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JUAREZ MEETING NEAR BY LARGER ATTENDANCE EXPECTED THROUGH FAVORABLE CONDITIONS. Installation of Mutuels an Important Feature Enough Horses Now at the Track to Provide Good Fields, and More Coming. El Paso, Tex., November 19. When the bugler sounds the call of "boots and saddles" at the Juarez race track Thanksgiving day, calling the thoroughbreds to the post for the first race, every indication points to all former records for attendance here being broken. That the largest crowd which ever wended its way through the turnstiles of the over-river ellipse will be present on opening day is indicated by the unusually large advance guard of turf followers who have already arrived in El Paso. There are approximately 400 thoroughbreds quartered at the Juarez track and this number will be augmented by nearly 150 other horses, which will be shipped here within the next few days. While new to El Paso, the mutucl form of betting, which will be exclusively used at Juarez next winter, promises to prove popular. The bookinaking form of wagering on the races has in the pasc proven unsatisfactory to the Juarez racegoers. For this reason Col. M. J. Winn, manager of the plant, decided this year to instal the "iron men." Harry F. Breivogel, assistant manager of the Juarez race track, has arrived from the east to arrange for the installation of the machines and also for the opening of the Juarez track. In speaking of the outlook for the coming meeting, Mr. Breivogel said: "Every indication points to this being the blue ribbon race meeting of the Jockey Club Juarez. There is every reason to believe the machine form of betting will prove much more satisfactory than the bookmaking system. "There are now many more horses quartered at the Juarez track than was expected at so early a date before opening. Indications are that on opening day there will be about 500 thoroughbreds at the track. The horses are practically all ready to start, which insures large fields." With ideal weather conditions prevailing, the trainers who have their horses at the Juarez track are "prepping" them for opening day. Already some fast half and three-quarter miles have been shown by the horses in training across the Rio Grande from this city. Track superintendent Frank Kecgan has had a crew at work on the track for several days and it is almost in perfect condition. The book for the first week of the meeting is being distributed among the horsemen, and Mr. Shelley has been complimented on his judgment in the composition of the book by owners and trainers who are now here awaiting the opening. Col. M. J. Winn, manager of the Jockey Club Juarez, is expected to arrive here a few days before the opening. He is now spending a short vacation in the east before coming west to assume charge of the Juarez meeting.
