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; 1 1 : : 1 1 ■ - I i ROUEN WINS FEATURE RACE F English Ovvnor Delights in Victory Over Long J Routs — Favorites Have Bad Day. TIJUANA, Mexico, April 16.— What could have been more appropriate to a turfman t from abroad, thousands of miles from home, l than to have been the winner of a race which J sustains the traditional desire of the Britons c to admire a thoroughbred which .will carry t weight and run at a great distance? Clock- a a ers on the English turf are somewhat like r. the fifth wheel of a wagon in the land which $ gave us our ancestry in racing, power and r endurance, not time, spells the worth of the fc runner and Arthur Brent. English turfman, f was here to see his cherished desire real- t ized. i This owner from abroad, who, at the close A of the Tijuana season, will return to native I courses witli jockey J. Huntamer, now rap- C idly recovering from recent injuries, would 1 be a long time on any mans race track before he would father a thought for a sprint, t Over a long distance of ground is where he rJ likes to see his horses perform and he had his P.ouen, a son of St. Amant, carrieel 124 i pounds, giving away pounds and pounds of r weight and then was victorious in a race at J one and a half miles. fc The blood of distance thoroughbreds t courses in the veins of Rouen, for Kaffir v Fowl, his dam, was also from UM English *-turf and thus the continuity in breeding a runner for a long distance is well preserved 1 in this six-year-old gelding. To be exact as regard weights, Rouen conceded from twelve to thirty pounds to his rivals, which numbered six, and to the J a mare Audrey K., which furnished him the j most opposition, he gave an even twenty- j five pounds, yet with all this handicap j Rouen ran a race which was most convincing 1 that he is stout of heart, for it was his l ability to best the mare in one of the most J terrific stretch drives imaginable that re- £ turned him a victor by a nose. Missoula, also favored by a light impost of ninety-six c pounds, was third. Louis Lachmund, on a C creditable effort in a recent distance race, t was installed favorite, but he had had | enough at a mile and retired. j STORY OF THE RACE. Jockey C. Duggan, who has been accept- j ing only a few engagements recently, had i the mount on the winner and he reserved him quite wisely for the first three-quarters. Then he began to move Rouen up gradually. ] Meantime Audrey K., which was taken to the front at the mile, was doing her best under the guidance of jockey D. Hum. As they turned for home Rouen issued his challenge to the daughter of Ballot and then ] began a ding-dong drive for the finish. It i was only in the last stride that the decision ] was gained by Brents horse. The route or | one and a half miles added a diversity to l the card which was highly enjoyed by a crowd slightly better than the average and, , although some speculators approached the | race with some trepidation, for races of this distance are not ordinary affairs, the wager- A ing was quite brisk. This was also the case ■ for the other other seven races of the card. It was not a day for favorites for only one, and this the plater Vera Wooel, was I able to collect. Neither was it a day for jockey Ted Wilson and, although this star rider had favored mounts under him, he was unable to score a single time. Riders of quite limited experience were in their element and this was given substantial proof when ap- ! prentice jockey R. Moss registered his initial ] success on the back of a thoroughbred. This was in the seventh race, a five-eighths affair, when he drove Madam Byng down in front of Smiling Maggie and Perch. The favorite J McLane, with Wilson up, was inadequately " ridden. Wilson had him in all sorts of trouble, despite the fact that he was first ! away from the post. One of the shortest-priced horses of the meeting encountered a Waterloo in the open-. ing dash at four and a half furlongs for j juveniles. This was Brian Kent, his price to win in the machines being one to three. His conqueror proved to be Peter Pierson, which has been knocking at the door. The previous performance of Brian Kent seemed to war-: rant the support he received. Tiiere was consternation among his backers, for, after ! taking the extremely short price, they saw 1 him defeated by almost a iength. . —
