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Show -I JIUHH ALMOST READY FOR USES Officials Say Big New Plant Will Be Opened on New Year s Day T1A JLVNA Pe 14 11 t. the au e h a of I d 1 a ough atur intended the sp o 1 es the ntigrtet ew a a e , mu . ft e h Ittle Mexli-M Hi e s da i o aa i esa the a o of a o da a ra meet! i n er he a si t e of I oner Cl fona oKe lb o Jan es W offro fa nous o tt n an Is p en , Nowhere e we e s e K uW ha e bee en a a e to tlon for Je o a u on o a a t, pan eu h as the T a Juana a K be, when con pleted maUc pond t o s are h s section hat ra nx an be o ed fro one end of ire ar to e her v-oasional rains be ng e on d --ad Milage and this bare j vorthj of en t on With excellent rallroal fa ei on the anta Fe and Sa r eso & & uth eastern railway a sten s thousa ds da v can be transported to the co se from the centers of pop lat on o the -oast and from points nland as nell as fron the larger cities of the south part cu arl New Orleans, whent e nan) are expe ted to con e to witness the thoro Bhb eds action on January 1 That the track posti elj wl I be on , . pleted and read for m ng on New ' Tears da is the ta ement of the ma agement of the Jocke cl b. whl h prom isea six races e e j da evcep ing Mon da throughout the meeting Feai of Interference of any kind b the mrrns factions of Mexico has not stopped the association from spending a lot of mone IP get the plant into shape for e open mg card Work is being pushed as rap 1l as possible, shifts of men work ng day and night under the supervis on of a capable body of foremen who have promised the owners that the Jocke s will able to take their mounts in work ts b December 15 The track will be a one ml e o -al "si ghtlv hanked on the outside turns and ufficiently wide o allow twent fl e horses to face the starter The top soil Hi read has been laid with the exception of about forty feel of the track unco ered on the stretch turn It is the pur pose of he contractors to build the best and safest stretch turn on anv track in the coun r speed and safety being their aim A grandstand 300 faet long ha -Ing a eating capa lty of 5000. nearly Is com pleted about a week a work being neces "sarv to have it ready for occupancy Ad joining the grandstand and not more than , lno feet south will be the betting ring Here It is expected that more than twen tv Ave bookmakers win go on the block on opening day and that a fifteen book rmg will prevail during the meeting The structure Is built of wood and concrete and will be completed with n the next ten days Adjoining the betting shed fifty feet south stands the paddock sufficiently large enough to accommodate the entries for the largest card of any day during the meet This building also is construct ed of wood and concrete and la situated just a few feet north of the jockeys room and the secretary s office In all the arrangement of buildings off the lawn equals any n the country when the rapidity with which they have been constructed is considered Above the paddock and far enough swaj from where the public win con gregate. thereby pre enting Are or in terference with the horses, are the barns. Ten bams are now read each bam con talning forty stalls making stable room for 400 horses. Other barns are to be erected when necessity demands. The board of racing dfaelsls chosen to handle the affairs of the club represents the better class of men In the racing game in the Lnlted States. Harry Mor risey who will handle the barrier is known to race goers all over the country His abll t has never been doubted while his determination to give the public the beet there is in him has won him a world of friends wherever he has per formed Presiding Judge C H PettmgHl of 'New York City is regarded the leading official in his class in the game today A square deal for all. has been his motto and has brought him abundant success J J Holtraan and L. J Rose will act as associate judges Two men better qualified to fill these important posts cannot be found Holtman is a thorough horseman, having been Identified with the sport for a quarter of a century while Rose whose home is in San Diego can recall his experiences on the race tracks of this country as far back as a, 180 as a man and long before that time aa a boy when h s father owned and raced some of the most famous horses of that day President CofTroth Baron long and H H ft i " K a k |