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JUAREZ MEETING PROSPERS PASSAGE OF HOLIDAYS FINDS SPORT GAINING IN INTEREST AND PATRONAGE. Season Probably Will Run Until March 15. at Least Two-Ycar-Old Racing Adds Zest to the Sport at Mexican Course. El Paso, Tex., January 3, The winter meet hit; inv on at the Jockey Club Juarez track has begun to take on its usual boom. From now on until the 100 or more days of Juarez racing are over in the early spring, interest and patronage upon the part of the public is sure to daily increase and, as in the last two seasons, the best part of the meeting will eonie with the linal fifty days. With racing on each of the seven days of the week, the 100 days of racing would run out on March S. The linal stake event has already been set to be run March 15, and if the meeting ends that day, there will have been 107 racing days this season. The lirst meeting held at Juarez in 1909-1910, ran for seventy-one racing days. In 1910-lJll the meeting covered 110 racing days, while in 1111 -i:Hi: it ran for a period of 102 racing days. Last season the meeting lasted 109 racing davs and was brouuht to a close on March 23. while the 1911-1912 season closed March 2-1. In the F.110 1911 season the racing did not end here until April 2. The v.nssing of the holiday season has a bearing on the increase in attendance at the Juarez course. After the first of the year many new faces will be seen at the Mexican track and any number of Ihe old patrons who are spending the holidays at home will be here. Tlie beginning of the two-year-old racing furnishes an added feature to the sport and now all horsemen are keenly watching these scrambles to discover if possible another Hawthorn or Old Kns:hud. Such a performer they think is sure to show up here this winter from among the many good-looking and royally-bred youngsters at present quartered at Juarez. In value they far exceed any collection ever before gathered at this course and in individuality they compare favorably with the young stars of tlie big stables that are being saved in the east bv their owners for the important two-year-old stakes of 191 1. Henry Mi-Daniels old race:-. Tolls, today showed f the s:Miie brilliant form that he did when he raced r hi JiKuez J.t -seasons gone by. It will bo" recalled that he scored several stake victories here. He just canteied in front of his opposition today in the one mile and one-sixteenth rare that had last place on th card. The talent backed him with conli-dciice and h was the only favorite to score. Jockey M. Matthews won with Barsac in the fourth race and, after they had passed the finish when he started to pull up his mount, one of his stirrups straps broke and, being weak from over-reducing, he fell off and was .stunned, but luckily iscated serious injuries. The heaviest plunge of the day occurred when Jessup ltiirn was backed from 3 to 1 to 0 to 5 to win the tif tli race. He was never dangerous during the running and linished third to Goldliuu and Hazel C. Jockey Carroll was disciplined by the stewards for rough riding in the third race on Colonel Me-Dougall, being suspended for ten days. Jockey flavor was likewise suspended for ten days for rough riding in the tirst race. 1-ofty Hey wood and Colonel McDougall, two of the days winners, were outsiders in the betting. The former won by .seven lengths. The track is in superb condition for the special race at three-quarters of a mile, carded for tomorrow, with the idea that it may result in a reduction id" the American record for the distance. The ii-trants for the race include Iron Mask, 115, Pan Zarola, 110, and Iseeit, 98. Kecent work-outs of horses in training at Juarez were as follows: M-a ther clear; irink fast. Anytime--Three-eighths in 40. Ave- Three-eighths in "T.. 1 due-Beard 1 hroo-quartcrs in 1:1..