Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22
MILITARY TO RACE
American and Mexican OFF,
GERS in Contests at Juarez.
ARMY OFFICIALS SANCTION
Expect to Demonstrate the Efficiency
of Thoroughbreds as Cav
airy Mounts.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
JUAREZ. Mexico. December 21-Be-,
ginning tomorrow there will be inaugu-
rated at the Juarez Jockey Club track
a series Of events which will shine I'M
surpassed as society and military days
In old Mexico. 1t is the intention of Gem
eral Manager Winn and the other officials
of the jockey club to cooperate with the
officers of the American army and the
Mexican forces in putting series of
races for officers. and already much inter-
est is being manifested by officers of
both countries. and some rare competition
is anticipated.
These events have already received the
Endorsement of Gen. E. z. Steever, COM
mander of the Department of Texas, and
Gen. F. Trucy ALBERT, at the head of
the Mexican army now stationed at Jua-
reZ. Gen. Steever is receiving the sup
port of Col. Frank West, Col. Fredericks,
Maj. Usher, Maj. Clark, Maj. Murray,
Capt. Hochersperger, Capt. Lewis, Capt.
Van Way and Capt. Hannigan. These
officers are keen to meet up with the
Mexicans on the turf and they believe
that the officers from the United States
will prove far superior to the Mexicans.
will not in any way interfere with the
regular program. The usual six races
will be held on military days, making
seven events in all. After finding that
the jockey club would not encroach on
the preserves of the horsemen, the own
ers of the bang tails Immediately fell
in with the plans Of the officers, and are
lending every aid toward making these
events a success. Advice, horses and all
riding stuff needed can be had from the
NV no nffio for ho
For several years the thoroughbred has
proved the better cavalry horse, and these
events to be run off here this winter may
have much to do with extensice breeding
back in the states to supply the demand
| of the army. More than passing inter-
est was brought about by similar events
which We're run off at Piping Rock and
other eastern courses during the present
year. The fact that the thoroughbred
| Is truly a superior cavalry horse was
| in Washington.
Great Two-Year-Olds.
! r. F. Carman's two-year-olds are all
doing nice work at the Juarez course,
| though even as yet he has not set any
of them down at anything like tasf rae
| ing speed Some of these youngsters
Carman put in training as early as last
| July, but he always goes slow with two
year-olds and can, in fact, wait as long
| on youngster as any horseman in the
business.
His chestnut filly by imported Water
| cress out of Alamne is one Of the grand
| est-looking two-year-old FLIES ever in
training at the Mexican track. and, II
anything, outiooks any filly developed
| in Kentucky this season. She is one of
the oaks winning type-just the sort that
with age develops to a turf queen. Her
owner has named her Water Lily, and
| horsemen believe she has a chance or
developing into a greater racer than the
famous eastern mare OF that name winch
| raced in the colors of A. J. Cassatt
about thirty years ago.
| The colt regarded at present the
most promising one in the Carman stable
| is by imported WoolSthOrpe out Of one
Moment, and this youngster has been
christened Transformation.
Ike Striker has named his yearlinS colt
| by Hastings. Lucky Ike. There is lot
| of interest in this youngster as he is by
| the same sire as the sensational Haw-
thorn, which won his first brackets at
JuareZ last winter. AS yet Striker has
gone very slow with this colt. being con-
| tent with giving a lot of time to fully
| develop, but at that he let him step an
eighth the other day in or 30.
Lucky Ike is entirely English bred
on the dam side, being out of imp. Lady
| Mercury by Fitzsimmons. and she is out
of Caricature. by Pellegrino. This is a
four crosses to Sunfiower. the dam of the
ST. Leger winner, Sunbeam.
So far during the JuareZ meeting
Striker has had full measure of success,
and one day recently won two races the
same afternoon with Rose O'Neil and
Swiftsure He believes that his Hast
ings colt is the best prospect for a two
year-old stake winner that he has ever
trained.
Warm Selling War.
Turfmen are making things lively here
by participating in a selling war of no
mean proportions. Usually one or two
horses per day change hands by this
route r. F. Carman. the New Yorker.
has been figuring rather prominently In
this war, and so far has the best of the
argument with the owners who nave at
tempted to cut down his big string of
horses For the past few years Carman
has been labeled as dangerous man
to play with in selling wars. as the east
erner has great amount of capital at
his disposal and can easily take away all
of the horses of small owner without
feeling the loss. Nearly every turfman
who has hooked up with the owner of
Meridian, Bonnie Kelso and other famous
horses has been worsted, and it looks line
he may be left alone in the future.
Forty-eight jockeys have been licensed
70 Iluc iiciC AiO A'o'iiSS eAA'NN ''>-oN-N1
follow:
D. Nicol. no; j. LOTUS, 10s: R. Small.
los: w. Rosen, 1O7; A. Murray. 1O6; j.
Henry, 1O6; J. Davenport. 1O6; c. Borel.
1865; ]. Wheatley, 1O5; c. Kirchbaum. 1u5:
w. OBrien. 1O5; c. Burlingame. 1O4; H.
Schwebig, 1O4; Cavanaugh, 1u4; r. Sell
den, 104; c. Miller, 1O4: w. Gargan, 1903;
C. Gross, 1903; J. Mulligan, 1903; NJ. Bux-
ton, 1913; r. Estep. 102; V. Rightmire, 1U2;
G. Wordsworth. 1902: r. Radtke, 1O2; B.
Steele. 1Ol: r. Hoffman. 100; w. Ormes.
100; j. Mcdowell, 100: j. Robbins. 100;
F. Malts. 100; W. sielaff, 80; J. Groth.
80; R. Carter, IS; l. Gentry, %; E.
Cotton, 9S; CT. Carroll, 9S; J. Dryer,
81: F. Paul, o.; J. Callahan, 96: ]. Ked-
eris %: J. McCabe. 81; B. Forsythe, SO;
A. Halsey, 93: G. Bezanson, 81; A. Wilson,
81; P. Hill, 90; w. Taylor. SS; NJ. Nathan,
So.
In this collection of riders the follow
ing are apprentices: V. Rightmire, ]. Rob-
bins, f. Paul, A. Halsey, A. Wilson, w.
Taylor and NJ Nathan.
On account of the large number of
yearlings now Quartered here and which
will be ready to race after January /,
there will be more juvenile events sched-
uled than at anytime during the history
of the course. In this lot of youngsters
are several which give promise OF. being
good performers.
Horsemen are interested in this lot. es-
pecially as each winter there is one bright
star developed. Last winter 1t was the
80 &t1A Cs-1 Al,