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" ,- I j j 1 i . . - i ALL EYES ON JUAEEZ TODAY RESULT OF IRON MASKS TRIAL AGAINST TIME AWAITED WITH INTEREST. Gelding in Jefferson Livingstons Stable Conceded Good Chance of Reducing Salvators Mark of l:352 Made at Monmouth in 1890. hi laso, Tex., January 31. Tomorrow at Juare. Iron Mask will make his bid for a new mile record on a circular track and attempt in a cup contest i1,a,"st,tiI"u lo lower .Salvators American record or for the distance. Salvator made his record over the straight course at .Monmouth Park N. J., August lj, ltjiw, in a contest against time. Tomorrow Iron .Mask will carry tlie same scale weight, as Sal vator did. The latter great horse, as a four-year old, carried 110 pounds, while Iron Mask, as a six-year-old, with the gelding allowance, will carrv U- iiouuds. Fresh from his triumph in his six . rurlong match with Pan Kuretu. when he created a new American elliptical track record of l:0J"r-for that distance, Jefferson Livingstons great geld-ing is thought to have a good chance of at least lowering the record of Salvator, which has not even , iKjen approached for over two decades. Some turf men, who do not even yet feel the weight of old , age, Tememlier the day when a mile in 1:41 was a record performance. Only as long ago as 1S71 a mile in 1:43 stood as the American record for the distance. Tins is only about forty years ago. That summer kingfisher electrified the racing world bv running the first mile of the Saratoga Cup, two miles and a quarter, in which he was defeated bv Longfellow in 1:10. but that, of course, was not :i . record. Alarm, by Eclipse, Mas the first horse to reduce tlie mile record under 1:43, and Searcher, by I Enquirer, was the first performer to beat 1:42. Alarm ran at Saratoga, N. Y.. in 1S72, while Searcher ranjns race at Lexington, Kv., in 1S7I. May 27. lSn, at Louisville. Ten Broeck; thrilled . all turfdoin by running a mile in l:.K. which stood as the best mark for the distance for over IS years, when it was lowered bv Racine in winning a race at Washington Park, Chicago, in 1::2.. I TIV ,l,rst til!" was heat en. save by Salvator and kildeer over the Monmouth Park straightaway, was m 1S!I1, at Harlem, Chicago, when Libertine , ran a mile in l::iSVt. In liu :,t Sheepshead Bav Brigadier ran a mile in l:37-fc. Then in 1!03 the kontticky Derby winner. AIlan-a-Dale. ran a mile it Washington Park, Chicago, in 1:37, and a little later the same year Dick Welles ran the distance at Harlem. Chicago, in 1:37".. Kiamesha tied this mark at Belmont Park in 1!05 and Kern L. also ran in the same time at. Seattle in lJOX. Later in the same year Centre Shot ran a mile in i:..i,r. over the Santa Anita track in California, a record which stood as the best in a race until the - present Juarez meeting, when it was twice equalled, first hy Manasseh and then by Vested Rights, onlv to be finally beaten by Bonne Chances recent milt in 1:37, the present American record for the distance . over an elliptical course. Old-timers believed that 1:40 would never be . Iieaten for one mile. They figured that this time calls for an average of :27, to the quarter and their opinion was that would prove the limit of a running horses speed. They failed to reckon on improvements in tracks and increased speed as breeding advanced on concentrated speed lines. "Old Jim Shy," who lived to be over ninetv vcars old, said ho , was willing to die when Kingfisher ran his mile in l:4o. What would have been his jov to see Iron -Mask run tomorrow in hU trial against Salvators wonderful record V It has been decided that the pacemakers Tor Iron .Mask will bo from the Livingston stable. Ed Howard will go with him in the first part of the trial and Bonne Chance in the last half. There will Ik; three timers for the trial. Associated with George Lindenherger, official timer for the .Tockev-Clnb Juarez, will be John C. Ferris and John Lowe". Captain Burns and Zim figured in a dead heat ar Juarez today, it being the second that has occurred this week. Zim appeared to have the race won a hundred yards from the finish, but Captain Burns came with a rush and the two were racing like a team at the end. Long shots again held sway, Barbara Lane Ieing the only favorite to score. Several races were marred by rough riding and the stewards dealt summarily with the offenders. Jockev Metcalf was susMMided ten days Tor rough riding in the third. Jockey Neyhm was given twenty days by the stewards for losing his temper and striking Ills mount. Hasson, over the head witli his whip when lie re turned to the stand. Jockey W. Mclntvro tried to held on the saddle cloth of Lady Panciiita in going down the backstretch and starting judge Holuiau reported him. He was suspended for ten days Starter Cassidy suspended jockey J. Grotli for ten days for disobedience at the harrier on Sidney Pet ers. Jockey Ciaver was taken sick after tlie first; race and the rest of his engagements were can celed. James Butlers Castleton-bred two-vear-ohls ar doing well at Juarez, several of them having already-won. The full list of the Butler yearlings in training here follows: Ambrosial, b. f, by Voter