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TRIAL RESULTS IN A FIASCO IRON MASK SHOWS BRILLIANT SPEED, BUT FAILS TO STAY. Runs Wonderfully Fast in Early Part of Attempt to Reduce Salvators Mile Record at Juarez, but Fails Utterly at End and Time Is 1:39. El Paso. Tex.. February 1. Iron Masks attempt to reduce Salvators American mile record of 1::!5.. against time, resulted in a fiasco at Juarez this alterncon. After showing marvellous speed in the early part of the trial. Iron Mask railed utterly to stay and the result was that he linished out tlie mile in 1::!0, which is not so fast as cheap selling platers have been running over the phenomenally fast track at Juarez. The conclusion was reluctantly forced upon Jefferson Livingston, the geldings owner, and Mose Goldblatt, his trainer, tliat Iron .Mask is a sprinter pure and simple, and that a mile is too far for him. ihe biggest crowd that ever passed through the gates of the Juarez race track made tlie tripacross the international border to s.-e Iron .Mask in action. While they were doomed to disappointment so far as the success of the trial was oncerned. they had the satisfaction of learning that thev had witnessed the fa.-test half mile and live-eighths evtr scored in a r;ict at Juarez. Iron .Mask showed a marvellous Might of speed in the early part of the trial, as revealed by the fractional time, and uu doiibtedly this wonderfully fast enrlv pact? was a biii factor in the geldings failure to stay when it came to the latter part of the trial. Tlie paceinaKiiig arrangements made in advance v.rre carried out. but hindered rather than helped the big son of Disguise and Roval Rose. In the first half milf the speedy two-year-old, Ed Howard, from the Livingston stable, assumed the rede if pacemaker. He was ridden by jockey P. Ford and set out at sizzling pace, it was unfortunate tli.it before a sixteenth of a mile had been traversed I.d Ilowaid Iwire slightly over in front of Iron Mask, forcing him to cnange his stride. The firsi eighth was run In 11 second t It - quarter in 22, three-eighths in :::: and the half mile in 44. Then Ed Howard dropped out and Bonne Change, another of Iron Masks stable companions, took up the paciiiiaking. guided by jockey A. Xeylon. Xey Ion made the mistake of keeping his mount too close to Iron Mask and bothered tiie big sprinter after passing the half mile post. This probably made no important difference, however. The watches recorded 57 seconds when lire-eighths had been completed and there seemed to be a good chance that Iron .Mask might accomplish the object sought. Shortly afterwards, however, the big sprinter began to lag and close observers came to the conclusion that he was unequal to the task assigned him. It required nearly fourteen seconds for him to run the next eighth and about the sano ratio was maintained to the end. Jockey Loftus made several endeavors to urge his mount to renewed effort in the latter part of the trial, but to no avail. The horse would not respond. A light breeze was blowing throughout the trial, but the wind was not of sullicient velocity to have had any effect. There were some horsemen who recalled that Iron Mask had become a roarer in the latter part of his English campaigning and it may be that a recurrence of this trouble was responsible for his failure to make a better showing. There also was a disposition to criticize the fast early pace. James Butlers Supremacy made a new American record for three ami one-half furlongs in winning the lirst race of the day. when she ran the distance in -i.Yr.. The former record of :.!0"7.-, was made at Juarez January 17. 1011. by Calisse.carrying 12:: pounds. Jefferson Livingston was pleased when he saw his filly Florin defeat go;d opposition in the Chihuahua Selling Stakes, witli a value of ,200. It was a close thing between Theodorita and Florin. The two fought it out gameiy throughout the last quarter. Gipsy Lore came from the rear to take third money. Jockey Loftus made his last American appearance in the saddle here this afternoon. He leaves Wednesday for Philadelphia and will sail .March 1 for France. Harry M. Stevens, who has the catering privileges at the track, arrived this morning and will remain about a week. Jefferson Livingston lias purchased Boh Hensley. Tlie price is said to have been ,000.
