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TRIPLE WIN FOR JIM CURL F G Corley Peggy Martin and Madam Byng Carry Veteran Turfmans Colors to Victory SAN DIEGO Cal April 14 The fickle Goddess of Fortune bestowed her sweetest smile on Jim Curl yesterday when the veteran owner scored with his entire stable of three horses The trio paid good prices and their owner is credited with winning a substantial sum on their victories victoriesF F G Corley was the first thoroughbred to carry the brown and white colors of his owner down in front He had to be much the best to win and when he scored a nose victory in the second race jit five and a half furlongs he won a lucky race The sou of Jack Atkin propped at the start and was awcy badly but raced after his opponents with amazing speed and luckily getting through entering the stretch he just got up to best Viona Xail by Inches Woodrose was third thirdAgain Again in the fourth race the old timer watched his standard bearer gamely overcome the lead of the pacemaker to ultimately win by a neck in a thrilling stretch drive This time it was Peggy Martin a daughter of Martinet that caught the eye of the judges she taking the verdict from Smiling Maggie and Knight of Pythias in a rous ¬ ing finish finishIn In the concluding dash of fiveeighths of a mile his mare Madam Byng showed the way home to L Gentry and Ike Mills Thus ended a field day for the veteran turfman turfmanThe The initial dash a race for twoyearolds re ¬ sulted in the downfall of the oddson choice Plow Steel racing in the colors of the Meadowbrook Stitnle The race was won by the Nevada Stock Farm entry Flotation and Dark Ages which ran onetwo witli Eye Bright an extreme outsider fin ¬ ishing in third place placeLa La Bete Noire a son of the California sire Marse Abe proved himself convincingly the best in the third nice at threequarters of a mile Off to a bad start he raced after his opponents with rapid strides and before entering the stretch had assumed a commanding lead which he easily held from there on to the finish Maud M was second while the early pacemaker Ennitaua lasted long enough to be ttfrrt i An advantageous start contributed much to the success of the favorite Ollie Wood which won the fifth race uf threequarters of a mile He was away fast while one of his supposed contenders Big Smoke lost all chance at the start With Big Smoke eliminated Ollie Wood raced the leaders into defeat and won off by himself in a canter canterThe The mile and an eighth race run as the sixth proved an easy victory for the Texas mnrc Fannie Xail She was held in restraint until rounding the last turn where she went to the front with a rush to win as her rider pleased pleasedClarence Clarence Buxtons jinx still continues to cast its shadow over him In the morning he discovered that his crack colt Johnny Dundee had fallen lame and for a matter of hours he thought his only sound horse was Sasin Then in the sixth race that old time stake winner returned to the paddock limping painfully painfullyThe The progeny of the late sire Jack Atkin were much in evidence Madam Byng and F G Corley being tvo winners to represent him himWhile While parading to the post in the first race the filly Flotation threw jockey Bnxton heavily to the ground but was captured before she ran away Although the rider was painfully bruised he re ¬ mounted the filly and rode a masterly race to win He complained of pains and after winning the race asked to be excused from his afternoon ridinz en ¬ gagements
