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HURDLE RACE A THRILLER Spectacular Contest Witnessed at Tijuana Sat ¬ urday Hickorynut Winner in Fast Time SAN DIEGO Cal April 21 Despite the bleak raw weather which prevailed yesterday a Saturday crowd of good proportion considering the weather turiied out to watcli the thoroughbreds in competi ¬ tion at Tijuana TijuanaThe The hurdlers were again the attraction of the afternoon and a spectacular race resulted Six jumpers answered the call of the bugle with 7 A I a i sons Jake Schas and G F Hums Hickorynut both heavily supported Off to a good start 1 Moody sporting the colors of William Red Walker set the pace and led until the third jump where Jake Schas took the obstacle with him muzzle to muzzle Unfortunately for the last named horse his rider jockey Vogt lost his stirrup at this point However horse and rider continued on and Jake Schas led to the hist hazard situated midway in the stretch Here both P Moody and Hickorynut drew up on even terms with the leader and the crowd rose to their feet and cheered wildly as the three cleared the hurdle as one horse From there on to the wire Hickorynut gradually forged to the front and the finish saw the aged daughter of Hessian Lycliee Nut winning by two lengths with Jake Schas a driving second with but a half length advantage over P Moody The others were beaten off offFew Few people who watched tho running of this race realized when the time of 20 f was hung out that a new American rccorl hud Leen established by Hickorynut However such is a fact as the best previous time made jii a liar lie race a ruile and threesixteenths was 21054 made at Itntte Mont on August 27 1902 The record book shows that a hoise named Coley riildeu by Guy Neal with 143 pounds up established the las inciitinin time and his recor1 rtt c d until today when Ilick orynuts time shattered it As a queer coincidence Guy Neal who rode Coley in The ria oliditrc years ago is now a horse owner at Tijuana and watched the race today in wiu h his nifirk was wasoblitoiatetl oblitoiatetl OvnefPj Dv el anVrTlpckej rS jostle proved a winning combination in tlie firsthand second races as both Joe Underwood and Joe Baldwin carried the lavender colors of Dwyer to victory The1 two three yearplds were ridden by jockey Majestic who con ¬ tributed much to their success by his clever horse ¬ manship Joe Underwood in the first race was brought up on the outside by his rider and in a hustling finish he outstayed John lake by a length with Jay Roberts finishing in third place Joe Baldwins victory was accomplished after a terrific drive in which he managed to withstand the rush of Ann 8 and Satsuma Belle eventually winning by a neck neckMaster Master Franklin came fr m a long ways back in the third race at five and a half furlongs to snatch a cloe verdict from Bars and Stars and Dimitri Bars nni Stars was undoubtedly the best as lie was in a pocket an eignth out which forced his rider TO take him up and tome around the leaders Despite this 1 andicap the Weant sprinter was only beaten a neck while closing fastest of all allThe The oddson choice Lady Harrigan proved anything but a substantial favorite in the fourth race Her victory was a matter of hut threequarters of a length ever Canvasback and Squash which at iiic finisi were crowding her fast fastBuckhorn Buckhorn II proved the best in the mile and a quarter race which was the sixth on the card Despite his tendency to bear out rounding the first turn he settled down while racing on the backstretch and forging to the front passing the paddock held Lady Innocence safe in the closing drive George Muehlebach the pacemaker was an easy third thirdThe The diminutive Texas jockey Noble a protege of Charley Howell showed marked improvement in his riding yesterday when he rode the winners of the last two races Ncpperhan in the seventh was his first success while he continued in the eighth by landing Kthel Brown a winner winnerThe The horse Tiajan was excused yesterday out of the third race when it was learned that his owner George H Parker had succumbed to an attack of heart failure failureThe The stewards revoked the license of jockey Hay ward who has been under investigation since last Sunday SundayAlfred Alfred L Vezina secretary and treasurer of the Pleasanton Jockey Club was an arrival hero yester ¬ day in the interests of the meeting scheduled to take place at Pleasanton Cal on May 14 Ve ¬ zina predicts a splendid meeting which will be followed by a more pretentious one in the fall Many horsemen here have signified their intentions of shipping to the latest California racing point and Pleasauton will not want for horses horsesTwo Two claims were registered yesterday C B Irwin lost Water Willow out of the seventh race for 1400 William Walker taking the mare In the same race Walker lost Nepperhan the winner Pritchard James taking his horse for 1000 1000H H Tullett recently acquired the twoyearold filly Nellie Harper by Harrigan Beatrice Soule from Ben Jones trading the aged mare Maud Bacon and 500 to Iwot for the youngster Maud Bacon has been shipped to the Jones nursery at Parnell Mo where she will finish out her career as a matron
