Pleasing Tijuana Racing: Good Holiday Crowd Sees Spirited Sport Under Ideal Conditions, Daily Racing Form, 1922-02-15

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I " * -, •* * | i t i i i , : J j ! i : i . ! I i PLEASING TIJUANA RACING, * Good Holiday Crowd Sees Spirited . Sport Under Ideal Conditions. ; • - j Rapid Stride Wins Lincoln Birth- « i day Handicap — Mulciber • i; Makes an Impression. • i; i; Mil AS Mexira, Vebraarj 14. The racing al ,| liiunii yesterday srs roadaeted under the most pleasing circamstances. "Old Hoi" ",i in I kindly |, ini.nl and beamed his srarmth aal of ■ tnrqaaise sk . Aided by tiii- patronising sun track xnpeiin A. tendent Prank Bineaan and !iis corps ot assistants ui.rk.-il the ri. in -i- so diligently thai when tin- first s. call of the bagle ».i- heard ■ track batderiag oa l in fasi condition was in order. A Rood holiday crowd j. made the ournej to the border conrae and aen i nwaril.-il bj witnessing a ilay of spirited racing. g up I in- Lincoln Birthdaj Handicap, s dash of three-quarters mile, araa the out-standing feature of the card, ami it resulted in ■ stirring contest, in uliicii — Itaiii.l Rtride, carrying the white Jacket of J. Earl . of Kentucky; defeated a rood land of better claes ■ sprinters. The race marked the initial appearance . of ;. i; Allens -i ly call Mnlciber. He was J asked to carry 122 pounds and it proved too arduous j; task for the black m.ii of Vul.-ain. He finished ; in third place, being beatrn a n..s. for second ,; in. ii. v His efforl was ■ sparkling one. considering ; thai he lias only been off I he cars a matter • ; sla g days j As to the race. Rister nii- was firsl to bIiow mi 1 g in. hi and led the others u a Khori margin to the - stretch, rloaely followeil by Rapid Rtride. When I | Rtraightening nal for home Mulciber mtnle Ilia bid ami drew up an erea terms with tin- leader. It apiieared then ;r il t !..- priac was his, bnl as Jo*kej c. ii. Miller called on liim he tired -mddcnlj and ,!i.|.|.,.l back. Rapid Rtride stuck to bin task with 1 2 rare rameaesa aad, aaawerina to Jockej Mayestics riding, la- forged lo the limit ami held nway i th -y Id-si imrl of a iinvUi iiast tin- winnini pool l...i.i.v Allen, coming with a greal ruali, cot up in n time to niii Mulciber bj a nose for second mtmey. ■ v si~ii i Siisi.- .|iiii badly wlien cliallenge«1 and fell ,, back beaten in Ihe lasl sixteenth. Mulciber wns eri | ,!. atlj In ! nl tiiis race and be Is snrt to im i . , . .im ly from now on, I,, |M r1 opened aritk a fire-eighths sprint, in -s/!ih*h KIU Waldo, lil is-kej lluutamer, managed igger Inane firsl nmler Hie stronc fini It ul I " her rider, arilh Vera Rita ami Cicelj Kaj foil iviii. The raleal irol »fl lo ■ bad start, fes I i I , bis Imckers, being pnmiinenl r -i i a : j failed never Tillotson had Ihe call in the s,M- I i.ne ami after ,; nattering Ills backers with fine -ii.-.-il to the retch B wouml np in third |rface. the Hrsl n. ..in to M. Mnrphj . with Dorothy Beat besi . CIRCULATED GOOD THING WINS. ,ii Cltj was a cif-ulai.il u. I tliiu i the ■ .-• bird ami with Jockey Slaughter in the saddle made .-, every posl -i winning ime. He w«m quite easily. witii ..m nt ihe extreme outsiders, Billy -lo . ruu ■ - : . ahead of the favorite, Thirty s Reven, Miss Krnter made hei opponents look cheap in 1 j tin- fourth race, at a mile ami one eighth, she led ! i, a wide margia throngraml aud, increasing her advantage in the stretch, w«« by a doaen lengths ft i .in Rippgra ami Alma B. i ll.eiloilen only ha.l i ■ n: the sitli race to • ] lake tin- parse from her rivals. Jockey -I ml tin- mare under restrain! throughout the ract and cased her up al the end with a three lengt id vantage over Frank Wilson and George « Jr. Tlie closes! finishes of the daj came In the : reventh and eighth la.-.-. in wliich Rouen and Tom . Craven scored bj Inches. The latter, with l"it .. feather on his hack, proved ■ Manning surprise to U.- talent, as he came from last position to snaitcli a close rictory from shifty, the first choice Tom 1 | Craven paid better than i.". to 1 and was the longest t, ! a mm r 61 the day. * .: . A. Parson reclaimed Thirty Reven out of the ■ + ii ird race, i.-ikins; the reldinr for S°Oi. 1 Jockey E. Pator araa set down for ten .lavs tor 1 failinc to keep Poacher straight after the start. i W. L Sihaefer. who has been ia Ne« Orleans - while Ids Inns,-, have been racing; al Tijuana, arrived here this morning. While en route bis mare Mountain i i i-I wen on Rntnrdny, na.xinu M lo 1. « in I lie ilil not I. arn of her success until In reached 1 San DiegO. | Dave Hoaeyarann la a belated irri i1 frwn Xea Orleans, from where be lefl some tune ago. Hoa i ,,i In st ii| eil OTei .1 S.-.n l-iaaii- I t. iil ■ relatives ami then continued en to the sanni South. , Jockeys Hun tamer ami Rtader were In the Inn i eh riding two « imv ■ ■;.,■ entrj of the horse Raffertj «;i- ordered re . fnii! by the stewards f «r inconsistent running. - often as they will till from bow on until the 1 end ..f tin meeting eight race* «ill he carded each ;


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