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ANOTHER WIN FOR COFFIELD Scores His Eighth Victory of Tijuana Meeting in Defeating Vanessa Welles Wednesday SAN DIKGO Cal April 7 The consistent gelding Coffield fiveyearold son of Modred Zirl won Iiis eighth victory at this meeting when lie scored in the fifth race at Tijuana yesterday The ever popular horse was backed into favoritism over Vanessa Welles despite the fact that he has not been to the races for many days However like the good horse he is lie rewarded his backers by winning witli the utmost case by two lengths with Vanessa Welles and May Maulsby finishing in the order named namedA A large band of nriiden sprinters lined up to the barrier in tlie initial dash at five and a half fur ¬ longs with Doctor Corbott ruling the favorite Ho demonstrated that the public was right in its view by winning tlie race in a rousing finish with lOugenia K but a half length away Viona Nail coming from far back was best of the others othersThe The favorite again proved best in the second race when Sea lioach ridden by the unfashionable jockey Dority led throughout to win by three lengths from Lofty Hee and Master Franklin FranklinThe The onetime speedy sprinter Hazel Dale whose legs are as brittle as chalk was patched up and sent to the races in the third dasii at fiveeighths and on tlie strength of a fast trial sha was backed to the exclusion of all the others Paying 1 to 2 she proved anything but so vastly superior as she was hard pressed at the end to win The mare showed the most speed and threatened to spread eagle her opponents in the early running How over when straightened out for home she tired suddenly and it took the most careful nursing on the part of her jockey to land tlie mare a winner as Cal Cum was threatening her at the end Man nikin II was third thirdWhat What might bo termed two has boons finished onetwo in the fourth race at a mile and an eighth when Nepperhan led Sasin home by a length with Sam Hill in third place The two onetime good class horses whoso dicky lugs have relegated them to the ranks of the selling platers alternated in setting the pace but the finish saw Nepiwrhan leading the one uiuc tuake winner past tlie judges pagoda with Sam Hill taking the small end of the purse purseTrophy Trophy a son of Ballot which C B Irwin the Cheyenne turfman claimed from W F Poison prior to his departure for Kentucky made good for liis new owner when he won a head decision over the unsteady Orchid King and Take Schas Orchid King showed the most early speed and led until in the last fifty yards where lie tired and Trophy coining with a gieat rush nosed him out in the last stride strideThe The alertness of jockey B Marinelli contributed much to the success of Mildred Kuretta in the con ¬ cluding race of tlie day The little New York pilot got tlie marc away fully in her stride and drawing far away when entering the stretch she made her opponents look cheap at the finish Second place provided a close struggle in which Ollia Wood defeated Harrigans Heir a short head for second money moneyJockeys Jockeys Martinez and Marinelli divided saddle honors the Mexican lad and the Italian each riding two winners
