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NOT AFRAID OF VILLAS MEN PATRONS OF JUAREZ RACING BELIEVE NO INTERRUPTION OF THE SPORT IMPENDS. Developments of tho First Week of the Meeting Mutuels Prove Popular With Patrons of the Track Garner Riding "Well. El Paso, Texas, December 10. With the defeat of Francisco Villa and his bandit band, which had menaced Chihuahua City for days, there has been a marked increase in the attendance at the Jockey Club Juarez race track. Now that the de facto government lias deposed General Jacinto Trevino as coinmander-in-chief of the northern forces and installed General Francisco Murgiii in his position with 15,000 well-armed troops, three times the number Villa commands, there is no longer any danger feared of further border raids. For a time it was believed Villa would move northward from Chihuahua City and attack Juarez. This caused much uneasiness here and the attendance was somewhat lessened. But, despite the scare, there were hundreds of women at the course each ladies day, while there was always the usual attendance of the regular patrons. Every guarantee has been extended to the patrons of the Juarez course this winter by the Carranza commanders of the over-river city. An escort of soldiers is at the track each day to preserve order and there has not been the slightest indication of any trouble. The Mexican officials have been courteous and accommodating to the turf patrons, as well as to Colonel M. J. Winn and the other officials of the plant. The attendance has been far above what Colonel Winn had expected. And, as the meeting is progressing, there is a marked increase both in the Sunday and week-day attendances. The wagering at tho Juarez track with the pari-muttiel form of betting has, todate, been much larger than it has any time previous when the books were on. The odds have proved more satisfactory to the public than the slate of the bookmakers where often 50 and 60 per cent stared you in the face. Then too, the horses have run more to form this winter than any other first week of the meeting. The choices of the talent have won a majority of the races and horses that won their first starts as a rule ran back to their form. Mack Garner, who is riding as a free lance, has figured in some wonderful Garrison finishes here this winter. Garner on Tuesday piloted three winners, a. second and third out of six mounts. Johnny Howard is also riding well here this winter and can do 106. Claude Hunt and Mclntyre. two lightweight riders have also made some stirring finishes. David Bloom, an exercise boy from Cleveland, O., promises to develop into a good rider. He is under contract to W. Cain, who developed Mack Garner. The Kentucky stables are proving favorites with the turf patrons here. K. Spence has the largest number of horses at the track, twenty-three head being in his barn. He has won a number of races so far at the meeting. His horses are piloted by C. and T. Hunt, who are under contract to him. Trappoid, the Trap Rock Outcome filly brought here from Kentucky by Joe Umensetter. is proving a brilliant racer, winning both her first starts. She took the measure of the fast Commanretta last Tuesday and ran the mile in 1:38, winning pulled up by three lengths. Several of the outside dockers caught her time as fast as 1:37. The filly had a bad leg when purchased by Mr. Umensetter, but he has cured this ailment and the chestnut should prove one of the best selling platers at the track. Sir Richard, the crack two-year-old owned by" Dr. I. E. Clark, the Texas turfman, is proving one of the best youngsters at the track. He Avon his first two starts, beating such good youngsters as Kagura, Dyson, Belle C. and Crankie, but was not so fortunate Saturday. There are a large number of yearlings at tho track now being schooled at tho barrier. The baby races will start after the first of the year. The first races will be out of the three and a half furlongs chute. Nearly each winter there has been developed at the Juarez track several good two-year-olds that have in later years proven consistent winners in the northern turf world. Among the noted turf performers which were first raced as two-year-olds at Juarez arc Old Rosebud, Hawthorn, and a score or more of others of merit. The weather conditions during the first week of racing at Juarez proved ideal. There has not been a cloudy day and the sun has shone brilliantly on tho turf patrons. Sunday brought forth a tremendous crowd across the Rio Grande. The chilly weather that still clings on did not hinder them from attending, and the mutuel operators were kept busy during the afternoon. The new mutuel machines are expected to arrive by the first of the week. Paddock judge J. L. Hall is confined to his apartment with an attack of grippe. Lambert Garner, who is the youngest of the celebrated family of jockeys, will make his debut here next Tuesday, when he will have his first mount. He is sixteen years old and can ride at 94 pounds. The youngster has been galloping horses for over six months. It was at this track that his brothers, Guy and Mack, developed their riding ability.
