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LORIES RAY AT TIJUANA Summerlike Weather Brings Out Big Crowd Sasin Soon to Be Retired a Winner SAX DIEGO Cal March 1C Sasin winner of thf Cof froth Handicap in 1017 stascd a comebacl yesterday and earned another pair of brackets when he won the fifth race at a mile and seventy yards bcatins MoimtainjGirl by two and a half lengths The veleran horso was away from an outside posi ¬ tion and suffered from interference roundins the first turn However he obtained clear sailing racing down the backstrctch and takins tlio lead h drew out in tlio last eighth from the prorly ridden Mountain Girl and Dickie AA AASummerlike Summerlike weather and ladles day brought out another large crowd and wasering in the pari niutuel macliines was exceedingly brisk during the afternoon Tlio track has dried out perceptibly and today it should bo bordering on a fast condition conditionJockey Jockey Slaughters efforts on Mountain Girl did not meet with the approval of the judges and after tho last race he was told not to accept any more mounts pending an investigation investigationTlio Tlio initial contest which was a race for maiden twoyearolds resulted in an easy victory for Helen Major The latter was away clear of interference and won in comparatively hollow fashion fiom Flypast and Doctor Tnbbs TnbbsTin Tin westernbred colt Georse James was lucky to Win the second race Jack Led I which finished second was probably pounds the best but was buffeted about in the early stages of tlio contesr then while making his move midway in the stretch the winner lw ihered him However he finished gamely and was rapidly overhauling the winner Tawasontha tlio heavily backed favorite which finished third was another sarer which expeii enccd a roush time She was racing in a com ¬ manding position when she was caught in a Jan and was shuffled rpiirward rpiirwardA A bad lot faced starter Morrissey in the third race at one mile Choir Master at lucrative odds turned up the winner with Dandy Van and Lady Josephine finishing in the order named The I favorite Medford Poy another wellbacked choice showed u good threequarters and then retired retiredMannclien Mannclien the Kevenycarold son of Olambala scored his fifth win at the meeting when he led j home Joe Tag and Cacambo His victory was the easiest of the afternoon five lengths separating him from his closest rival It was learned today that an offer has been re ¬ ceived for the services of jockey It Marinelli the CKiik apprentice rider Fifteeit thousand dollars i was the amount which is offered for the lads j services and Messrs Crawford Moody who hold the coveted contract have the offer under consldera tion They refused to state who the offer was made by but said that it was from a wellknown eastern owner Clarence Huston intends finding a home of case for the old campaigner Sasin and at the conclusion of the Tijuana meeting he will give the honest old horse to Al Xeal who has a small breeding es ¬ tablishment at Heito Xev The only provision that goes with the horse is a promise from Xeal that Sasin will never again bo raced or sold His pro ¬ spective owner intends breeding him to the marcs which he has on his farm farmMartin Martin L Jacobson known on most every race track in the country as Little Humpback Casey died here yesterday
