Bumper Crowd at Tijuana: Sees Glen Well Capture Mexicali Handicap-Four Winners for G. Williams, Daily Racing Form, 1922-01-04

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B Sc Sees "" ing the tiii ,.n cii!. :iu and ■_ in »0 i .I aw tr, trj Oi On I «l arho th the "• a: , a ]0 lag ,_, , |B „ bat tii Sl m .il gs JJ E go: " !" ,,fj Tr The " *■ m at in tl the g- t to vi ai of al af as -s t« to „. n the ,, „, 1 ,,l of , It g a BUMPER CROWD AT TIJUANA T Glen Wei! Capture Mexicali Handicap — Four Winners for G. Williams. .____ B TIJUANA, Mexico, January 3 - Before another _ hamper crowd, arbich rivaled tu.it of Sunday, the dliiinut Ire toag-distaac* raaaer Glea Well, cany ■ ti alori of Ike Blabee si ihee, arored best in *■ x-j.ikni Mexicali Haadiraa al oae mile and sev "1 yards here ,i -aterday. His rirtary arag ■ rloae hotl om tested oae, in which the novii-e Jockey, ;J Btader, figured rorisplf noaslj The 1 1 • • ; i v raiaa of the night before agaia eon • rerted the track iato a sea of nod and withdrawals I were naay. the card being reduced to small fields, ■ whieh emy thoroqghbreds «nii s known foadaeas ■ the deea goiag krared the dlfBcall track. ■ In the feature Gath and Bergiaa Qaeea stayed away, leaving bai fire to face the harrier. Of these c B Irwin as re pre seated by s iriplc ea aaaaely. Rifle, Begrtae aad Lady in Black, paper It looked as if the rare was a gift for Irwia .-in there acre ataay of those hi atteadaace ■* expected the eatrj to gather every portion of -takes. Bowerer. it sras aol to !»■. The rliart telhi the story of how Rifle, after a short delay the pout, -.-in ei by in- aaaal rasrality, broke l away from the -ariing pool sdrantageonsly. Re set sizziin-- pace and. raciag down the backstretch. he i.v ■ aride asargla. BU rlooest roataetitoc aas u ii Well, viri jockey Btader rating hiai afawl] Into the hom-streti-h they filed in the same Order, to the naked eye it was plain to be seen that i let- aaeeasaker bad saeat nach of his tpeed. Here ■ Stuiiei railed oo his mount and. Glea Well aasweriag nritk rare courage, gmduallj narrowed the gap lockeg Nolan, astride of Rifle, rode hi ■ hard and gamely aad Rifle stock i« bis yims. How. -vet. Glen j Well peered the gamer and Is the las few strides - no to win bj a head. The Derby caadMate, - -iii Wedding Prince, was third two and a half leagtha front of the Irwia horse. Refit ae, witn I . n 1 -in Black fiaishing far ia the rear. The rictory of ], een Well and the defeat af the supposed im- 1 pregnable Irwia entry was the sigaal for a demonstration which poatinaed far at hast ton niantea. elation of the spectators knew no bound-, hats being thrown Into the air aloag with Other Sibils of .iubil.tion. it was the mosi popular rictorj erei - rded oa the Tijuana coarse. The aeasatioaal Jockeysbip of George Will- as, , who rode with s perceatage of H» during IBM afteraooa be scoring with four mounts out af as j many rhaacea, ama aaether aatstaading incideal of day. He displayed Ins skill an El Sal.io. Bal george, Perch aad Union II.. which he returned j ihe eharased circle heaeata the yadlcial stand . rictoriaaa. The two last named carried the colors hi- contract employer. .1. A. Parsea. whoso horses late have been winning with clocklike regularity. . A visitor of noie who attended the races today the pet-.U.-ll gUCSl Of presideat James Wood Cof- troth was governor E. Ybarrs of Dei Districts Del Norte Raja ca i i foi ni.-.. The govi-i nor was escorted ■ his personal bax, wiiieh wa- resplendent in the ; national colors of ted, white and green of the si-ter • republic. Governor Ybarrs took a keea iatereat ia ;; sport and Waited BMSt eatlhadastiC after tlie • great finish of tie Mexicali Handicap. J Ella Waldo and Ban Reb changed hands via the J claiming route, f. E. Qrovea taking the former out •" the ifcsnd race far SBtO, while Messrs. Bhafer A; • Coawaj regained Bam Reh, which they recently lost, for .10n. The last nann-d claiai was made possible iieii the K.m-.is city tarfasea parehased : Hairy Ma-on at private sale yesterday aiamlag. Which ran in the interests of Pis new owners. _ . . _ « .. — — _—


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