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SOME GOSSIP FROM JUAREZ MEETING FAVOBED SO FAB. IB THE HATTER OF AGBEEABLE WEATHEB. Tom Hatfield Flourishing— Five Shilling Brothers Good Jockeys — Useeitg Career in Racing— Proapero as a Sire. Juarez, Mexico. December 19.— Manager M. J. Winn upon arriving bere to take charge of the track and its affairs during the meeting now on, expressed himself at once as being pleased with the general outlook and expects the present winter meeting to be a successful season of sport, showing a constant improvement each day in general interest. So far the weather lias l een delightful here and every indication seems to suggest that the present winter will be an open one and free from anything bordering on to winters severe blasts. There have lieen many days recently here when the temperature at mid-day has run over seventy and near the eighty line. The only stake to be run this month at the Juarez coarse is the Texas Futurity, which has a history running back for a number of years and bus become a fixture at the Juares track by reason of the action of the Texas Thoroughbred Association. This Futurity is conditioned the same as all races of this name, the original nominators entering the mares in foal and paying an additional subscription for the produce of these mares. Only foals bred in Texas are eligible and such must be owned by members of the Texas Thoroughbred Association. The distance of the race, which is for two-year-olds, is three-quarters. Last winter the event was won by Bens Brother. Little Will won it in 1913. The latter year was the first time It was run on the Juarez course. Tom Hatfield, who for a number of years confined his training operations to Kentucky tracks, has become wedded to the far western circuit and the Jockey Club Juarez course and now races his horses exclusively in this territory. As a trainer, Hatfield is as skillful as of old. Only recently he has succeeded in converting the mud-rnnning gelding Jake Argent into a dry-track horse and this son of Jake Sanders lias recently won two races in succession on a fast track at Juarez, covering, in bis last win. three-quarters in 1:13%. Hatfield if aow both owner and trainer of the horses be in Ms barn here, these embracing, in addition fps u Jake Argent, Lady Yonng. Brighonse Eastman and La Berta Novie, the latter a maiden three-year-old colt by that once smart two-year-old Marse Abe. Hatfield likes the west of America and Juarez, because bis health is the best now he has enjoyed for years and be is much stouter than when he trained a stable in Kentucky for the Louisville turfman Ed Alvey. He has made many friends since he left Kentucky and, as a consequence, is not likely to return there, unless be some day gets hold of a horse that be thinks can hold its own against all coiners in the blue-grass land. Remarkable has been the career of the Shilling family as riders. First, James, the oldest of the five brothers, made good in the saddle, and then came George, who met his death through bis mount falling with him in a race at New Orleans, at the City Park track, on March 5. 1906. The most famous of the family. C. II. Shilling, like James, now an owner and trainer of horses, followed, and be Is in the rank of the best of all tbe riders of bis time. He was set down in the east for rough riding several years ago and has since made many efforts to secure reinstatement without success. It is the general opinion that if even now, after his long let up, be would be given a chance to ride, his work would be as brilliant as of old. One thing, he keeps in excellent condition at all times by continually exercising most of tbe horses he trains. Tbe next of the brothers to ride was Kufus and he is now doing tbe best work in the saddle of his career. The last of tbe five brothers to graduate as a winning rider is Hugh, who won bis first race here. December 1. He looks now like a great prospect for tbe future, as his present riding weight is only ninety-five pounds. The Shilling family live at Paris, Texas, where all tbe fire race riders were born and raised to their race-riding age. There have been a number of instances of brothers, even up to three, making good at riding, but the five Shilling boys is tbe first of record, of all tbe male members of a family becoming successful jockeys, with one. at least of tbe number, ranking as one of the best riders, not only in modern days, but of all time. While not such a big money winner, though in her racing career, she