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TIJUANA DERBY PROSPECT Joella J Gives Indications of De ¬ veloping Into Good Candidate 3TannIkIn II Longest Priced Winner Ever EverRecorded Recorded at Mexican Track Harry D DScores Scores His Ninth Victory SAN DIEGO Gal January 4 It remained for Wednesdays feature race the Vernon Handicap at one mile to uncover a most promising thoroughbred for the Tijuana Dar ¬ by byThis This is Joella J that fleet daughter of Seth and Pickaninny and although this rrim little miss bowed in defeat to Jim Daisy sporting the colors of Colonel R L Baker prominent Kentuckian Joella J ran a bang up second and might have been the winner in a few more strides stridesThey They had said that Joella J was not real realurdy urdy and that her previous victories had Seen somewhat fluky but she contradicted this yesterday for in her wake she left some good horses including John S Reardon which finished third Red Wingfield fourth and Fairway the prize of the A C Bostwick stable The latter was making his first appearance of the meeting and probably is in need of racing to reach that good form he showed in the East EastJim Jim Daisy was taken right to the front by jockey W Pool and he opened up a good gap Joella J was held in restraint until passing the threeeighths post and then jockey Rails let her down a bit She began to cut down the leaders advantage and midway of the stretch Pool was required to go to the whip to keep Jim Daisy in front However Jim Daisy finished gamely and won by a half length Crystal Ford which was given good support was fractious at the post and ran a poor race racePATS PATS S250CO FOB 2 2The The longestpriced winner that ever graced the charmed circle at Tijuana was recorded in the sixth race when Mannikin II took a whisker decision from Herder at three quarters of a mile It was jockey Stevens audacity in sending Mannikin II through a knothole that won the race for the un ¬ lookedfor outsider Seventy yards out the entire field of six horses Veteran having been left at the post were fighting for the long end of the purse Stevens colly awaited a chance for an opening and finding what looked to be scant room he sent Mannikin IL through the space with the result that he got up in time to win by a nose When the mutuels were displayed on the hoard the sum of J25060 met the eyes of the lucky ticket holders a mighty cheer arose which showed that quite a few had been rewarded by Dame Fortune FortuneOne One would seem to think that Harry D was a mechanical horse instead of a thor ¬ oughbred of flesh and blood by the manner in which he keeps winning Wednesday he added another victory to his long list of successes It was his thirteenth start of the meeting but there was nothing unlucky about the number for he again showed the way to Bill Blackwell a horse which the Irwin sprinter seems to have the Indian sign on Harry D took first honors in the last race of the day at fiveeighths and when the nineyearold gelding returned to the stand he was cheered to the echo echoNine Nine victories out of thirteen starts in a period of thirtyone racing days is the record of Harry D to date and a more beloved horse in the hearts of the San Diego fans would be hard to find findDoubtful Doubtful carrying the gold and black col ¬ ors of Commander Ross graduated from the ranks of the maidens when he won a some ¬ what handy victory from El Roble and En ¬ dive in the third race at fiveeighths The lastnamed filly which was only beaten a little over three lengths would have paid better than 400 to I had she won Continued on twelfth pace TIJUANA DERBY PROSPECT Continued from first page A stirring struggle marked the finish of the second race which brought together a large band of cheap longdistance horses The winner turned up in Argento with Al Wick Deckhand and John Arbor next in order Only heads and necks separated the four horses as they passed the winning post postAn An offer of 1000 for the speedy filly Joella J made by C B Irwin was refused this morning Owner H Tullett said that no sum less than 5000 would make him part with this excellent Tijuana Derby candidate candidateClarence Clarence Buxton reported that his imported thoroughbred Heroisme broke down while working yesterday morning Being an entire horse of choice blood lines he will be offered for sale as a stallion as Buxton is of the opinion that his racing days are at an end endThe The wellbred mare Head Over Heels i3 another to go wrong and she will no doubt be purchased for breeding purposes purposesC C B Irwin has purchased the threeyear old colt El Roble from Major Sven Christen sen The transaction was a private one but it is reported that the purchase price was 2500 2500Red Red Faber star twirler of the Chicago White Sox who is wintering at San Diego was one of the lucky ones to hold a ticket calling for ilannikin IL which won at better than 121 to 1 1J J Sondscim a wellknown New York sportsman and a member of the Queens County Jockey Club is a guest of the Hotel del Coronado where he will spend the win ¬ ter motoring to the Tijuana course daily