Anibrosine, by Kingston. Apple, ch. g, by Hippodrome Forbidden Fruit, bir Adam. Climber, br. f, by Voter Stepping Stone, bv Bin Brush. Gypsy, br. f, by Ben Brush Rimawav Girl, by Domino. Lost Coin, b. c, by Ultimus naif Crown, bv Cyllene. May Queen, b. f, by Ultimus Mayfair, by Ben Brush. Mind the Paint, ch. f, by Superman Geisha, by Iroquois. Ship. b. f. by Delhi Skim, by Kingston. Superhuman, ch. g, by Superman Deity, by Dis guise II. Supremacy, br. f, by Ultimus Chancery, bv Inflexible. Vicars daughter, ch. f, by Superman Olevia, by Ornus. Of these, Superhuman, Lost Coin and Apple are eligible for the Yucatan Stakes, to be run February S. Apple, Mind the Paint, Ship and Ambrosial are engaged in the Mexican Stakes to be run February 22, while Supremacy, Apple, Lost Coin and Climber are engaged in the Supremo Stakes, which will be decided March 15. It is generally predicted that one or more of these events will be won by the Butler youngsters now quartered at the Jockev Club Juarez course in charge of trainer John Lowe. Wade Mcl.eniore reports that he has live yearlings this season, two being colts and three tiilie . One is a chestnut lilly by Adkins Hands Around, by Serpent, and all the others are by Leonid, a son of Hastings. These are: Chestnut colt brother to Sterliu and Lady Rankin, out of Belle Rankin, by Handball: chestnut colt, out of Dolly Grav, by St. George; brown filly sister to Meadow anil Truly, out of Dolly Ilayman. by Crighton: bay filly half-sister to Mesliach. out of Chicadee. by Sir "Modred. All of Mr. McLemores live mares are in foal this season. Dolly Ilayman, Chicadee. Hands Around and Dolly Gray were mated with Leonid and Belle Rankin to Meelick last spring. Mr. McLejnore ex- Continned on second page.r- ALL EYES ON JUAREZ TODAY. Continued from first page. peels to greatly increase his breeding operations in Texas within the next few years. He will soon have Meadow and Truly added to his band of stud matrons ami more than likely lie will go to Kentucky next fall and purchase several mares which suit his fancy in individuality and breeding. Leonid, sire of Meadow, the greatest mare bred in Texas in late years, is still a fairly young horse, being now only lift ceii years old and. until lie fails, Mr. McLemore will keep him in the stud. If lie retires Meadow this spring, he will send her to Kentucky to be mated with some noted horse there and he will pursue the same jiolicy with 1ruly when her racing days are over. Cunt. B. C. Bunbury has purchased from A. C. McCafferty the seven-year-old chestnut horse Suffragist, by Voter Noonday, by Domino, and the horse will at once lx shipped to Kyle, Tex., and retired .o the stud. Suffragist did not race as a two-year-old, but showed good form as a three-year-old. in both of which seasons he was a member of the late J. It. Keenes famous racing stable. As a four-year-old he won in the stable of W. T. Anderson and as a live and six-year-old won live races. His blood will doubtless prove valuable to Texas thoroughbred interests. The success of his near relative. Peep oDay. as a sire is what intluenced Captain Bun-bury to purchase him. E. L. Fitzgerald owns two two-year-olds which are now at W. J. Grists farm at Valley Falls. Kan., which will not join his stable until he leaves here at the close of the winter meeting at Juarez for Kentucky or Canada. One of these youngsters is a chestnut filly by Albula Court Maid, by Prince Hoyal, and the other is a chestnut colt ly the same sire out of Peg Parks, by Dandie Dinmont. Botli are of good size and are promising as late two-year-old racing prospects. Ed Howard, the Cesarion Line of Life two-year-old gelding, which graduated from the maiden class in the colors of J. Livingston liere on Jan. IS, is named for the manager nl" the Ohio Hubber Co., of Cincinnati, O.. who is a personal friend of the owner of Iron Mask. This youngster is one of the eligibles in this stable for the ,500 Breeders Futurity Stakes to Ik run at Lexington the coining spring. Ed. Howards dam is an English-bred mare that was a high class winner both in England and America. She is Ly Sweetheart, a son of the great race horse Peter, by the Derby winner. Hermit. Ed. Howard has a sister .n Germany which is a three-year-old. They are the only produce of their dam old enough to race. Tragic was the fate of Financier, the sire of Barbarita, the first Mexican-bred two-year-old to earn winning brackets at the Jockey Club Juarez track. Soon after Mrs. Nugent, the dam of Barbarita. was mated with Financier in the spring of 3011, he was sold to a mourner of the Mormon colony in Mexico. During a raid of General Salazars forces through that portion of the country the stallion was taken and appropriated for cavalry service. In fact, it is stated General Salazar rode the horse in all his engagements at that time covering a period of more than a month. His owner finally interested the United States authorities in the case and got Financier back to his ranch again, lint the horse was in such a condition that at the end of nine days he died. Financier was a son of Box and Paradise Won, by Prince of Monaco, and was a useful and consistent plater while racing.
