Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-12-21 | Page 36 | Racing at Juarez of Highest Order

HI IT JUAREZ OF HIGHEST ORDER Winter Sport at Mexican Track Promises to Excel Former Meets. JUAREZ, Mexico, Dec. 20. Brilliant as was the opening of the winter meeting meet-ing of tho Jockov Club Juarez, it has turned out. talcing days of racing sincceas a fair example, as' but a forerunner fore-runner of what is in store for lovers of high-class winter racing during the next few months here. Tho many horses now at tho Juarez course are in superb racing coudition, and this, with a track to race over that is 6imply ideal puts forth tho assurance that onesided one-sided contests will be of rare occurrence occur-rence here during the winter, as good riders arc in abundunco skillfully to handlo these performers. Them are more safeguards placed around the sport at this track than over beforo at 8. winter racing ground. The officials are of the highest standing and every point of vantage is guarded to protect alike tho interests of the public and the Tacing men. As to local conditions, Ju tires is now safe from any further invasion iu the near futuro. Tho men in control of the offices of tho border Mexican town arc all lovers of racing, and General Pancho Villa's attitudo to all those in power is to show in evoo' way pos-j pos-j Biblo all courtesies to the mombors of tho Jockey tClub .Juarez and to the horsomen "now raciug their charges ut this course. ' s The track, in fact, is as popular an American institution as thero is in the Republic of Mexico, and its fame is now increasing with every mooting. To illustrato the type of superb sport almost al-most daily to bo seen in the racing at tho Juarez course, thero is no bettor cxamplo than tho last Juarez handicap, run ou Thanksgiving afternoon. Ten good horses went to the post in this eveut, and not alvaya on tho big tracks in tho states, in tho spring, summer sum-mer and fall seasons, are tho starters so numerous, or of similar class as faced tho barrier hero in this event. The wiuner, Pan Zareta, ran a phenomenal phe-nomenal .raco, and in fact this filly, by negotiating tho six furlougs in with 118 pounds up, accomplished a feat that few performers of her sex havo over duplicated.