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TIJUANA RACING SPARKLING Large Thursday Crowd Entertained by Spirited and HardFought Contests SAN DIEGO Col April 1 Despite the absence of a feature race the perfect California weather which prevailed yesterday brought out an unusually large Thursday crowd which witnessed a day of good racing racingWhat What was considered the best field of the day contested the fifth race at threequarters which brought together a fair band of sprinters The winner turncd up in Lonely from the Dnhnken barn which received tlie perfect guidance of jockey Mariiiclli He waited with his mount until after entering the stretch where he rushed her into the lead Once in front Lonely increased her advantage with every stride and the finish saw her cased up by two and a half lengths with Woodie Mont ¬ gomery taking a head verdict for second place front the faint hearted Dancing Girl The latter made the early pace but jockey Hinphy rode her to the utmost and she tired badly in the final strides The favorite Orchid King with 120 pounds in the saddle was outrun to the last eighth where lie made up much ground and was going fast at the end endAnother Another triple nose finish several of which have happened during the last two weeks came in the sixth race when Our Maid Audrey 1C and George Muehlebach finished after a mile and a sixteenth struggle with their muzzles almost on equal terms It was one of the closest finishes of the meeting and had the judges seen fit to give the race to any of the first three horses their verdict could not have been doubted Le Dinasaiire the public choice which finished far back in the ruck fell lame which accounts for his bad race raceThe The opening dash at fiveeighths provided a sen ¬ sational victory for the plater Peter Payne which scored by a scant margin from Miss Duubar and Bell Squirrel Peter Payne was away slowly and seemed to have no chance while racing down the back stretch However ho came with a great rush through the final eighth and wearing the leaders down one by one got up in the last stride to gain the winning nod in a close finish The publics judgment in the second race was wrong as they backed the mare Clara Martin into favoritism on the strength of nothing else but her reputed class However she failed dismally never being prominent The old mare Zetetic showed a clean pair of heels to her opponents and made every post a winning one with Czardom and Tours her closest rivals DIMINUTIVE JOSIAH HERO OF DAY DAYThe The diminutive jockey Josialis determined finish on Maud M turned what looked like a hopeless task into victory in the third race at a mile when he brought the mare from last position to win in a rousing finish from Ilelman and Pink Teiiriy The siglit of this eightyfive pound lad riding as if his life depended on the outcome brought the spectators to their feet in a frenzy of excitement and the youngster who still sports short knickers when not riding thoroughbreds was given a huge ovation upon his return to weigh out W C Weant scored a double during the after ¬ noon when Our Maid and Tokalon March carrying the red and green colors of their owner won their respective races Jockey Hayward rode both of these winners and was the only pilot to riile two winners during the afternoon afternoonJockey Jockey Parke messed things up badly in the last race while astride of Harry D the favorite and in consequence the heavily backed choice finished outside the money Corncnttcr from the Invin stable took the race in easy fashion with Shifty and Joe Tag finishing in the order nanicd nanicdWith With the Tijuana Futurity but 1 few days off several candidates were worked this morning in preparation for the big race The best move of the morning was made by Jewell V I a maiden twoyearold The filly worked a half mile away from the gate in 48 the quarter being caught in liVTS Owner C T Worthington sent his entry Pepper Tea and Lillian Loraine a half mile Jockey I Iliirn was on the former while Saladin was tip on Lillian Loraino The fractional time for their move was 224f 33 and 48 The fillies worked head and head and both were under re ¬ straint at the finish finishClarence Clarence Biixton put a stiff work under his crack colt Johnny Dundee sending him fiveeighths of a mile The dockers caught his fractional time as follows 12 21 37 49 10 pulled up upThe The onetime fast sprinter Happy Aalley was fired on both front ankles this morning by veter ¬ inary Ogle Jockey Martinez felt the wrath of the judges yesterday and was fined 50 for rough riding in tlie fifth race raceW W F Poison who has Peace Pennant Vulcanite Trophy Basil Parol and other cood ones here intends shipping to Lexington Ky on next Mon ¬ day and has onlered a car for that day Peace Pennant which fell lame was his main hopes for winning the 20000 Coffroth Handicap and had the good horse not gone wrong Poison would have stayed until after the running of that race
