous Texas turfman, who lias had his stable at the Juarez track for some time, lias arrived for the coining uie-etiug and expresses himself as well pleased with the present condition of ills horses, which have been looked after since being sliippetd here by jockey R. Small. Reeent work-outs over a slow and drying-out track at Juarez were as follows: Bear Abbey Half mile in 49. Con Carne Five-eighths in 1:15. Dargin Three-eighths in 43. Dusky Dave Three-eighths in 45. Kl Palomur Three-eighths in 40. Golden Agnes Quarter mile iu 2!. Henry Walbank Half mile in 1:00. Jack Lnxson Three-eighths in 44. Jim Basey Three-eighths in 45. Milt Jones Half mile in 59. Muy Buena Five-eighths in 1:17. Quick Trip Three-eighths in 45. Sea Cliff Half mile in 59.
