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SENECA IN HIGH FAYOR SPEEDY OLD SPRINTER WAS MEANT BY NATURE TO BE A HIGH-CLASS RACER. , Owner Preece in Poor Luck at Juarez so Far — | Old Rosebuds Prospect of Racing Again Viewed Hopefully. Juarez, Mex.. January 9. — Once more Seneca is a star performer at the Jockey Club Juarez track. In a recent race he showed all the speed of his best young days by winning in runaway stvle and pulling up at five and a half furlongs in 1:05%. This was his tenth winning race in 1915 and he baa proved a jewel of a breadwinner to Ins owner, the California turfman, Joseph Tigiio. Seneca has now to hi-credit a record of thirty eight wins and iu thirty one other of his starts he has finished second and ran third seventeen times. He has up to his winning race of last December 15 earned a total of 3,153. This son of Disguise II. did not race until a three-year-old. As a yearling he was shipped to England by his breeder, the late James H. Kerne, but was taken sick there and turned a roarer. lie was said to have been one of tile most highly tried yearlings ever sent to England by that turfman. Trainer James Howe told Tigue not long sinee that he was one of the most promising youngsters he ever had in his care. lie gets his black color from his grandsire. the mighty Domino, and when running at full speed shows the same greyhound stride as that famous horse. Senecas dam. Swiftfoot. is a half-sister to Hamburg ami. as their dam. I.ady Heel, is out of Mannie Clay. Seneca is strongly inbred to the Gallooade family. C. Buxton, who has the call on the services of the apprentice rider T. Hayes, is much pleased with the lads work so tar and thinks he is the making of a crack jockey in time. Hayes rode his first winner at Juarez when he piloted Scallywag t" Victory in a mile race and this year will no doubt get many mounts here. Hayes rode his first winner iu Canada last summer and. as a consequence. his apprenticeship has about six months yet to run. Ho is a son of the well-kn.wn trainer M. Hayes and his father has never signed a contract with anyone f r the lads services. The promising young jockey was born at Oakland. Cal.. and can i*ide as light as ninety-two Mends. Buxton, the owner and trainer who lias Hayes in charge. Is a brother to the skillful jockey M. Huxton. and he expects the latter to come here and ride early during the present month. While the New York trainer Godfrey Preece has met with no luck here as yet with his older horses. It is more than likely this stable will cut some figure in two-year-old races before this month is much older. There is some good material in the kindergarten line in his care. The youngsters in I Ma stable are mostly exceedingly well developed and are by such well-known sires as Stalwart, Waterhoy. Nasturtium. Dr. Hoots. Dr. I.eggo. Ban-nockbarn. Cyclases, Magneto and Knight of the Tblste, the latter being the sire of Worth, the Kentucky Derby winner of 1912. That the in Tease in raise of stakes and purses has made it passible for an American race horse to win as much as 1100.000 in his native country. is illustrated by the seme so far to the credit of Koitmcr. which in three aeasoaa has earned a total of 24105. This son of Knight Brraal is the principal winning horse of recent years and if he keeps his fi rm may yet work his way in to the charmed circle of racers which, by their superior turf earnings, will always have a shining place in turf annals. Had Old Hosebnd been able to meet all his engagements as Hoamer did as a three and four-year-old, probably he would now be loser to the list of 00,000 turf winners than is BoaSSfr at the present time, as in his two-year-old career and in three starts since he has earned a total of 8,632. This mighty sou of Cade, by some considered the greatest of all Kentucky Derby winners, is now-doing well and there are now probabilities of him adding considerably t- his present creditable turf earnings before the -ampaign of 1916 comes to a close. He will, it is now hoped, by the time he reaches Kentucky nct spring, be ready to meet all cineis. Another that may race for the big stakes in Kentucky next spring is the unbeaten Hegret. which, in five winning races, has earned a total of .9. SIM. The table below gives the winnings each year of the noted racers which have demonstrated that horses of today can in a few races score creditable turf earning*, a* all t»M the combined starts of this trio only totals sixty-eight races: Nane. 1913. 1014. IMS. Total. Hoaimr $ 8,480 9,105 5,320 2,901 Hegret 17,390 12,500 20.890 Old Hosebnd .. 19,057 9.575 28632 Hoamer ha- raced in forty-six races, winning twenty four, finishing second in eight, third iu three and unplaced eleven times. As is well known. Hegret has won all of her five starts, while Old Hosebnd his tarted Seventeen times, winning fourteen, finishing second twice and saaiairil once.
