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— — — ■ -a TIJUANA MEETING NOW A MONTH OLD riai.ninjj Attractive Stakes for Next Winter — Interest in Promising Young Riders. SAN DIF.CO. Cat, February 24. Racing at Tijuana ha- now been in progress lor oie- month and 1 in every respect ha- been unite saecessfaL During tin- coming -iiiemer President and General Manager .lame- W. Coffrath will invade the east to secure entiles for an inviting li-t of stake race- that will j In- -iiu at Tijuana aext winter. During the past leu week* oi f the mo-t in- !• -resting feature- of the racing has d- vclopcd ill the successes -cored by the apprentice riders C. Duggan. Veargia, Roberts. Perry and Wright. As it stands - • tin- writing there i- no ipi -stioa that Duggan i has an edge on hi- rival-. lb- i- under contract to i William Ked i Walker. In hi- fn -t races at . Tijuana he -how id a Timidity which brought sosae • comment from the critical few. I inall.x he won i -one races and with hi- snecesa cane- the u-ual I confidence and if he doe- not gTOW too fast he -l.onld develop into a capable boj . Nct in i-tories is little Roberts, who is ander contract to Charles Hawaii. Roberts i- a fair boy at tie- past and ha- all the earmarks of a cesser. Veargia is tie- smallest lad of the band, but apparently a pTOS-l"-et and. what i- more, a be] raised on tin race track. Wright I- a mode-t little chap, with but a i few month-" experience, while T. Palk, caatracl bolder on Perry, ha- set tin- boy down temporarily pending a ileelo nl both in age and experience. I I lb- wan two races .nut both v.i-iv on tin- good w stera autre Preedwai. A- for the older Ih.vs. Daiin COUelly l- riding I" iter than be ever did. Karl Pasjl is not what lie . Was three yean ago at Tijuana and sjayhf Hie long I layoff becaaac of injur.v Jia- hail something la do , with hi- slowness in n taming to form. The first of the offroth Stakes, tie- A. B. j Spreckels Handicap, is to be run on Sunda.v and a Ioimi.iuhle fi.-id is expected to contest it. Tie other -lake- win be inn iwa weeks apart, which i will a— are their running bj Haj Is. tin- la-t ■■ tia- liuii Jred dav -. -