-,. Ceos Three-eighths in .".S. Colonel M-jrchim.nt Half mile in 32. Connaiight -Three-eighths in 40. Kmcrald Isle -Five-eighths in 1:05. First Star HalT mile in 55. Freda Johnson Five-eighths in 1:07. Codfather -Half mile In .".21,. llyki Half mile in 52. J. It. Maylow Three-eighths in 3S. Jim I,. -Three-eighths in 38. John Iloric Throe-quarters in 1:25. Lady Tendi- Half mile in 55. Lone Strr -Three-quarters in 1:17. Malay - .Mile in 1:50. Marsand--Three-eighths in 38. Muy lSuena Half mile in 51. Napa Nick Three-eighths in IO. Othello Three-eighths in 39. Parcel Post Half mile in 52. Prince Conrad Three-eighths in 39. Society Bird Three-eighths in 37. Stanb-v S. Three-eighths in 37. Swish Three-quarters in 1:1K. The Cinder Half mile in 51 . Toy Pov Quarter mile- in 2::. Wild Horse Half mile in 52. Wentworth Three-quarters in 1:22. Weather clear; track fast. Acumen Half mile in 51. Angelus Three-eighths in 4:!. Barsac Three-quarters in 1:1S. Huron de Kalb Half mile in 53. Plack-Eved Susan Three-quarters in 1:11. Ponton Five-eighths in 1:0. Puck Thomas Five-eigbths in 1:01. Charles Fox Three-quarters in 1:20. Falcada Three-quarters in 1:20. Fort Johnson Five-eighths in 1:0S. Frazzle Five-eighths in 1:07. Frieze Half mile in 52. George Three-eighths in 3S. Hester Three-eighths in 42. Injury Mile in 1:45. Jimmie Gill Three-eighths in ,.i. John Louis Half mile in 53. Kick Three-eighths in 3S. . , Lady Adelaide Five-eighths in 1:0b. Lady Young Five-eighths in 1 :.. Little Pit Five-eighths in 1:00 A Lucky Ke Five-eighths in 1:01. j McAIhii Half mile in 55. yr Meadow Thrre-quarlers in 1:1b. Pan Zareta Half mile in -"SHfe- Prospero Bov Three-eighths In ..S. Kara Vez Half mile In 5.:. Itatina -Three-eighths in 37. Henwar Half mile in 51. Itubicon II. Five-eighths in l:0i. The .Monk Five-eighths in 1:0S. Tom Chapman Three-eighths in -10. Trulv Thrci-elghths in 30. Velio Von -Three-eighths In 38. Vested Rights Mile in 1:40. Wicket Mile in 1:50. Tlie filly Ursula Thompson, belonging lo Poer-hoefer and West, has lieeii sent to the stud and will be mated next spring with one of the prominent sires in Kentucky. She is now owned by a Louisville turfman, Amos McCampbell. and is surely well enough bred to produce a stake winner, being by Fatherless Tillie, by Eon. Ursula Thompson, though trained, was never raced as a two-year-old. Mr McCampbell owns a Kentucky farm and is picking" up a few well-bred young mares to experiment with. This once-fainous racing man only occasionally goes to the races now. but he still has a love for the thoroughbred horse and racing as a high-class sport. His biggest disappointment on tlie turf came when his great colt Jim fore was beaten bv Montrose in the Kentucky Derby of 1SS7. He biter on won the Clark Stakes, but both Jim Gore and Montrose were beaten by Libretto in the La-tonia Derby. ........ S. Vclller has received notification from the registrar" of the Jockey Club that the names he selected for his two-year-old tillies have been accepted and both are now eligible lo race. The name of the brown till v by Malta Santa Damn, bv His Highness, is Etlie. May. while th chestnut llllv by P-anerges Amelia Gerst. by Pen Stroine, will race as Flossie. The latter lilly comes from the family of that great two-year-old of long ago. Punster, and her work so far has been most satisfactory. her trials being good enough to warrant the belief that she will be an early winner. Her stable companion, Etlie Mav, also works like an early coiner and unless he meets with unlookcd for misfortune. .Mr. Veiller will make an auspicious beginning as a developer of two-year-olds. If he has good luck with this pair, he is sure next summer and fall to invest heavily in yearlings. Trainer Kay tjpeuce fears that the speedy lilly Maria C. which he claimed out of a race last fall at Latonia, has become touched in the wind and may never recover the good form she showed last summer when a member of P. F. Guthries stable. The daughter of Yankee Gun was ailing when she was shipned here from -Latonia last fall and when Spence began to try to train her again recently he quicklv discovered her affliction. She is affected just like Nobby, also in Stances string. Spence will give tlie filly every chance to get over her trouble and, as a consequence, will make 110 effort to train her again until late in the spring. J. II. Mead was compelled to substitute a new name for his brown colt by ITIigrane Miss Fleisch-iiiniiii, by St. Maxim, which will be known as Or- Continued on third page. t JUAREZ MEETING PROSPERS. Continued from lirst page. Bc;ul. His other two-year-old by Czar Adelaide "5jyer. by