El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-06
SENDING HORSES
To NEW TRACKS
Desertions Of Juarez Are
Rapid; Strong Criticism
of Methods in Force.

Conditions at the Juarez race track
are far from what persons interested in
the track would desire Desertions OF
horsemen to the Tia Juana, New Or
leans and Havana tracks have been nu-
merOus and conditions in some of the
races during the past few days have
been such as TO call forth criticism even
from persons who are usually strong
boosters Of the game.
4 selling war" was waged so bitter
" at the track that the official press
agent announced, Wednesday afternoon,
that beginning Thursday. no further
claims in selling races will be allowed"
In other words. there will be no selling
races The purpose of a selling race is
to permit the cheap" horses TO have
an equal chance with the best on the
track. Thus. the conditions" OF entry
may call for a certain weight for all
horses entered at $500. When the value
Of a horse is placed at $500, that horse
must pack just so much additional
weight Under real selling race condi-
tons. a horse entered at a certain
amount must be offered at auction at
that amount and may be bid up by 9TH
er horsemen- A number Of hOrsemen at
the Juarez track have been taking ad-
vantage of these conditions and bid
ding up" horses entered for low
amounts
This has caused considerable bad feel
ing at the track and caused many
new" many of them going TO the new
track at Tia Juana.
what's the Trouble.
Sudden reverssls of form have called
forth considerable comment and the
following item appeared in Thursdays
Morning Times in black face type:
Time changeth all things. but sell
dom does he make the quick change
with the suddenness OF the lightning
switch as came off in the form of one
horse and the price OF another at the
Juares race track yesterday afternoon.
It comes about as follows and concerns
the prices on that mare Olga Star and,
also. the performance of that mare
Safranor. Olga star on the occasion OF
her last start, Sunday afternoon. in
the fourth event of that day and date,
said mare was 30-1 and finished last
Though she showed some speed when
nearing the end il surely did not war
rant the short price Of 50 being laid
against her chances on the occasion
of her second out and in a field of
about the same kind of gallopers for
opposition just three days later 1t
appears as though the pricemaker of
Sunday made an awful error, the horse
was not well meant her first out or
somebody knew too much yesterday.
Anyway. the whole proposition ssvors
much Of the Odor Of the lanyard and
the source of the smell should be
eradiCated- As TO SafranOr: never yet
IN her last three years racing mas
she failed to place with opposition the
class of yesterday when in form She
won her last out and must be in form
The pace of the race was far from
terrific She was at the front and in
the clear before going a sixteenth. but
suddenly chucked it up and fell to the
rear with no apparent excuse Last
time out she ran six furlongs in 1-12 3-5
10 win commandingly. Yesterday she
had nine pounds off and was beaten
four or more lengths in 1:13 20. The
public viii not stand for the horse
men running horses as SafranOr and a
few others are run The public pays
the freight and il is about time these
kind get wise 10 themselves and toe
the scratch"
Coming from the recognized race
track gambling organ the above is sig
niGcant.
Horses skipped Out.
On Wednesday. "a horses were
shipped to the Tia JUana track and
other hOrsemen are reported as pre-
pairing to ship in the near future. The
attendance at the track has been very
poor this season. Last Sundays at
tendance is reported to have been the
best since opening day. Some owners
80 so far as to predict that the present
winter meeting viii be brought to an
early close.
At the FL Paso custom house Thurs
day it was stated that n horses had
been returned from Juarez since the
meeting opened These horses have, I
almost without exception, been taken
to the Tia Juana, New Orleans and {
Havana tracks.