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SASIN WINS ,000 STAKE SON OF THE PICKET CAPTURES VALUABLE C0FFR0TH HANDICAP AT TIJUANA. Has Four Lengths Margin Over Old Lahore with Slippery Elm Fighting Gamely for Third Place — Big Attendance Despite Bad Weather. Tijuana. M ;.. February 22. — Sasin won the Cirf-roth Handicap, valued at 88,688. The son Of The Picket was kept close up from the start and when iu the stretch he responded quickly, win n call d on, and win by four lengths. Second to him was the dd horse Lahore, which led for a mile ever a track heavy with mud. The old fellow was still fighting at the finish, but could not get daee p. Sasin. Slippery Elm was third. The latter fought on gamely, but the weight and distance was too much for him and he just listed long enough to take third money by a head from Ed Cadlhee. Despite the continual rain and the bad roads. a large crowd was on hand. Sasins victory wis a popular one and the crowd cheered for Clarence Baxtoa, his owner. Zenotek was the choice in the opening race, but after showing a good turn of sp-cd to the stretch tired badly and had nothing to do with the finish. The Dick Welles filly. Ethel Welles, quickly rac 1 into a long had. but tired badly in the closing strides and was doing her best to outstay Landslide, which would have won in another stride or two. Sam Beckham was the winner of the second rice. Outpaced in the early running, he came with a i-u-h through the stretch and outstayed the fast-elosiug Btaraadse. The fifth saw the downfall of the hot favorite, Bxecater. The latter was knocked out of his stride at tie start and. after recovering, quickly got to the front on the far turn, but could not withstand tin- rlnalan dash of chief Brawn, which rushed to the front whea inteiing the stretch and had a de-"ctBlte aivanvago at the end. Bronco Billy surprised everyone when he showed a sudden return to his earlier form and fairly reveled in the mud to win the three-quarters handicap, tlii- third race of the day. He was away ••lowly, but when called on, dashed past his oi -; . enis . a i WOB 1 .isily. The last race at the day went to Homer and it marked the third victory of the day for jockey Kelsay. Hundreds of visitors were at the track today. A special delegation from the Indoor Yacht Club of San Francisco was on hand, while Los Angeles was repres nted by some ef its most prominent people.
