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I 1 PAYS TRIBUTE TO PAN ZARETA. Pen Zareta, one of the greatest popular favorites ; mong the horses hat have raced in Canada in manj years, celebrated the reopening of the sport ii Arkansas on Saturday by winning the mile race. Though the oaklawn track had not been raced over for nine years, and could not have been at its best, ilo- Flying Texas mare lowered The ri cord to i jSt. !t was one of th- proofs of her greatness as a racer that she Is superior to her surround -ing in that respect She win- in fast time, with v.« [gbt up. and from good horses, ,,,i ;,n s,,rts f tracks and in all climates, from Juarez to Blue Bonnets. An interesting and unusual feature of her campaigning is her apparent ability to run winning races it greater distances now than when she was couple of years younger. Pan Zareta is now a 1 1 -year oil. sound and us, ful as ever, though she bad run 100 races up to the beginning of thi rear. of these «be nron fifty si. u.is second tweatj s. times and third eleven times, earning £20.932 The striking point about that record is the fait that ia 100 stalls sac was only eleven times outside ,,f the money. Granted that her races are chiefly handicaps, with comparatively small fields, tin- same can be said of all handicap horses, and it is safe to declare that the turf history of no other country .an supply a similar Instance of onlj eleven failures t.. b. placed By the judges in 100 starts.— Francis Nelson in Toronto Globe. 1
