The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1910-03-17
THERACINGG CAME
GETS BUMP
6ull Fights Have Fascina-
tion For MexiCans
Which Is Insur-
mountable.
BIG MONEY LOSS
BY ssRT E. coLLYeR.

Jacksonville, Fla, March 16.-The IN
sugural winter race meeting at the new
Mexican course, just across the Rio
GrSpde, has been brought to a close,
and there is a pretty general 1eellhS
among those turfmen who Wlntered OF.
she Mexican frontier, that no attempt
u the future will be made TO educate
lhe subjects of President Dlaz III the
sport of Kings"
In the neighborhood of 100000 has
been squandered by Matt Wlnn and his
associates in the effort to make morse
racing a popular sport along the panhs
OF the Rio Grande, and even now a. dc
counts are being sent out from FL Faso
stating that a like amount VIII pc spent
upon further Improvements TO the Ju-
areZ track, together with the eIectlon
OF palatlal gaming rooms rooms Cario SUN in EH-
rope, but the turf world Is skeptlcd1 anu
demands to be shown.
The first attempt TO race on LaL
scale in Mexico cannot but be termed
a failure-the fact that the meeting was
curtailed is proof conclusive mat the
men behind the venture were rostLS
-heart-and WHY the directorate OF the
Jockey Clut Of Juarez should announce
a determination TO cast another IoItuiIe IoIpip
into the bottomless pit IS uneXplaila9p 9e
True, there We're many ulusual iIISl ny
OentS which tended TO hamper SAe SuT
cess of the initial meeting ana MIlcn
might possibly never AGAIN cohlIolIt
those men who were behnd tnS heN
ventures.
winter Juarez was the storm center IoF
most of the bad weather Whlcn sMept
over the south. Then again uhe IVY
Florida tracks bobbed up and atIracte9i si
middle western horsSmen, leaving the
Mexican course devoid OF the oilSSL5 nSne5
classes of racing material. Oahlahu
also kept a portion OIL me aSr o,' MeS'ftt the q
coast, so that what horses paruclpaeeu
across the river from FL Paso were OF
calibre only heard of around the Jerlcho
Then. too. the promised exodus of the
eastern sporting fraternity 70 the lN new
Monte Carlo failed TO mateflalile. lhoee
who did journey to tAe Msntcaa 'il,l accopnTs ctr
of the game 10 their friends IN the east
with the result that the mlsraIign'
which might have headed toWaIu ~
arez, was halted before II had rlghtly
n the promoters OF the racing venture
i'm The land OF President Diaz had ng-
ured on the natives paIF88nlIj.is p8LlEj.gS, am in
the sport OF Kings they were uo., uooilt,
ed to disappointment. Ihe e5IeasSis e5S
locked upon horse racing very nlucn al
the hght of huge joke ana tuIheu "
nt1ser and 10 them more natural sport
ing pastines Bull fighting Sun relSns
pre-eminently the nationa! sport ot
Mexico and will continue 10 De So a.
least for another decade
I'm 20 date in the neighborhood OF
quarter million dollars would not coEeI
the losses sustained during the SeNSut.
one davs' operation of the Juarez plant:
Therefore, Il goes without saying tndl
even the deao-game sports among tn0
rich Mexicans. who backed the new ull.
dertaking from the outset, VIII t5, nesl'SeT co.
before digging down in their Jeans IoI
another couple hundred thousand doliStI ,
10 he expended on track Whlcn laiieU
to nay q dividend from the hrst Gay.
glf course another twelve mouths
sr,,is-i,f S5sork yvonders for the Mexican
ftrrf-raf.ing might be legisiated OUT ol
FLORIDA OF something like that and Uni
bulk af-the American h9rsSi,ed1 hS.rii,oaod B,,t
ibe Dosisfbifitles of such conuhSeHcy
arising 81 50 distant that any hopes Ior
the future success Of the JuareZ rach
could not be based upon Such.
RS bats off to the men who enueaN-
ored 10 make the Juarez meeting per-
manent fixture on the racing nap; aIcSo
we're game TO the core, but one IS also
forced to think that requiem mlSh' oP
propriately be sung. 40 Naw
g c. Camp. promoter OF the NV e,N
Buffalo racing venture, staIeu reSeHiIs reg +iIss
fhaf he will meet the directors Oh In 1ne
NJichiCan Breeders association IN Chl-
cago and promulgate plans for lhe erec.
lion of a racing establishment winch II
is said will cost $2eObg MI, MT: ,SroII32 NSnTp
inpnt merchants in Chicago, also 1LoIh
!, we'll known financier, promising sup
mort in the event the prospectus was
according to Camp, it is the intention
of his association to open the M new ,Ns
sourse Jlly l. The track proper VIII DC
80 o,S one-eighth miles in circumter-
ence. with chutes at the mile and seven
furiongs. 80. ..,+,,o,,s of
Transportation facilities for patrons 9l
Chicago have been made with Two itI Iati.
roads for fifty-minute service, Win Win
the round-trip fare of 81. one OIL ,,1its Ine
chief hackers of the enterprise is Blg
Tim Sullivan, the New York pohIlclah
and financier.