San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-11-02

CITY OF MEXICO, Nov. 2.-[Spe-
cial by Pan-American Press Asso-
citation. The coming winter will
witness such a revival of sporting
interests here as the ancient cities
of the MOnteZumas has not seen in
a half a thousand years. AS the
result of eighteen months of work
there has been organized by well
known horsemen of the United
States, the Observation-Disclosures
Blood Horse association, incorpo-
rated under the laws of the state
Of Illinois, with a ten years, char
ter concession from the Mexican
government having a capital stock
of 100000 and offices in st. Louis
and the City of Mexico.
The great Mexican Derby will be
run on December 3. 1t will be a
stake race for three-year-olds, one
and one-fourth miles and aside
from the stake entry money, the
winner will receive $1,000 from the
racing association. The leading
horse will in this way pull not less
than 900 into the bank account
of its owner. The Derby will be a
great event in the sport loving
Mexican metropolis, being the
first genuine event of the kind
ever to occur, and if things are at
all favorable there will be 10000
people as spectators.
The Derby will be continued
through the opening week, during
which time the admission fee will
be 81, and 81 for the remainder of
the season. Purses will be liberal,
no rae during the entire winter
meeting being under $500 and the
races are so arranged that almost
any owner of a fairly good horse
will get something for the effort
put forth. The meeting will con-
tinue with races every day from.
the opening early in December to
about the middle of March, the
winter climate of the City of MeXi-
co being without parallel as a win
ter resort for gatherings Of this
kind.
There will be at least 400 import.
ed American horses on the grounds
by December |, when entries for
the Derby close, a special train of
twenty cars loaded at st. Louis
being now on their way, stopping
en- route fourteen days at the
Dallas, Tex, meeting and five
days at San Antonio, arriving here
finally shortly after the middle
of the present month. Other
special trains of horses leave st.
Louis, the common Outftting
point for the east and north, on
November | and - and such other
intermediate dates as may be
found necessary.
Your correspondent paid a per-
sOnal visit to the grounds Of the
racing association, which lie two
miles from the main plaza of the
city on a lovely fertile plain, as
level as a floor.
The Racing association is spend
ing 100000 IN the grounds as a
starter, and has employed at the
present time 200 workmen, push
ing the arrangements to compile
ton for the opening. The track,
three-quarters of a mile in circum-
ference, seventy feet wide, and
with the curves equal to the
stretches, gives promise of being as
fine a course and al fast a
track as can be found any
where. The soil of the valley of
Mexico being underlaid by water,
gives a springy cushion of earth
which at Once makes an easy and
fast track. For the spectators a
massive grand stand 4O0x50 feet
with a double promenade and other
modern features is being construct
ed. 1t will hold 10000 people, and
underneath the elevated seats will
be open to the track, that the
crowds in the pooling resorts may
surge out to the track and back
with no hindrance.
Three hundred of the 400 stalls
to be erected for the horses are
already completed and the remain
der will o 70 be. The stables are
built Of heavy adobe blocks and