Sain, will race under the name of. Doin Mcran. Che name -Meal fust claimed for the Fili-srai.y colt and rejected by the registrar of the .Tockev Club Avas Incle Joe. .Mead expects to race the latter youngster earlv and often this winter, but lie will go slowly with Doni Moran and hardly send him to tlie post until the middle of February or even later. Both youngsters are promising racing prospects. remarkable broodmare is Miss Orbed, still in the Mim;is Stud at Kerrville, Tex., which breeding ranch is in charge of J. .Murray. The old mare is the dam of three racers, all by Smile, now at the Jockev Club Juarez track. Two of these, Orba Smile anil Orbed Lad. have won here this winter, while her oldest sou. Orbicular, has upon several occasions of late run a winning race. Orbicular, a chestnut horse, is now a eleven-year-old. while Orbed Lad, a bay horse, is an eight-year-old, and Orba Smile, a hay mare, is a seven-year-old. The latter mare will go back to the .Morris ranch for stud purposes when her racing days are over. The mating of Smile and Miss Orbed has surely proved successful, as Smiling Maiden, now a six-year-old. and Orbicu-lation. a live-year-old, sisters to Orbicular, Or-lied Lad and Orba Smile, are also both winners. It is surely a rare thing to run across live brothers and sisters, all of which have proven good winners. Smile, the sire of all Miss Orbeds noted produce, is now sixteen years old. He is a son of the celebrated race horse St. Florian, out of the good race mare Holiday, by Hopeful. Miss Orbed is a mare of double sire parentage, being by Althotas or Loyalist, lioth of which were richly bred horses. Murray thinks she is unquestionably by the latter sire, because of her conformation. Jockey J. Groth, who ranked as one of the leading American riders of 1913, recently celebrated his twenty-lirst birthday. Groth will evidently to able to ride as long as he cares to. as he can still ride as light as 103 pounds. Groth is a native of California and lirst got the idea of ridiug by asso ciating witli jockey J. Glass. Sain Francis first employed him and lie rode out bis apprenticeship witli that trainer and AV. L. Stanlield. From the latter he went to AV. C. Weant and remained with him until Wade McLemore, his present employer, acquired a contract on him. Several offers have been made for his contract, but Mr. McLemore makes it a rule to never selL a good race horse or let a good rider leave his employ. Groths people live in San Francisco and his family connections are good. He is well educated and a young man of good address and habits. He is fond of riding and really considers himself a Juarez track development, inasmuch as it was on that Mexican course that lie lirst came into the public eye as a successful jockey. Groth also has kept his reputation clean and what trouble lie has had at times witli the stewards has been for rough riding, due to his eagerness to win. He is a jockey that will take a chance and as a result be frequently gets into situations where he deems It necessary to rough his way out. This explains his trouble with the stewards at times. Dr. C. Canu lias fired for ringbone the old performer. Good Intent, and that son of Chilton will now be out of racing until spring. Good Intent last won at Deer Lodge. Mont., in September. lie belongs to E. Belmont and is now seven years old. Mrs. II. D. 1oyneer has taken out a ,000 insurance policy on her recent purchase, the unbeaten lilly, Scarlet Oaks. Harry Mack, the trainer of Mrs. Ioyneers stable, heretofore onlj- handled horses he himself owned. He has always had good success with his stable, but finally decided to take charge of Mrs. Ioyneers string, after an understanding that she would buy the best racing material obtainable to keep the string well up in the winning list. Mack will campaign Mrs. Ioyneers stable during the coming spring .and summer on the Kentucky, Canadian and New York tracks. During the present Juarez meeting he will endeavor to secure a contract on a good jockey to ride for the stable during the season of 1914. Ho is much pleased with Scarlet Oaks and the daughter of Dick Welles will be entered by Mrs. 1oyneer in the Kentucky Oaks to be run at Churchill Downs next spring.
