South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-31
F|NEST TRACK IN
WORLD PLANNED
FOR JUAREZ SOON
Over 100000 Will Be Spent
in Improvement Before Sea-
son is Opened Again-EI
PaSo Now a Second Paris.
BY FRANK G. MENKE.

NEW YORK March 31-The great
est race track in the world will be in
Juarez, Mexico. next season. accord
ing to the ambitious plans of the Off
Gals of the JuareZ Racing association.
who plan to- spend something like
S100, 600 in improvements.
The 1913-1914 racing season which
has just closed was an unparalleled
success. despite the fact the country
was in the throes of civil war and that
much lighting and disorder took place
around JuareZ. The regular racing
season of 100 days was extended to 125
days, because of the demands made by
the racing public, and during the last
few weeks Of the extended season,
the purses were larger than they had
been at any time during the meet
The success of racing at Juarez has
brought FL Paso, Texas just across
the Rio Grande river. TO the fore as
one of Americas greatest summer re-
sorts. The climate there is ideal dur
ing the winter months. and many of
the wealthiest men in the country
who love the racing game, spent a
large portion of the winter in Eel Paso
making daily trips across the river to
the JuareZ race tracks.
\ Second Paris.
Until racing became popular at
uctItL TIE leAdS lOWn WdS llIlle more
than a thriving western city. with no
inclination TO be gay or giddy, not to
ape Paris in any way. But the JUarez
race meeting caused a transformation
and during the past season the FL
Paso night life reminded many of the
palmy days of Saratoga, n. Y. and
other cities that were called "A second
Paris when the racing game flour
ished.
Colonel Mathews VIM. member of
the Juarez Racing association, is back
in town after spending the winter at
FL PasO and JuareZ, and he is enthu-
siastic over the future of the Juarez
course.
I'm another year Juarez will be
known as the greatest and most pop
ular race track in the world" declared
Colonel Winn. It's success during
the season just closed was remarkable
No one. even in the widest dreams.
figured that such crowds would at
tend. And next season il ought To be
even more remarkable. The track is
established. the success of this year
will draw bigger crowds next year
and. of course. will attract even some
greater horses, and therefore furnish
some mighty thrilling races
During the season just closed the
demands for stables were so great that
we were constantly at work building
new ones. But even at that. we
couldn't accommodate all the horses in
separate stalls. But next season it
Will be different We will have as
many stalls as is necessary. We are
going 10 build about 800 new stalls
before the season starts. which will
give us about 1850 stalls. / think that
out 10 be enough for a start anyway
'All the stalls are built OF adobe
and are thoroughly equipped with
every modern convenience for housing
horses.
Build New Stand.
During the summer We are going 10
build a new field stand because the old
one was entirely too small 10 meet the
demands. Very often the small stand
we now have, and which we first fig
ured was big enough 10 accommodate
any ordinary crowd that came 10 the
track. was filled two hours before the
race started. This resulted in a gen
eral scramble each day for seats We
erected some temporary stands there.
but they were small and did not take
care OF the overflow.
I'm addition 10 this We are going 10
build a 12-foOt adobe wall all around
the stands SO as TO shut OF the wind
that sometimes sweeps across the field.
The Mexican war didn't bother us
at all last year, but. of course. IL kept
some persons away from the track be-
cause they feared that one or another
OF the Mexican factions would mg',e an
attack. But We are hopeful that the
Mexican situation viii clarity itself
before another year. nd II IL does.
Juarez viii come To the fore as the
greatest racing center in the whole
world"
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