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PAN ZARETA TURF QUEEN CAME FROM TEXAS RANCH 9 9Race Race Mare Whose Worlds Record Still Stands Bred at Sweetwater SweetwaterFORT FORT WORTH Texas June 11 Mose Newman Sweetwater rancher visited the thoroughbred nurseries in the Fort Worth area recently His appearance here immedi ¬ ately brought to mind the famous Pan Zareta Queen of the Turf in 1912 and 1917 It was at the Newman ranch in Sweet water that Pan Zareta was foaled and it was under the Newman colors that she achieved undying fame fameTwentysix Twentysix years ago at the track at Juar ¬ ez Mexico Pan Zareta met the famous Whitneyowned Joe Blair in a match race at five furlongs The mare carrying 122 pounds overcame a stumbling start to win by five lengths in 57 a worlds record that still stands standsFoaled Foaled in 1910 Pan Zareta was a daughter of Abe Frank a son of Hanover defeated favorite in the Kentucky Derby of 1902 She was named in honor of a little Mexican girl Pansy Zareta daughter of the mayor of Juarez From Juarez to New York with stops at New Orleans and Hot Springs and exursions into Kentucky and Canada Pan Zareta ruled the turf world She started 151 times and won seventysix races carry ¬ ing high weights in most of her starts She was unplaced only twentythree times Purses were small in those days and Pan Zaretas earnings totalled only 39082 Win ¬ ning similar races in this period the big mare might have won more than 200000 200000Pan Pan Zareta died in New Orleans during the Fair Grounds meeting of 1917 and she is buried in the infield A tablet marks the spot thoroughbredsThe a shrine to all lovers of thoroughbreds The Newmans who once had the greatest stud farm in all Texas do not raise horses any more Legislation against horse racing caused them to withdraw from the industry in 1917 and concentrate their activities on cattle It would not be surprising to see the famous Newman silks campaigned again for racing is in their blood bloodMose Mose Newman says Sweetwater is horse country the best horse coimtry in the South ¬ west The Sweetwater country produces horses with good sound bone good feet and most important of all good lungs Horses in this territory never have been known to have the lung diseases that afflict many horses in other sections of the country The grasses in the Sweetwater region are varied and nutritious It is the finest pasturage in the world worldMaybe Maybe a successor to Pan Zareta will soon be coming from the Newman pastures to rule the turf again There can never be another just like her