has earned a total of ,551, the Oklahoma-bred mare Iseeit. has made a creditable showing on the turf. Recently several breeders have made overtures to her owner, A. W. Hoots, to secure her for breeding purposes whenever he is done racing her. but Hoots has always greatly admired her and. after be succeeded in getting her bsck in his stable, after she hud lieen taken away from him by tbe Kentucky trainer. J. W. May, at Iatouia last fall, he then announced that be would never part with her again, or race her where there was any danger of her being claimed. When he retires her he intends to mate her with som fast horse and be hopes that such a union will result in a sprinter that will proved a record breaker. Iseeit has raced for seven successive seasons and every year has won races. She has up to December 1 been to the post 110 times, of which she has won thirty, been second twenty and third twelve times. Her record by years is as follows: Year. Age. Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Won. mow 2 :: l o i $ *5 1910 3 4 3 0 0 300 19U 4 21 4 4 I 1.4:50 1912 •" 1" « - 1 1 ."05 1913 « IS 7 •■: 1 2.730 J»14 7 23 I 5 0 1. 190 1915 « 29 6 6 4 2,811 All the horses the Texas turfman, J. L. Beckham. has in his training barn here, are the get of Prosper*, a son of Ben Strome — Irvauna. He has now onlv one yearling, a brother to the winner Sam Beckham. This youngster has already been named Jim Beckham. Besides Sam Beckham and Jim Beckham, tbe other members of this stable are Auntie Curl. Dad Da vies. Prosperous Baby and Pruspero Maid. It is rare to see a stable of as many as a half dozen all by the same sire and with no other sire with a representative in the string. For his stud chances Prospcro has done well in Texas. Most of his get meed have proven winners and all seem to possess All* the 0ve yearlings that are in the care here « * trainer H. Wallhauser. which are members of *■■#■ Juares racing string of the Cleveland turfmen, torrigan A McKinney. have been named and some of the number will be ready to begin racing here as • wo-vear-olds nest month. The list in full is: Crinkle, ch. f, by Charles Edward— KiUiecrankie, by Kilmarnock. First Rays. ch. c, by Snpermau — Last Rays, by ivter Pan." _ Reveal, b. f. by Czar— .Searchlight, by Kingston. Thirst, br. f. by Garry Herrmann— Hunger, by Hanover. Wand, b. f, by Hurst Park— Fairy Story, by Voter. Continued on second page. SOME GOSSIP FROM JUAREZ. Continued from first page. _ The last named is the first foal of her dam, which ■h was a good race mare but rather unlucky in a num-l er A. of races, several of which would have greatly lv " iMMasai her turf earnings. killiceraukic, the dam of Crankie, was a fine H race mare, winning in her short career nine races H and .S!I0. She is out of the dam of Goldsmith, i the famous race mare Kildeer, by Darebin. The twenty-two youngsters Clancy has at Churchill It Downs ars reported to bo wintering in grand condition i." and last fall in their trials showed satisfactory ■y |H*rforuiances. This linn will make literal entries ."s in all the hi;; two-year-old events in America in in 1!»1«;. and the l»est of them will be Derby and k1 Oaks candidates when they are three-year-olds. It lt is the wish of all that Cornwall it McKinneys ■s Jirst real season with a big racing stable will be ,e followed with the most brilliant success and thus, s in a measure, recompense them for their huge outlay k. in thoroughbred stock, which has long siuee •e reached a sum pressing close to the half-million ,u dollar mark. i lunger, the dam of Thirst, was a good race mare .0 and i* out of the stake winner I.a Juive. by Mortc-in«*r. v. Tin- la tiers gr:inddam. Madam Dudley, by v l.eington. was a half sister to Brown Prince, whi-.-h .j, .•an second to the French liorsc Chamant in the H Two Thousand Oiiiuoas of 1*77 and is one of the H few American bred horses to have earned the distinction s. of being placed in that great English Jl, classic. Behind him in the Guineas was Silvio. 0 which won ImiiIi the Derby and St. Leger that year. The oth-r hordes which Wallhauser as in his care .„ for this new raein firm are the four coming three-year-olds e. Quiz. 1-a Boilc Brocade, Shadow and Central a. Picket. The shipment of these members of ,f this tiig racing stable here leaves twenty-two two-year ,. oMs owrnd by this firm now at Churchill Downs 1S track in charge of V. C. Clancy, the chief trainer »r for Corrigan A: McKinney. who expects to shortly jy visit Juarez in company with these turfmen.
