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JUAREZ RACING BRILLIANT IRON MASK REDUCES AMERICAN RECORD FOR FIVE AND A HALF FURLONGS TO 1:03. Feat Made More Notable from Fact That Ho Carriod Enormous Impost of 150 Pounds Orb Wins Doa Rcpublicas Handicap in Fast Time. El Paso, Tex., March S. One of the largest crowds of the season journeyed to Juarez today and was regaled witli sport of a brilliancy and calibre seldon provided by recent winter racing in America. The most notable development of the day was the creation of a new American record of llOl. for five and a half furlongs by Jefferson Livingstons sensational sprinter, Iron Mask, in winning the overnight handicap that served as the secondary feature of tin; days program. Iron Masks performance was the more notable in that he carried the enormous impost of 150 pounds and won otf by himself. He was making prodigious concessions of weight to all his opponents and a mighty cheer went up when the merit of his performance was realized. The fractional time of the race illustrates the phenomenal speed ixissessed by the six-year-old son of Disguise and Royal Rose. The first quarter was run in 22r,. and the half in 15. although jockey Taplln had the horse under slight restraint in the. early stages. Al the end he took no chances, but rode" him out, although enjoying a substantial lead. His winning margin was seven lengths before Pay Streak, which had been a forward contender throughout. The American record for the distance winch iron Masks performance displaces, was 1:04, and was held jointly by Pan Zareta and Brlughurst, the former having twice during the present Juarez meeting equaled the record made by Briughurst at Churchill Downs October S, 1113. Tin- chief feature of lhe attractive program, but which was in a way overshadowed by Iron .Masks feat, was the Dos Rcpublicas Handicap, the last stake of the Juarez meeting for horses three years old and over. This was an event of ,5i0 gross value, distance seven-eighths of a mill. It was contested bv a select field of seven, witli J. F. and II. S. Newmans crack filly. Pan Zareta. carrying the top weight of 130 pounds. She proved unequal to the task of making" the weight concessions demanded of her and could do no better than finish third, after making the early pace. Dr. I. I". Clarks good three-year-old. Orb, which had been in closest attendance upon her, went on when she began to weaken and after assuming the lead was called upon to withstand a challenge from Dorothy Dean, which lie did In game fashion. The opening race, a half mile dash for two-year-olds, was marked by a dead heat for first money between .L F. ifc II. S. Newmans Bens Brother and R. Riplevs Triiliine. Roth were at remunerative odds in the betting. The interested owners decided to divido. the purse. Miss Fielder, from the Jefferson Livingston stable, ruled an odds-ou choice for tltts race and was unplaced at the finish. Large fields contested the remaining races. Lth-elda. well backed as :t favorite, led all the way in the second and won by half a length from Sleep-land, which ran far back until the race was Hearing its finish. Lemon Joe, another well-supported first choice, accounted for the fifth in a hard drive with Little Birdie and Cloak. Anne McGee, an outsider, led by a big margin from start to finish in the closing raw. . , , Manager M. J. Winn departed today for his home in Louisville, Ky. He has endeavored hard to give the natrons of the snort at Juarez good clean racing and "his efforts have succeeded splendidly. He will stop off at Laurel in the near future to look the plant over on his way to New York, where he will manage the Empire City track this season. James Osborne, assistant to starter Mars Cussidy, has been re-engaged to do lhe starting on the tracks in northwestern Canada. Beginning at Calgary May 10 and closing at Edmonton August 25, about 7S days of racing will take place on that circuit. Frank D. Weir has purchased the contract on the apprentice B. Marco.
