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PLEASANT BAYS AT JUAREZ IIACING GOING ON AT MEXICAN COURSE UNDER CONDITIONS LITTLE SHORT OF IDEAL. While Northern Part of Country Is Snowbound, Tatrons of Jockey Club Juarez Enjoy High-Class Sport in Balmy Sunshine. El Paso, Tex., February 21. While many parts f the United States have lately been invalel by low temperatures and heavy snowfalls, the patrons vf the Jockey Club Juarez have been basking in bright, warm simsliine, and enjoying high class rue-lug on the fastest traek in the world, Each afternoon the sun has shown here throughout ttie winter with the clearness and warmth of .May in the north. It lias been an ideal winter here and lug crowds daily timing the Juarez course, which is most pleasing to the eye with its green Holds, lawns1 and approaches. J nines I.utler and Iricc -McKinney were amazed and captivated by the present beauty of the great plant and because the weather was so delightful both extended their stay. As for the racing the program have been amazingly good. .Many. horses are racing here that can win anywhere the sport i conducted and thei" are as skilful a lot of riders at the .Mexican course as will be found anywhere. The racing otliclals an; of the highest connected with the turf and they have kept the sport clean and free from scandal during the long meeting. What in and out running lias occuivd has bce.i among the cheaper selling platers, which are often inconsistent from the fact that a few pounds oil" or on frequently makes a difference in their performances. That the meeting will wind up on .March 22 in a blaze of glory is now a foregone conclusion and regret will lie expressed by the horsemen here when the time comos to depart. Favorites and long shots divided the Juarez card evenly this afternoon. The suuiinerlike weather that is prevailing hclKd to bring out a large Saturday crowd nnd speculation was brisk. Climber, from the stable of James Butler, won the juvenile dash and the easy manner in which she scored led to the impression that she may be a high-class lilly. No Uifiiiter was tb" longest priced winner of lh- fda.v. being quoted at 25 to 1. He disposed of an or-diuary lot of selling platers going a mile. Little Miirehiuont won the other mile race from good opposition in 1:3S. Jockey Roy Carter was the victim of an unfortunate accident after the running of the sixth race, lie had t lie mount on Shatter Knight and just after the finish the horse ran through a gap on the upcr turn. He struck the fence post, with such force that Carters left leg was broken. The I. T. Cliiun dispersal sale took place today, seven horses being sold for ,400. Gipsy I.ove brought the top price of 5. Keith fc Spciice purchased .Nannie McPee for $.S25 and lloskins bought Duriii from John Lowe at a private price. Presiding Steward Charles F. Price leaves tomorrow for Naples, Fin., to enjoy a well-earned rest. Judge Price is greatly admired in this section for his fair and impartial dealings with one and all. Recent work-outs of horses in training at Juarez were as follows: Alvis -Half mile in 52and- Attica Mile in l:l.t!i- lieda -Five eighths in 1:00. I.en Greenleaf Five-eighths in l:O0,r.. Blue Racer Quarter mile in 25. Cal Curn Half mile in 53. Christophino Half mile in 53 Jf,. Clinton Five-eighths in 1:05. Closer -Three-eighths in 39:;.-.- ICddi-- Fov -Five-eighths in I :UJ J. F.llie May --Half mile in 53. Elizabeth Harwoocl rive-eighths in 1:05. Ferrona- -Five-eighths in 1:00. Florence Kripp -Three-quarters in 1:23. Frank Shaw Half mile in 55. Golden Agues Half mile in 51!S. Goinul Five-eighths in 1:10. Hester Five-eighths in 1:03 High Range Mile in 1 :4!:and. J. . Kerry -Five-eighths in 1 :08. Kid Nelson Three-quarters in 1 :25. Mary Emily -Half mile in otf.. Orange Blossom Half mile in 51J. Ortyx Three-quarters in 1:23. Princess Industry Three-eighths in ".$. Uuid Nunc Three-eighths in 30. Requlratu --Three-quarters in 1:21. Ruvoco Three-quarters in 1 :25. Salesia -Five-eighths in 1 :oi. Shadrach Half mile in 5S. Stanley S.--Three-eighths in Stare Three-eighths in Swish--Mile in 1:50. Truly Three-eighths in 3S!. Wevanoke live-eighths in 1:08. Wishing Ring Mile In l:13s. Gypsy. James Butlers Ben Brush filly, which ran second to her stable companion. Climber, in the Senoritas Stakes, in her only start here, is a sister to Wedding Bells, which ran Sir Martin to a neck in the Saratoga Special of 190S. and was rated that simsoii as second only to Maskette among the two-vear-old fillies in J. R. Keenes stable. She was "so well thought of by that noted turfman that she was shipped to England to race, -while Maskette remained in this country. Runaway Girl, the darn of Wedding Hells and Gypsy, is a daughter of Domino, out of Fair Vision, by Touehet. Fair Vision is