Cahalans Splendid Racing: Honeywood Colt Looms Up as Strong Derby Candidate--Polythia Falls Lame, Daily Racing Form, 1921-03-18

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CAHALANS SPLENDID RACING Honeywood Colt Looms Up as Strong Derby Candidate Polythia Falls Lame SAX DIEGO Cal March 17 A promising con ¬ tender for the Tijuana I erby honors was shown to the public yesterday afternoon when Cahalan a westernbred colt carrying the gold and silver colors of tho Nevada Stock Vann won the fifth and feature race of the afternoons card in a sen national manner Nebulous and Hyanpom two other Derby candidates finished second anil third On a track that was several seconds slow Cahalan went the mile and a sixteenth in the fast time of 147 which is but two seconds slower than the track record The son of Honeywood Alice Carey wan kept behind the fast pace and when jockey Josiah called on him he passed Nebulous the leader with the utmost ease and although bearing out badly won eased up by four lengths His performance was most impressive and stamps him as a likely keen contender in next Sundays big race King Agrippa making his first start at the meet ¬ ing found a soft spot in the second race at a mile and seventy yards and won in a cauter His closest rival El Hey was eight lengths back of him while Sadie I tcok third money moneyThe The opening dash furnished a terrific struggle in which Ethel capably ridden by jockey O Willis and paying better than 10 to 1 proved the victor after a grueling duel with W C Dooly The latter was undoubtedly the best as he was away slowly and was forced to race around the others He came with a great rush through the final eighth and just failed to get up by inches ISaby Faust was third thirdMildred Mildred Euretta was made the medium of a plunge in the third race and rewarded her backers by winning in comparatively easy fashion from Welga and Delancey The fiivorite Aunt Annie was knocked out of contention soon after the start and never recovered from her interference interferenceAnother Another nose finish was the result of the fourth race in which Herder showed enough gameness to outstay Hilly Joe and English Lady LadyT T sixtitaUscjL jiU imilaViTMGontJ weot to the vtnran campaigner Yennak after a driv ¬ ing finish wiJh Salgeorge which he managed to defeat by a short neck neckJockey Jockey losiah rode his second winning mount when he piloted the Ituxton mare Madam Hyng to victory in the concluding race of the day dayF F Dahnkens good filly Polythia is out of the Derby having sustained a wrenched ankle ankleW W Weants fast miler Ten Can has been gelded He has been out of training since coming here ow ¬ ing to blood poisoning and Won nt concluded to unsex the horse while he is recovering from his infection Diomed and Aiizac are two other Weant horses that are on the ailing list Hoth have been fired firedThe The Daimken stable has experienced quite a bit of bad luck since Doming to Tijuana besides Po lythias misfortuner it was found necessary to put the firing irons to nien Well Hobby Allen and Head Over Heels and these horses will he on the shelf for some time timeThe The crack handicap horse He Frank which is en ¬ tered in the JJSlOOOO IT S Grant Hotel Handicap which will he run a week from Sunday is going along nicely and is training splendidly for the big race Trainer Harry Tuna reports that the big fellow is doing everything that is asked of him and that barring mishaps he will be a sure starter in the abovenamed race raceGreen Green Pepper the dam of the unbeaten Pepper PepperTea Tea was never raced in her life She died last lastspring spring while foaling a stud colt and owner Worlh Worlhington ington is of the opinion that ihe turf lost a great greati i producer when Pepper Teas dam passed away


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