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I i t I c I t ; ; | | j I I | | 1 ; 1 j ] ; 1 I j j ; I * 1 1 i h j i : 1 ] , r j • J J • j • . I ■ ■ CHEAPER HORSES FILL CARDJf Non-Winners Given Opportunity to Win [ Shipping Money— C. Ralls Stars. TIJUANA, Mexico, April 23.— The card of races here Saturday was anything but at- I tractive, the program being given over for r some of the cheaper class of horses in an en- j r deavor to provide an opportunity for some j t of them to win a purse before the curtain j f falls on the meeting Sunday. r As is usual wnen the platers hold the - boards the favorites raced poorly and were i almost in total eclipse, the form players ex- a Iperiencing a disastrous day. A great crowd was on hand, drawn here ! from the Southwest to pay homage to the j i passing of the thoroughbred sport at Ti-; i juana for this season. Many of them were c the advance guard of the great throng w-cn f will bid adieu to "king horse Sunday. The public started off auspiciously in the : opening race when the favorite Lady Tiptoe j t annexed brackets over a poor band of sprinters at five-eighths. Ruth Johnson essayed r to set the pace and for a time she threatened to spreadeagle the others. I lowever, she proved a non-stayer, for Lady Tiptoe, which « has been quitting in her previous races, c wrested the lead from her and won with ap- 1 parent ease. The Texas sire Leonid contributed an- I other winner when Swenson, paying better t than 43 to 1, led a poor band home first in the fifth race at a mile and seventy yards, i His success was entirely unexpected and when he showed the way to the favorite, J Tom Brooks, there was consternation regis- 1 tered among the ranks of the form backers. l Tom Brooks, which finished second, looked all over a winner after entering the stretch. He had assumed what appeared to be a deciding lead, but when Swenson offered a challenge, he readily succumbed to his rush. . Cigale was third and easily best of the ] I others. , TIJUANA VETERAN WDTI SECOXD. 4 The twelve-year-old mare Miss Clark, l which has raced at Tijuana each year since the inception of racing in 1916, was fleet i of foot yesterday and raced like a rejuve- ] nated thoroughbred. She made a show of her opponents in the second race at five- I eighths and passed under the wire six lengths in advance of Foeman and Oancion. In this race Apropos ruled the favorite, but for some j unknown reason jockey Mastoid pulled him up in the stretch. Possibly he thought th i the horse had broken down, for he was fall- i ing back when the rider eased him up. i The lone favorite to score during the afternoon occupied the winners ring in tin i third race when Lady Bourbon, after leading all the way, managed to survive a desperate stretch duel, in which she outstayed Hot Foot and Candegrey. Hot Foot was much the best as the chart showed. He was away poorly and made up a world of ground in f. i game and untiring effort. His margin of i defeat was a small one. Lady Bourbon beav-ing him by a scant half length. FIESTA RACES IMPRESSIVELY. The training ability of George J. Miller, the former well-known jockey, was again demonstrated when Fiesta, carrying the colors of Michael J. Keefe, outfinished John S. Wiggins in the fourth race at three-quarters of a mile. The victory of this diminutive daughter of Rock View — Berrills Image, recorded her third victory in four starts. A good ride on the part of jockey C. Ralls contributed much to the success of Aryanna in the concluding race. The youngster got the filly away fast and, after sending her into a long lead, nursed her home in a manner which would have been a credit to a veteran rider. She had little to spare at the end, as Thirty Seven was pressing her hard and would have reversed the decision in another stride. July Fly, which in the early running was badly outpaced, gathered momentum in the stretch and finished lapped on the first two. A special train of five express cars, ai Pullman and a diner will leave Tijuana for Omaha on Monday. In the shipment will be the horses which are the property of the following owners: C. B. Irwin, F. R. Irwin, V. Maltbie, H. Tullett, Wm. Morrison, J. 1 1. McOooi and H. Rasmussen. The good horse Mulciber, winner of the | 0,000 Cof froth Handicap, was shipped to I I Lexington Saturday morning, along with Dr. ! i Lovclls thoroughbreds. Among those in the shipment was Capt. Clover, which has been nominated for the Kentucky Derby. A total of 107 horses are entered for Sunday, the closing day, which is a record num- ber of horses slated to start at Tijuana in one day.