also the dam of Trance, which won 15 races and earned 8,147 as a two-year-old in 1!0S. Touehet. the sire of Fair Vision, is a son of Lord Lyon, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby and St. Leger in 1SCS, while the irandain of Wedding Bells nnd Gvpsv, is Enchantress, by Scottish Chief Lady Love, "bv" Blair Athol. the last named being the winner of the Derbv and St. Leger of 1SG3 and which sold for 1914.sh2,500, a record mice tin to his day. There is some sentiment behind Price McKinneys effort to purchase in Kentucky the famous Me-Grathiniia Farm. His father was a life-long friend of Price McGrath. who lirst established a breeding stud at this place and the present owner of the late J. B. Keenes celebrated band of stallions and broodmares was named for that noted turfman, who raced Tom Bowling, Tipperary, Blarney Stone, Susan Ann, Rhynodyne, Lucy Fowler, Jury. Artist, Leonard. Calvin, Aaron Pennington and wou the first Kentucky Derby with Aristidcs. After the passing of McGrath, under Milton Youngs ownership. MeGrathiana Farm had at one time more thoroughbreds than were ever gathered together on farm except the studs in California and Kentucky Vone owned by J. B. Haggiu. namely Raucho del Paso and Elniendorf. Mr. McKinney can recall many pleasant days spent by hitu at MeGrathiana when he was a young man. Araseo, which in the season of 1011 and 1011! was one of the star performers at the Juarez course, wns recentlv fired at Juarez by Dr. C. Cann, who believes he has a chance to come back to tho track mice more in winning form, though he is now nine veurs old. Ho lust started in Juue of last season at Alan, Idaho. Up to the end- of 3912 he had been active in racing and during his career he has won forty-three victories. Cool, a horse which it once was charged -was Arasee being run under the Continued ou second page. PLEASANT DAYS AT JUAREZ. Continued from first page. former name, is also quartered at the Juarez track. If there was ever any resemblance between the two, it is not noticeable at the present time and it seems ridiculous that any horseman could be so mistaken as to confound the two. At the time of the race in question, which took place at Louisville, Arasee was in brilliant winning form and if Cool had really been a ringer and Arasee in disguise, instead of being beaten in his race at Louisville that day by County Clerk, lie would have woii in a common canter. Belle of Bryn Mawrs present good form is one of the most remarkable developments of the Juarez meeting. S. Yeiller brought her here last November as a maiden. She has since won seven races, finished second live times and third once, and upon only three occasions has she finished unplaced. She lias won both at sprinting distances and up to a mile and an eighth. In the spring of last season J. IC. Allen, a Chicago turf enthusiast, sent several three-vear-old maiden fillies to the Churchill Downs trak"at Louisville. Belle of Bryn Mawr was one of them and she is the only one of the lot to develop good form. Allen, it is paid, sold her for less than 100. S. Yeiller only gave 00 for her and after winning several races with her, be sold her for jpWiO. She is worth several times that sum now and doubtless will be even a better performer in another season, as she is just now coming into her fully developed racing form, never having raced as a two-year-old. Among the newcomers in tlie apprentice class at Juarez is A. Motr. under contract to a Vancouver turfman, who is racing no horses this winter. Mott has a go6M scat on a horse, can use bis hands skillfully and has already learned to sit still when driving would make his mount tire tmder hiin. Such a good judge as Col. W. E. Applegate thinks the boy has a great future before him and it is reported that James Butler has made some inquiries as to tlie price asked for the contract on tlie boy. He is a. manly little fellow and has been well raised, having come from a good family. He can ride as light as S7 pounds and it looks as if he will be in the featherweight division of jockeys for a long time. Dr. C. Cann has gelded two of Jefferson Livingstons two-year-olds and before the big string is shipped from here to the Kentucky tracks at the close of the Juarez meeting, he will likely have onlv geldings and lillies of this age in his stable, with the exception of one colt, which has not as vet raced. Ed Howard, the crack juvenile- of tlie string and winner of the Yucatan Stakes, is already a gelding and races like an old horse. Id Howard was bred by P. T. Chinn, who, if he goes to France, as ho now contemplates, in the spring, may take Hie dam of this gelding witli a band of other good young mares to that country with him. He owns, in additions to the dam of Ed Howard, a band of young mares of rich blood lines.
