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PATRONAGE IS INCREASING JUAREZ PROGRAMS ARRANGED TO GIVE ALL OWNERS A CHANCE TO WIN. , Radford a Good Sire With Limited Opportunities — Riders of Kentucky Derby Winners At the Track. El Paso. Tex., January 10.— Ever since early in the holiday season just past, the present meeting of the Jockey Club Juarez has shown daily a his; increase in attendance, and the interest in the raciir_r. which has been all around good, has held the regulars all in line. The sport so far has been g"od and the money nun:. up to date has been well distributed. The programs are arranged weekly so as to give each stable in which are housed the horses quartered at the course ■ chance to take down a good purse. All the race followers here are apparently well supplied with money and there are no appearances of war times in view at the grounds. Iflneh day so far this month has been marked by new arrivals and few nf ■* these are of the few days visiting sort, most of them having come to stay the long meeting out. On account of siring such a go d racer as Wllhite, .1 well as several other good winners. Radford has come into some prominence as a sire in the last feu years. This is always noticeable when horsemen begin to thing enough of a horse to inquire as to his breeding and racing record. In color Kadford is a black, which he no doubt inherits through Virgil, the sire ef his dam. Virgo-lene. as he is by Falsetto, which horse was a bay. as was the latlers sire. Enquirer, which WM by Leainington, a brown in color. He raced first as ■ t wo-year-old in 1899 and among Ills creditable performances at that age was running third in the second part of the Double Event, which was won that year by Mesmerist, with Mark Cheek finishing second. As a 3-yetur-eM in 1M0 he ran third in the Canadian Derby to Advance Guard ami lampgloh*. Wilbite was unquestionably cut out for a real race horse. He was none too fortunate as a young stcr. which fact is attested to in his appearance, he having raced the three years he has been on the tart with a broken tail. He did not start until he was a four-year old and his creditable score by ••ears is given in the table below: Year. Age. .Sts. 1st. 2d. .Id. Won. 1919 4 31 12 7 :: ,108 1014 5 27 I 2 0 5.404 Itlfi tt 25 7 4 4 3.354 This resume shows a record of twenty-seven races won and money earnings of the snug sum of 15,98 t. Wilhito is out of the successful producer Determination, by Rough and Ready, and is a brother to the winners King Kadford, .Milton Koblee and Flossie Walker, a two-year-old in 1P15. Her next foal to race is a now two-year-old brown filly, which has been named Sophia Gatewood and is in the stable of W. II- Ruckncr. whose string is wintering at _ he Churchill Downs course at 1-ouisville. v Kadford will be represented this year by four other two-year-olds, five youngsters being all the foals by him to live of his crop of 1!14. They are: Lee Hall. b. c. Bess Cordon, by Iekin. Sanborne. blk. c. Kansas Dove, by GOT. Sheehan. I seftil. b. c. denote Sheehan, by Gov. Sheehan. Duchess of Uz well, ch. f, .Miss Matthews, by Previous. There is no dV nht that if ho had the opportunity of doing stud service in a section of the land where good mares were numerous, Kadford would have been a Ms success as a sire, as there are numerous horses classed as numlier one stallions that have Beret sired a racer that has done as well as WO-hlle has in his turf career. Jockeys who have earned distinction in figuring as riding winners of the Kentucky Derby are fre-1 qiiently seen at the Juarez track. There are four sue1! horsemen here now. namely. J. McCabo. who Won the I erby with Old Kosebnd in 1914: C. H. Shilling, wh.i piloted Worth to victory in 1912: A. Pickens, nrho won the Idg rate on Stone Street in 1908, and J. Boland. n ho area the Dsrhf on Lieutenant , Gfbooa in 1900. Both Shilling and Boland have a string of horses racing at the Juarez course, while Moiabe and Pickens are still riding daily as skill-fuly as in the seasons of their triumphs in the rich Kentucky stake. Bo.aud lias ended his career in the -addle, but Shilling still hopes to re— me his old profession, being strong in the lielief that if again granted a Bee— t by the Jockey Club, lie will prove a "come back." which will serve as a reward to all arho have aided him in his efforts to again appear in the saddle. Jockey E Pool and his tract employer here. II. L. Cratne, have so far not bad as peaceful and atlslartory relationship as was expected when the latter made arrangements tor the boys services for the winter at Latonia last fall with Lew Marion, who holds a contract on lie- rider. .s a result Pool is now in California where he will remain, ac-rurdhtg to tiatper B. 1.. Rogers who has charge of the Grain* stable until recalled here. when, unoss bis work satisfies the Chicago turfman, he will be kept on the ground until the contract Cralne has with Marion for his services expires. Early in the meeting here Pool was riding in brilliant form. but. after a week or two. following a fire days suspension, be failed to keep up his giod work, especially on the horses saddled by Rogers. It is also i understood that in working borne* he failed t • folios the Instructions • ■ that trainer and also disregarded his advice in a number of races he rode mi the Craiae homes. Whoa hn comes back here. if his work is net up to his real ability, it is more than probable that Cralne will relinquish his contract on the boy and request Marion to order his return i to Kentucky. Pool did some good riding in Kentucky last year ■ and Marion thinks he is the only boy that ever mounted Prince Hermis who thoroughly understood i the peculiarities of that 1 horse. Marion has ; noser had am trouble in controlling Fool and developed the lad * i • in sn exercising boy virtually into one of the best .jockeys riding in that state . in the last lew year-. Tue .jockey eoloa.i v strong bene and there are . more good apprentice riders accepting mounts than i ever before rode at any meeting here. Some of [ Hie newcomers look a certainty to. in a short time. to enjoy a high rank in the profession and keep the older Stan busy to keep np the pace they set. With such opposition the older boys have to nhow their best skill to secure mounts and. as a result, many of the finishes are of the head and head style.
