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f i t J ! i ; 1 i i ; i 1 i i . , | i , . ] I 1 FOUR FOR JOCKEY WILSON If His Successful Riding Marks Wednsedays Rac- I ing at Tijuana — Be Frank Works Fast. TIJUANA, Mexico, April 13. — On four separate and distinct occasions this afternoon j jockey Ted Wilson saluted the judges from the winners ring and, as regards horsemanship for the afternoon, he moved to the head ■ of the class without a near rival. This riders work in the saddle was most satisfying and 1 he is picking up a big following, even when i astride horses conceded only outside chances, i In the order of his success jockey Wilson . arrived with Joe Blair, Katharine Rankin, Little Beach and July Fly. The program was only one race old when . Wilson scored his initial success, this being | on Joe Blair, that eleven-year-old marvel of speed. Even if Joes legs are not of the best it was the general opinion that he could I win with only half the number a good horse * is supposed to possess. This was no fallacy and the aged son of Bonnie Joe won all the i way like any one-to-two shot should. He 1 was three lengths in front of Squirrel Hawkins, with Olive D. third. The seventh and then the concluding race, each at three-quarters mile, were additional victories for Wilson. In the former he rode the favorite, Little Beach, to a two-length 1 victory over Ilarrigans Heir, with May 3 Maulsby finishing third. The latter probably would have been second had she not stumbled in the stretch. i The "high school horse." Don Jose, on the ■ strength of his recent victories, was made j firt choice in the concluding contest and, as is his manner of running, he went right to the front and traveled as far and fast as he could. However, he tired midway of the ] stretch and jockey Wilson, who raced July Fly in closest pursuit of Don Jose, moved I the Marchmont mare up fast and she won I by a length. Don Jose had no contention for second place, for Smiling Maggie was I three lenglhs away. I Be Frank, which meets Mulciber in a spe- • cial match race at one and an eighth miles 1 Sunday, was given a work-out between races. I He was sent one and an eighth miles in 1 1:56% eased up. He carried 122 pounds and i had jockey C. H. Miller in the saddle. Miller has been engaged to ride him Sunday, when i he will go to the post with only 115 pounds, an extremely light impost for him. j Jockey E. Taylor departed tonight for his home in Munsing, Mich. He will take a rest ; and will then go to eastern Canada to re- sume his saddle activities. Among the noted visitors was Col. W. E. Applegate. He arrived unheralded, but it was not long before he was discovered by many friends. Many of the horsemen and employes of the track attended the funeral of M. E. Smoky James, which was held in San Diego yesterday morning. The interment was in a San Diego cemetery. The funeral of J. A. Huntamer, father of Jockey Huntamer, will be held in San Diego today. Smiling Maggie changed ownership via the claiming route, the mare being taken out of the last race by Z. Barnett for ISM, The three-year-old colt Cruzern, brother to Lantados. was out on the track this morning. Horsemen remarked that he bears a strong resemblance to his daddy, Cruzados. He is an easy colt to gaze on. His conformation is striking and he seems to have all the earmarks of high class promise. H. T. Palmer will ship his stable to the Maple Heights course at Cleveland and is seriously thinking of subsequently campaigning his bread-winners at Omaha. The Palmer stable has been one of the most consistent here. M. E. Smoky James, an employe of the mutuel department of the Tijuana track died Tuesday of a lingering illness. He was well known to western horsemen.
