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LAST DAYS AT JUAREZ QUITE SQUALLY So tense was the situation at El Paso that. the day before the CaDing off of the Juarez meeting, tin attendance at the track is said not to have exce Med 200 persons, Including principally owners, trainers and newspaper men. It is understood that the decision to dose the Juarez meeting, six days ahead of the schedule. was arrived at following a conference between ■IS naff I Vi:m and general Gabriel Gaviera, commandant of the Juarez garrison. The Mexican officer, while expressing a dt sire to have the meet-ii u continued, toM manager Winn that, in view of the threatening situation, he could mi longer guarantee the safety of American-, at the race track. Tie- task of transferring the thoroughbreds to the American side of the border was rasa. pleted witho.it friction. Owing to the large mini ter to be brought over, the customs authorities waived the usual procedure and the animals were permitttd to re-enter the United States at El Pao without delay.
