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BRILLIANT RAY A SURPRISE Scores an Unlocked for Victory in Ocean Beach Claiming Pnrse Jockey C Halls In Limelight with Three ThreeWinners Winners Hot TVeather Brings BringsOat Oat Immense Crowd SAN DIEGO Cal January 10 Displaying a turn of speed that forecasted defeat for his rivals before a quarter had been tra ¬ versed Brilliant Ray owned by Milton Smith and ridden to perfection by jockey Stevens accounted for the Ocean Beach Claiming Purse at threequarters which was the sixth race on the program The victory of this fouryearold son of Pennant and Sun glow II was entirely unlocked for and in consequence he was but weakly supported Coffield Joella J and Lucky Button were the favored ones and when Brilliant Ray showed them the way to the winning post there were but few of the big crowd on hand that applauded his return to the winners ring However those who did back him Avere rewarded for he paid the good price of 3 for each dollar invested investedAs As to the race it must be said that Bril ¬ liant Ray recovered his speed suddenly True he was away like a bullet leaving a gun and Stevens hustled him along at a fast pace and rounding the far turn he showed a good three lengths to the good Closest to him raced Lucky Button with Cof ¬ field and the big sprinter Doctor Corbett In the homestretch where the fans looked for Brilliant Ray to toss it up he fooled them by finishing with a rare exhibition of game ness that carried him home first by three quarters of a length ahead of Lucky Button That filly had her troubles saving second place from Cofileld which closed fast and only failed to capture the second money by inches Doctor Corbett which was promi ¬ nent to the last sixteenth tired from there on and finished fourth The speedy filly Joella J which came in for a heavy backing failed dismally and perhaps her previous race at a mile had a tendency to dull her speed Yesterday she seemed to race slug ¬ gishly and her lookedfor usual stretch rush did not materialize materializeHOTTEST HOTTEST DAY IX TEX YEARS YEARSUnabated Unabated hot weather had a bumper at ¬ tendance today sweltering Indeed the heat was such that a bathing suit would have been the correct apparel for one to be able to keep cool Statistics show that yesterday was the hottest day recorded in January for the past ten years yearsThe The initial dash saw the favorite Midian beaten a head by Gen Czar Bad racing luck was the cause of his downfall for he was forced to race wide and then to cap the climax he bore out badly in the stretch and finished almost under the judges stand Had Midian not traveled the overland route there is but little doubt but what he would have scored easily and decisively decisivelyII II A Lott who recently provided the long ¬ estpriced winner of the meeting in Mannikin II when that horse was victorious at 125 to 1 saddled another when he sent Ispham to the post in the second race That scion of Rapid Water managed to outgame Tillot son by a head and mutuel returns on the mare paid almost 30 to 1 1Old Old Regreso showed himself to be In ex ¬ cellent form when he won another purse for C B Irwin His victory was in the fifth race at a mile and seventy yards and most impressively he led Mannikin II and Miss Manage to the finish In this race Katherine Rankin was expected to provide the most of the opposition for the Irwin horse but after racing close up for half a mile she tired and finished a half length be ¬ hind the third horse horseJockey Jockey Rails was much in the limelight during the afternoon He rode three win ¬ ners and his saddle work was one of the outstanding incidents of the day Those which he guided to a successful ending were Gen Czar Due de Guise and Lariat LariatHenceforth Henceforth the fouryearold gelding Set ¬ tle winner of the seventh race will munch his feed at C B Irwins stable The latter added him to his big aggregation of horse flesh when he claimed him for 1200 1200The The stewards have ordered that the en ¬ tries of Jack Bauer Right Angle Whippet Continued on twelfth page BRILLIANT RAY A SURPRISE Continued from first page and Crystal Ford be refused on account of their unmanageable conduct at the barrier Crystal Ford and Whippet have developed into rogues and keep the rest of the horses starting with them busy trying to escape their flying heels Right Angle and Jack Bauer in their last appearance in colors did everything at the post but roll over Some Baby was another that has come under the ban She bled and fell in her last start and the stewards were afraid that she might cause a serious accident if she was allowed to again race raceStuart Stuart Polk who sold the contract held by him on jockey M Fator to Sam Hildreth lest little time in finding another apprentice rider This is Kermit Krickson who rode on Peerless One today The lad is as green as the hills of Mexico but Polk says that likewise were Johnson and the Fator boys when he first gave them the leg up on a horse and that with a little experience his latest find will be getting winners home regularly regularlyWork Work was started on a new stable which will be built to house the highclass horses that are coming to Tijuana at the close of the Fair Grounds meeting at New Orleans to fill their stake engagements engagementsThe The motor travel yesterday to Tijuana was one of the heaviest of the meeting The perfectly paved highway from San Diego to the race track gates and the summerlike weather made many motorists hearken to the call of the read and when the first field of horses paraded to the post every inch of parking space held an auto autoJockey Jockey M Buxton lias about decided to retire from the saddle and will confine his turf activities in future to mastering the art of training the thoroughbreds instead of riding them themJudge Judge Francis Nelson and starter Mor ¬ rissey paid a flying visit by motor to Los Angeles over Monday They report that the Tijuana meeting has made many friends among the Los Angeleons and that they heard nothing but praise for the caliber of the sport which Tijuana is serving the public this winter
