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GREAT LONGDISTANCE RACE Tijuana Cup Trial at a Mile and a Half Furnishes Exciting Contest SAN DIEGO Cal April 15 Louis a fouryear old son of Leonid Dolly Hayman and a brother to the former western champion mare Meadow ran true to his ancestry yesterday and won the Tijuana Cup trial at one mile and a half before a large crowd of interested spectators The race which was the sixth on the card was in the natuie of a preparation for the Tujuana Clip at two miles which is to be run next Sunday Strange as it may be the winner turned up in a stouthearted thoroughbred whose owner overlooked a golden opportunity by omitting to nominate him for the rich twomile stftke Considering his performance yesterday he would have been a dangerous con ¬ tender in next Sundays longdistance race Louis was saved behind the leaders to the last three eights where he moved up with a great rush and forging to the front gamely withstood the final challenge of Sailor winning by the best part of a length Sailor wlijich finished iu second place finished resolutely and in a thrilling finish bested the pacemaker Wynuewood by a heart at the end For a race of this distance the finish was one which had the spectators on their feet cheering the three closely grouped leaders Louis in winning the race set a new track record for the distance his time being 233 the first mile of which was run in 140 Of course the breaking of the old record of 247 established by Lady Waldeck was a foregone conclusion inasmuch as the mare set that mark over a track that was deep with mud while yesterdays track was fast fastThe The opening race at five and a half furlongs proved an easy victory for the old marc Viva which drew out decisively in the stretch with the pacemaker Bell Squirrel lasting long enougli to be second from Lady St Patrick another fast begin ¬ ner The winner has seen service at Coronado in the past as a polo pony and is owned by an en ¬ thusiast of that popular sport sportBILLY BILLY JOE FINALLT MAKES GOOD J lly J r fii taany trials filially nSftJc good in the Secorid race when lie bested a poor band of sprinters over a course of five and a half furlongs He paid better than 1C to 1 and was ridden by E Fator Blanchita the favorite ran to her best form but second place was the best she could do Maud M after showing much speed was a fast tiring third from Apple Jack which closed an im ¬ mense gap from a poor beginning beginningAn An advantageous start contributed much to the success of Sea Beach in the third race when that consistent sprinter got home in front of Ostenta ¬ tious and Our Leader The former might have been a dangerous contender but for having been pinched back at the start Indeed he made up a world of ground and the finish saw him running fastest of all allShoreacres Shoreacres was the publics choice in the fourth race at five and a half furlongs but after suffer ¬ ing from repeated interference he finished in the middle of the band of thirteen starters Merry Lass recovering her speed suddenly won in hollow fashion from Katherine Itnnkin and Old Homestead HomesteadThe The Californiabred gelding Sam Hill finally found a soft spot when lie met a cheap band of milers in the fiftli race of the tiny He took the lead when his rider was ready and made his op ¬ ponents look cheap when jockey E Taylor gave him his head Two long shots finished second and third Emelda and Electric finishing in the order named namedAlthough Although Pierrot won the seventii race at a mile and seventy yards he scored a lucky victory for he was hard pressed to win by threequarters of a length from Cobrita Tiie latter was much the best She came extremely wide when entering the stretch and then while seemingly the winnei swerved out so badly that she almost finished under the judges stand The loss of ground in ¬ curred by the marc was equivalent to winning the race by a safe margin had she kept straight Boreas finishing fast on the inside was a bangup third thirdOrchid Orchid King Miss Manage and Bast Indian fur ¬ nished the best finish of the day when the trio finished abreast in the concluding dash in the order named namedMUCH MUCH INTEREST IN SUNDAYS RACE RACEMuch Much interest is being manifested in the 5000 Tijuana Cup at two miles the last of the many stake races that were offered for this meeting at the Tijuana track A good field of longdistance runners is expected to accept weights and a stirring exhibition of speed and stamina is expected Be Frank whose last engagement here will be in next Sundays race worked a mile and a half between the races today in 241 Jockey W Mclntyre was in the saddle and with 122 pounds he ran the dis ¬ tance in the above time easily The Dahnkcn horse Veteran was sent a like distance in 240 run ¬ ning the mile in 145 the first mile and a quarter in 212 Bourbon Green which raced so disap ¬ pointingly in the Coffroth Handicap had a stiff work of a mile and fiveeighths during the after ¬ noon He covered the route in 255 with some ¬ thing left leftThe The hurdles were placed in position during the noon hour today and many of the Junipers took advantage of the opportunity to work over the hazards A number of flat runners are being schooled over the jumps namely Franklin Mon ¬ tana Belle P Moody Thos F McMahon Pre ¬ varicate and Hickorynut Thos F McMahon re ¬ fused repeatedly and William Red Walker has given him up as a failure BO far as sending over the hurdles is concerned concernedThe The veteran trainer W L Stanfield saddled three winners during th afternoon Louis Merry Lass and Viva were the successful thoroughbreds that this old timer sent to the races racesDon Don Jose was excused from starting in the last race on account of lameness lamenessJockey Jockey Powell a development of Tijuana who hails from a family of riders including the old tinier Ivy Powell his uncle rode three winners during the afternoon
