Motor Cops Great Speed: Brings Victory in Tijuanas Sunday Feature Before Record-Breaking Crowd, Daily Racing Form, 1922-01-24

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p E of ,, j i 1. ■ ■ J ! ; J ! ; ■ a j a J . j j . MOTOR COPS GREAT SPEEDjV Brings Victory in Tijuanas Sunday Feature r Before Record-Breaking Crowd. TIJIANA. Mexico. January J.i. — Tijuanas racing Sunday area brilliant and pb-asing to the eye. One C the best cards ,,f fee BMetteg was programmed, : with the Ij s Angeles Highweight Handicap at thl • of qaartera mile the piece de r — iataace. No better setting for the afternoons sport could have heea ,, of asked for. The sun shone with tropical warmth % aal of a larejaotee blue sty. which did araeh toward ., tinging out the great crowd which journeyed aerooa . , the border. Again all attendance recorda for this winter Were broken. , c. K Irwtaa atar of good fortune agate s|J,iie t brightly, foi his ratera were victorious in the stake | icature It was Motor Cop which won for him yea - terday. The mighty ihonuiglibred showed a sp.rk Iteg p.rloi nian. e and. cariying 140 pound-, won in a , maimer which roaviaced the rnosi oheptli al ones r ;i;a be is far the be-i p; inter that ha- ever a| f peared ea that ra ■ raarae. Over a track thai Was fa-i V.ut dead from the . head of the atretch to the tini-ii Motor Cop. carrying ll.- rrnahteg laapo*.t, rau the first qaarter in 2S. the three eighihs ,1. 33 and iho hall" in 47-.-.. His Mahte-mate Sedan ailcarpted to keep up with him during the early -tag.s of The race, but tbe hear; rending rl pace told and the raaacT up was forced 10 lower his -colors midway in Hie stretch It wa- at this point that Sedan, leg weary, but game, swerved to the inner laii and - arpty impeded the fast .losing. light weighted Mater Susie. The latter recovered !l quickly and Inkling d clear path finished an easy second. Sedan found lirtle coa teat tea for tbe third v money and fell heir 10 thai portion of the prise. The secondary feat are of the day wax the fifth race, a handicap at one mile and a sixteenth, for pane of silim It resulted in a vi.i. ry far William "Red"i Walker when Star Beats* won by half length in a busy finish, while only a W -e aeparated Grace and Krank Paparty for the minor J portioa of tie pane. The latter was by far the ! I., -t bene. He refaaed to leave the post with tie others and was away t.-iigihs behind the leaden. Then to Make matters vvor.su lie rofu-cd to extend himself, despite the iu«es-nnt punishment a.liuini- lered by Jockey Huutamer. Jr.rnine for iionie kind racteg thouglis entered fTank Kopartya bead • a and he finished with a bu--t of sped which fairly electrified Ihe spectatan. However, the ru-h came Too late, despite 1 he fact that he w.M going two s|i ides to I he leader* One. C. H. MILLER S AUSPICIOUS DEBUT. 1 Jockey C. H. Miller made an auspicious debut in Ihe -:.!. lb- when acceptteg li i- first mount at this meeting he cored decisively with the two year old filly Brase, which tperted the gold and silver colors of Ueorge VTtegfield, tie master ..f t:. Nevada j Stock I-:. 1 in TI. is ban. Is.. nie looking daughter of Atheliag II. and Thrifty ohawed much speed and . after racing in clone atteadaace apea her atabte oinpaiiioii. Mother Agnes, took the lead 111 will and won off by heraeif. Mother Agaea, tiring, barely saved second piace from the stout-hearted colt Dan I Hogaa, which -ante with a great rush through ih I final eighth in a manner which promises h.111 an • •a ly » Ictory. .1... key J. RaataaierV ridtag ability waa deiaa siratcd during the afteraoea in two incideii-es. In both the fourth and Ihe aeveath ra-is it was hi* rcaaarkable baraeaaaaahip which enabled his noon I* 0 snatch rictorie* out of the fire. Jeorge Muehle- bach and Peteraa wen- the larky horse- to receive his excellent handling Jockey c. Thoospooa, wha gaiaed fame by tiding Behave Yourself, the winner of last years Kentucky Derby, made his reappearance in the saddle today for the first time since he left Tijuana last spring to invade Kentucky. He bad the mount on Dan Hogaa, a two year-old. in the opener and rode well. Three rlaiaaa were registered Sunday afternoon. ;. Alexandra h.-t retetaa out of the seventh race f..i SJL.rilHl to H I. Cates. while Bounding lhrough was taken out of the fourth for v j Mnnn.ilc. In the eecead race P. IS. Irwin parted -xv i t j • s. .. Beach J. WiNon leading bate to his barn far BMB, , , —..A— ,


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