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TIJUANAS SUNDAY PROGRAM 10000 U S Grant Hotel Handicap Big Feature of Card of Nine Races SAX DIEGO Cal March 20 One of the richest prizes of winter racing will be decided here tomor ¬ row witli the running of the 10000 17 S Grant Hotel Handicap at one and oneeighth miles Xine of the best horses racing in the far West have ac ¬ cepted weights The mighty Bo Frank racing in the colors of the Bronx Stable which is owned by George P Fuller the California millionaire sportsman has been given the post of honor that of carrying the crushing impost of 134 pounds War Mask and Veteran are considered Be Franks most dangerous rivals The riders hi the big race will be as follows Veteran Willis Wynnewood Marinclli Sailor Gaugel Vulcanite Jones War Mask Buxton Desert Paike Bifle D Hum Paddy Whack C Gross Be Frank W Melntyre Franklin Majestic Bacing secretary Leon Wing lias arranged what is considered one of the best card of races ever programmed in the West with the Hollywood Handicap named in honor of the moving picture colony near Los Angeles the secondary feature of a program of nine races racesSAX SAX DIEGO Cal March 20 The second winner of the meeting paying better than 100 to 1 scored yesterday when Sweet Apple racing in the color of the western turfman J Eckert won the sixth race at a mile and seventy yards defeating Darnay and Charlestanian Jockey Hinphy the Canadian lider was primarily responsible for the victory of the extreme long shot as it was his splendid finish which landed the filly in front of Darnay the heavily backed favorite which was much the best but jockey B Parkes finish on the horse was a ludicrous effort effortThe The owner of Darnay suffered a double misfor ¬ tune Besides the loss of the purse it was learned after the race that Darnay had been claimed by J Eckert the latter taking the horse on his claim of f 1001 1001Long Long shots had an inning yesterday but one lone favorite rewarding bis backers Bunecraft winning the first race at a mile and seventy yards yardsThe The closest finish of the day came in the third when Lantern Letty Kee and Cal Curn finished inches apart in the order named Indeed the result was in doubt until the official placing had been disdayed Cal Curn the oddson favorite showed abigli turn of speed but tired in the closing strides which cost the midget sprinter the race raceThe The fourth race went to Great Hawk The son of Great Britain Hawksora was forced to race on the outside of her rivals but wore them down through the final eighth and the finish saw her a neck in front of the pacemaker Itobert L Owen with Pizarro third This race provided another thrilling finish as the first five horses finished less than a length apart apartHorsemen Horsemen nd public alike are still talking about the fast performance of the colt Crack o Dawn Wednesday when he decisively defeated a good band of fast horses over a route of a mile and a sixteenth in the fast time of 140 They point out that the strapping on of The Manager Shuck H was giving away much weight to his older oppo ¬ nents and that his performance was of the highest order orderA A subscription circulated for the widow and four children left by Joseph Nichols the oldtime rider who died here in destitute circumstances netted a handsome amount ij2j207 for the needy
