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1 I : ■ I i I ; ■ i GARDEN CITYS GREAT SPEED ! Runs Remarkably Fast Race to Beat Some Speedy Sprinters at Tijuana. TIJLA.NA, Mexico. March 21. — The much improved thoroughbred Garden City, a son of Von Tromp and Jourdain. bred at Edward Cebrians Mirimar Stock Farm at San Jose. Cat., displayed fine speed yesterday when he showed his heels to a fast band of i sprinters in the fifth and feature race, at five, eighths. His lime for the distance of a minute flat is the fastest mark recorded during the present meeting. Garden Citys performance was a worthy one. inasmuch as he set the pace and made it fast. With jockey Sltnler in the saddle and 117 pounds on his back Garden City ran remarkably fast for the distance, as the fractional time will indicate. Hi- "inarter was in 9% and the half in €T%, which is extremely fast for Tijuana. Finishing in second place and pressing the winner bard at the finish was the light-weighled Nclota. which with but eighty nine pounds up made it interesting for the big ■Hexes son of Pea Tromp. Betota really was go hog the fastest at the end. but Garden City ganelv stuck to hi- :iins and won by the comfortable margin of a length. In third place ran Herder, many lengths hack and driving bard to stive the small end of the purse from Arctic King. Summerlike weather and a well balanced card of races brought out a good crowd for a Monday, of COaraa, after witnessing lbs solid mass of humanity which crowded every available space at the plant Sunday the attendance yesterday looked rather small. However, those which journeyed across the border were treated to some interesting sport, in which six of the eight races were won by the narrowest of margins. Particularly so was the first and sixth race, in which the winners were unknown until the magic numbers had been displayed across the track. The former race was won by Caamauo. which won by inches from Sweiison. with the second choice, Qninam. best of the others. The favorite. Bobert Lee, suffered from much interference while taking the first turn and. falling back, pinned his ears and refused to extend himself. The sixth race, a mile and an eighth gallop, provided another rousing finish, in which lite mare Restful showed a reversal of form. In a recent race site was woefully shy of speed, but jresterda Restful was fleet of foot and game to the con-. With the unfashionable jockey I»ong as her pilot she made all the pace and. withstandiu, repeated challenges, finally bested one of the extreme outsiders. Ar-gento. It was a heart rending and sinew straiuing struggle, in which she ultimately triumphed by a nose. The talent selected Clear the Way as their star of hope in the second race, but they were doosaei to disappointment, as Boas Akin, which recently won a race at hatter thai MB to 1. showed that her previous win was no fluke by coming right back to gain another victory. Coombs was second, with Careen third, while Clear the Way was out of the money. THREE DIVIDE RIDING HONORS. The riding honors of the day were divided among three jockeys, naiiedy. .1. Huutumer. Studer and Wilson. They were each victorious with two of their mounts. Jockey J. Htintamer. who rode Mnlcibcr to victory in the fSB,BJB Doffroth Handicap Sunday, was made a present of Sl.."tH yeslerday by owner G. R. Allen. The idol of the western racing world in tends using the amount as the first payment of a home for his mother. Jobs Arris is sebsathag the horse Moutpeni over the jumps and reports that his charge is an aid pupil at taking the ha7.ards. It is Arvins intentions of racing Montneiri through the QeM ir. eastern Canada next summer. The contract of apprentice jockey W. Organ, held by Mm Arvin. era* asH to Arthur Brest. T! on- sideration was sn.000. It is Bleats intention of taking Organ along with BwtBaSfT to Lngland at the expiration of the pr.-eni Tijuana meeting. Frank "Red" I McLean lias entered tin- ranks of the owners and has purchased tin filly Capon from M. R. Allen. McLean intends adding to bis ntode-t -able and after gathering additional material will eaaapahca thass during the summer over the iuter-mountain circuit. Jockey J. Haatssaer will lose his apprentice allowance of five pounds on text Thursday. March ZS, having ridden 1eint to Point to victory a year ago : from that date. Owner J. C. McKay of Reno. Nov.. has voiced his intentions of shipping his champion two-year -od est! Melaehriiio. winner of the Tijuana Kuxurity, to New York in charge of trainer bsaa* Tryou. Others that will go along in the ear are the speedy filly Ladv Myra and Faber. The last named two , are owned by M. R. Allen of San Diego. Cal. Jockey C. Kails, a promising apprentice rider, srhsas , contract is held by Charley Berry, will be loaned to i McKay and will go along to do the stable riding. The :C .000 Tijuana Cup. a test of endurance for the thoroughbred, over a distance of two Biiles, is i :lie next stake to be decided. Its running will take place on next Sunday. It is the last of SPTCBtteeB i renewal fixtures, sixteen of which are now a matter of history, of which the aggregate value litis ; j amounted to S79,-"iii0. a bountiful sum for far West racing. St 0" ■ i
