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RUBICONS DEFEAT BY A BUSH RACER HY F E McKENNEY McKENNEYSAN SAN FRANCISCO Cal May 2S The recent vic ¬ tories of twelveyearold Hack Hay on Maryland race courses were of special interest to Califor nians as they have vivid recollections of his sire Rubicon a frequent winner hereabouts in the nine ¬ ties With limited opportunities in the stud Rubi ¬ con by Rayon rtOr Lily It by Olenelg was uni ¬ formly successful in siring such sturdy performers as Hack Hay Few horses retain their speed suffi ¬ ciently to win in gcx d company as does the twelve yearold gelding geldingRubicon Rubicon von many races and suffered defeat now and then but probably the greatest surprise came one morning at Hutte Mont Rayon dOrs son was good either at sprinting or long distance racing and in tin season in question at the moun ¬ tain mining town was the top of the handicap division So when the opportunity offered to try Rubicon against an liupreitossessiug cart horse that bad just been brought to the track by a country youth there was no delay in making the matrh Rubicons trainer guffawed heartily as he saddled his pet and cast a glance or two at the nuiKslve quadruped the ample quarters of which were revealed as his owner threw off the bed ¬ spreadthat covered him The strange horse looked to weigh all of 1800 pounds poundsAll All training operations wive suspended while the sleek satincoated lithe thoroughbred and the heavy lumbering animal witii a drooping rump went ov r to the threeeighths post for their race W C Eiapey for jinny years an owner and trainer In the Pacific region iu telling of the race said today that lie confidently eo leil the thorough ¬ bred to ontstart and outrace the other horse with the greatest tase as did nine out of ten of the trainers watching the proceedings Hut it was an ¬ other case of licking a loser when an apparent sure thing was hi sijlit The big horse was away winging and the further they went the greater the lead he iiad on ile struggling Rubicon RubiconFollowing Following tiie victory tif tlu quarter horse which was callei1 llig Dutch over the renowned handicap perforaier a partnership was formed be ¬ tween the voimg owner and a wellknown horse ¬ man who wn iilso a jockey and the phenomenal sieed merchunt cleaned up everything iu the Nurtliwcit
