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PRINCE EUGENE IN BAD LUCK. Practically Left at tho Post and Finishes. Second to Polls at Juarez. Juarez. Mex., December 20. The weather was clear this afternoon, but there was a strong wind which blew directly into the faces of the horses as they came down the homestretch. The attendance was tip to the average and the speculation in the mutuels was brisk. A sensation came for the speculators in the first race, when Art Rick, a five-year-old brown gelding running In the colors of Canada and Yeoman and making his first start at Juarez, won after having been heavily backed nnd after having reared as the flag dropped and thereby having the worst of the start. Art Rick however, quickly overcame this difficulty, winning by a length and a half from Bermudiau, which had been in closest pursuit throughout. Art Rick was a winner at Denver nearly two years ago. He is by Leonidas Flying Gold Dust. Bessanta, a slight favorite over Deckhand for the second race, for two-year-olds, met with interference in the stretch and Deckhand won the race by a length and a half. Little Spider, the pacemaker in this race, tired in the stretch and bore over towards the rail, sharply cutting off Bes-k santa, whose Jockey was forced to pull up. The I favorite, however, beat the tiring Little Spider by two lengths for second place. Safe Home proved the best, or, at least, the most fortunate, in the third race, which was for three-year-olds, defeating Honeycut, the favorite, by a "length and a half in a driving finish, in which the second, third nnd fourth horses were all in a bunch as they crossed the finishing line. Had not Honey-cut been caught in a jam, on the far turn, It is probable that she would have won the race. General Pickett also suffered in the mixup on the fart turn. The talent fell hard in the fourth race, when Prince Eugene, one of the shortest-priced favorites of the meeting, was beaten by Polls. Prince Eugene was the victim of an unfortunate ride by Q. Hunt, who got the son of Hamburg into several pockets in the first half of the race, the favorite being far back until the others were well on their way. Then the "Prince" moved up fast, but could never get near Polls, which won easily by three lengths. Prince Eugene was an equal distance ahead of Bula Welsh.
