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TIJUANA DRENCHED AGAIN Rain Continues Unabated and the Track Is a Sea of Mud. Haln Finally Makes Good Harry D. Scores Fourth Victory of Meeting Freak of Pari-Mntuel Betting. SAN DIEGO, Cal., December 14. Racing was conducted yesterday at Tijuana under most trying conditions, a veritable deluge falling throughout the afternoon. As a consequence the mile course resembled a circular sea of mud, which made colors almost undis-cernible except at close range. The rain continued unabated throughout the afternoon and the many eastern visitors here for the first time must be a wee bit skeptical about the glorious sunshine of California. However, the weather up to date has been unusual, the continued precipitation making a radical departure from the general order of things. After three valiant efforts to annex a purse Halu, the well-bred son of King James, re-1 cently acquired by Allen and Tryon, made jgood in the ,000 claiming handicap, at aj mile and seventy yards, which was the fifth and feature race of the afternoon. There was much activity in wagering on this race, the public being somewhat undecided as to which horse to make the favorite. As a result Louanna, Woodie Montgomery, Barris-kane and Halu were all well supported. The contest was not a spirited one, as Halu, when given free rein, fairly flew past Woodie Montgomery and ultimately won, with jockey Ray Carter easing him up. Woodie Montgomery, racing in the colors of Frank Irwin, took second place from his brother Charley, who was represented in the race by Buckhorn II. Louanna and Barris-kane, which showed much speed during the early stages, finished exhausted and brought up in the rear division. The aged sprinter Harry D. continued his winning ways when he took the major portion of the purse in the seventh race, at five and a half furlongs. The speedy son of Barnsdale raced head and head with Pueblo from barrier to finish and at the end had enough left to stall the latter off. It was the fourth straight victory of this consistent plater. THREE FATOItlTES SUCCESSFUL. Three favorites were successful in their endeavors to win purses during the day. These were : Silk Sox, in the opening dash ; Frank Fogarty, in the fourth race, at a mile and seventy yards, and Whippet, in the sixth, which scored at an even mile. A freak of the pari-mutuel betting was demonstrated in the initial race when Emma Weller, which finished in second place, paid the handsome returns of 20.-10 for each ?2 place ticket. Had the mare won the race she would have only paid a lew dollars more, or, to be exact, 135.20. John M. Crane, who has a select stable of runners here in charge of Cris Krisbaum, is an arrival here from San Francisco. Crane reports that the jockey Eddie Taplin will shortly arrive from Fresno, Cal., where he has been visiting his mother, to ride the Crane thoroughbreds. E. W. Moores crack filly Grace Mayers was fired this morning in both front ankles for ossilets by Dr. T. J. Ogle, the veterinary surgeon, who also put the firing irons to both knees to the colt Suspicion and unsexed Virginius. The stewards passed favorably on the application of jockey Ralph R. Carter, an English rider. Carter has a war record, having gone overseas with the Seventy-second Ba-tallion of Vancouver, B. C. He rode with a fair measure of success in the old country, having ridden winners at Worcester and other racing points. James McConnell, a well-known eastern thoroughbred enthusiastist, got in yesterday from New York. McConnell was delighted with the sport at Tijuana and intends purchasing a small but select stable or runners in the near future to race at the border track, as well as Tanforan. Charles Daniels, well-known breeder or Wichita Falls, Tex., and owner of the sire Leonid, was another to put in his appearance yesterday. Daniels intends spending the winter here. Frank Fogarty changed hands via the claiming route when A. M. Gray claimed the black gelding for ?900 from C. Irby.
