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HOT FINISH AT TIJUANA Seventh Race of Wednesday a Spectacular Contest Interest in Tijuana Futurity SAN DIEGO Cal March 31 Under a well Judged ride by jockey Pinnegur Robert L Owen racing in the colors of W Kurgan won tlic fifth and feature race of AAedncsduys card by half u length from Lonely and Trophy The winner was saved behind the pace until the last eighth where his rider brought him up m the outside and re ¬ sponding to urging wore the leaders down to win going away Lonely AVUK easily second best with Trophy third thirdThe The most interesting contest uf the day however came in the concluding dash in which after i desperate finish in which tho first five horses flashed passed the stand racing almost abreast John Jr proved the gamest and outstayed Iluriiguns Heir and Ike Mills The race was hotly contested throughout and not until the numbers were displayed were the spectators able to tell which hud won wonThe The filly My Muzie was caught in a Jam soon after the start and jockey Powell was unseated but escaped injury injuryThe The initial dash a race for juveniles at onehalf mile resulted in the defeat of the heavily backed Nevada Stock Farm entry consisting of Billy Dunn and Flotation Joe Campbell a son of Boots and Saddle from the Weaut burn was away fast and his advantageous start enabled him to last it out to win by the best part of a length from Billy Dunn which was a like distance in front of Capt Clover The Nevada Stock Farm pair were making their first start of their racing career and acted green at the barrier barrierHanovers Hanovers Topaz a sixyearold son of Abe Frank Duchess Phillipe graduated from the ranks of the maidens when he won the second race His victory was accomplished in easy fashion fashionRungeorge Rungeorge Pittsburg and Doctor Corbett were the supposed good things in the third another maiden race but the winner turned up in Kather ine Raukin which with the unfashionable jockey Perry In the saddle won with comparative ease easeThe The erratic Fannie Nail which parades to the post more like a bucking bronco instead of a thoroughbred was a lukewarm favorite in the fourth race but second place was the best she could do Minnie H showing her the way home with Pierrot taking third money moneyLight Light weight an alert rider and an inside rail position contributed much to the success of Shore acres which took the sixth race in easy fashion from Mildred Euretta and Dclancey Jockey Marinelli rode the winner and took him to the front at the rise of the barrier to win easily all the way PURCHASES TIJUANA FUTURITY CANDIDATE CANDIDATEJames James Bodcu is evidently of the opinion that lightning strikes twice in the same place for he has purchased the maiden filly Jewell V D from J Hal Woodford purposely to run her in the 5000 Futurity which is to be decided next Sun ¬ day It will be remembered that Boden acting for C Koehlqr the Maryland turfman bought at private sale the speedy colt Crack o Dawn from the same outfit prior lo the running of the Derby and inasmuch as the colt won that fixture Bodeii acquired Jewell V D with the idea that perhaps she may win the big race next Sunday and add another 5000 stake to his list of victories here this winter Interest in the Tijuana Futurity grows daily and from a spectacular standpoint it is expected that the best contest of all the stakes decided will be the result The meeting of the unbeaten filly Pepper Tea and Johnny Dundee is eagerly looked forward to These two sensational youngsters met in the Juvenile Stakes over a muddy track and Pepper Tea was the winner in easy style Clarence Buxton who brought Johnny Dundee here from New Orleans confidently expects his colt to turn the tables on the fast filly should the track stay fust He points to the fact that in the Juvenile Stakes it was the first time that his twoyearold hud ever raced over a muddy truck and he is reluctant to admit that there is a faster youngster at the Tijmum track trackHugh Hugh Angleton was claimed out of the last race for 900 by L T Whitchill WhitchillJoe Joe Hoskins before shipping to AVhceling pre ¬ sented starter Morrissey with his mare Dot H by Aon Tromp Scrcenwcll Luke She is in foal to Bronco Billy and Morrissey intends shipping her to his farm at Lexington Ky Racing secretary Leon Wins announced today that from now until the end of the meeting eight races will be carded on Saturday and nine on Sunday
