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lp - I of s 1. I ■ i i i , ,, , , „ t- , , , , v , | , • i i I i i .» i i • i : I 1 , , , , FIELD DAY FOR THE IRWINs|r- Their Horses Win Lions Share of Prizes Of- P fered at Tijuana Sunday. TIJIANA. Mexico, January 29. — Somewhai un precedeated was ihe caasjae.l of whidj tlie •house 1 livvin" read into ihe annals of western raciag "I • Sunday. If C. B. Irwin and his right bower, i brother F. R. Irwin, have a coat of arms, family ■ .rest or any other of those disiuguishing maik- to ct Sot them apart lioio the plebeian it mu-t he Ihe A bsraeshoe. Barely Ihe pa*"lai event- of yesterday rt would seem to ladicate smh. The Irwin hoi si - won oi three race-, two se.onds and one third. One of the d di ricteriea casse in iin- stako race, the .otK Speed of ■• Hamliiap. Mater Cop. Woodle MaatgosBcry and oi of V-rniak were the Irwin winners. Their Candegiev ti am i Dob Baker fiaished aeeaad in their races, with Don DiHlge taking third money in his race J. A. li Parson saddled Only Fashion and Hazel Dale, -print - al an .■!- which have a fondness for sloppy goinc. Tile weather man played a prank on thou-anils a yesterday. The railroads .-.n 1 ssotsc highways sat C unlav. Satuiday nigh! and Xiiidai morning deposited I Ibeir crowds at the portals of the Tijuana race -i track. Ill ■ it it wa- a fast track. As if by raagfe there w»* a startling reversal of weather r 1i.n.i aad the coarse tnraed frsaa fast to sloppy, in rl the wake of liie weather- mood was a lot of e j, ••lanation aaeal our ilimaie and it took the better ! i part of the .ift.inoon lo explain away the preeipit* ,; tioa to our effeie ea-tein visilois and Otbers. f The . -rushing bapost of 143 poutnls was placed on f Motor top aad this v;,s affixed when the track i-was is dry. As the race disclosed be probably could n bare pafhtrt more weight and not heea a bit fa t tigaed. This .Motor Cop i-, a son of Fn.le and the i hanged track foadltioas suited him to a aieety. Starter Hairy Morris-ey. who was in -[dendid form. lo-i no time in .li-paicliing the field in the Spo .1 Handicap, a ,#00 race at five and one-half fur- ,, longs. .Motor Cop in a few strides as-unieil . om j mand and racing down the bnkstretch the heal j part of his shapely body showed in front of Raster Su-ie. This mare aiade a valiant effort to keep i up with ihe -pecdy leader, but with no avail. Eateries; the Stretch Motor Cop was seen to he running eaay and he maintained a safe luaigin from there on to the end. Seiond loners Weill to Duller Proof, j which really ran a most .-redilable race. He wa-away slowly and Baade up ntu.-h ground. Jockey Murray rede him hard throagh the final eighth, but be was no mat.h for the winner. Sister Susi.- bare- , i rared third place It was Irwis again in the sixth race, anotiier i , handiiap. anil the seCoadary featurp of the after , n .on. Irwin was represeated by Vfoadie Moatgaas cry, Begreso ami Rifle. However, tiie latter two , were not seeded, for Woodle Montgomery peered store lhan eqaal to ii eaaiaa. He is one of ihos.- , fiont runner- and ipiiikly a — liming the lead mam laiaed : to tin- em! aid n. ver at any stage of the j race did they get aear him Ballot Car was a hard .hiving so. i a reagth in front of the favorite, rorkiet. Appreatice lackey J. Thomas will have cause to . well remember yesterday, for it marked his initial . -ii.-.t-- in the saddle Tiiomas rode Sheba to vic-lory in the eaariadiag dash of the day and put up a fini-h which drea raacfe applause from the spectn-lors when ihe yoaagster retained to ihe stand to weigh out. —a,
