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RECORD CLAIM AT TIJUANA Costs C B Irwin 5000 to Add Ten Buttons to His Stable P Whitneys Spot Cash Qualifies for Ti ¬ juana Derby Frank Fogarty Popular Winner Joe Blair Fails SAN DIEGO Cal January 17 Carrying the blue and red colors to victory this after ¬ noon in the feature race at threequarters for A C Bostwick the Maryland mare Ten Buttons a daughter of Ten Point Button ¬ hole joined the ranks of the western thor ¬ oughbreds for she was claimed out of this race by C B Irwin Wyoming horseman for a consideration of 5000 this sum com prising her entered price of 4000 and the purse of 1000 It was the greatest sum ever paid for a runner via the claiming route in the history of the Tijuana track I IThe The field of this feature race was ex ¬ tremely well behaved and was sent away with a trifling delay Ten Buttons with j jockey Thomas in the saddle began with the leaders and soon had her head in front from which position she refused to move until the end was reached She made all the pace and opened up a twolength lead at the turn for home but she tired suddenly seventy yards out and jockey Thomas was required to ride her hard to hold off Settle which was a contender throughout and which came with a great rush at the end Settle carried the colors of Irwin and was the racing tool with which he claimed the winner Catharine Marrone after racing nearest to Ten Buttons until the last eighth had noth ¬ ing left to stall oft the rapidly closing Mes sines and thus lost third place The latter was installed favorite but did not take kindly to the running in the early stages stagesTen Ten Buttons is a nominee in the principal stakes for the meeting including the 30000 Coffroth Handicap and the Tijuana Claiming Stakes the latter being scheduled for de ¬ cision next Sunday There is a hint tonight that owner Irwin who by acquiring the mare increased his string of thoroughbreds to twentyfour will move on to the eastern tracks next summer It is known that it is his desire to improve the quality of his stable and this is prompted by a desire to race in the East it is said saidBANNER BANNER LADIES DAT CROWD CROWDA A big crowd greeted the thoroughbreds yesterday it being officially reported that it was the biggest ladies day of the meeting The spepculation was brisk and a review disclosed that five first choices were suc ¬ cessful cessfulMore More than ever Harry Payne Whitneys Broomstick colt Spot Cash appears one of the most formidable contenders for the Ti Continueil on twelfth page RECORD CLAIM AT TIJUANA Continued from first page juana Derby which will be run March 18 The colt scored his first victory of the meet ¬ ing and it was quite impressive Not the least pleased in the big crowd with the suc ¬ cess of this colt was Tod Sloan former premier rider The light blue and brown silks under which Spot Cash appeared re ¬ minded Sloan of the heydey of his riding when he was under contract to the late W C Whitney father of the present turfman and whose colors were the same Spot Cash a few days back had bowed in defeat to Delante but it was a different story yester ¬ day afternoon in the seventh race at three quarters of a mile He met Delante and vanquished him as he also did Jack Bauer a Kentucky youngster which represented Colonel R L Baker of Lexington Spot Cash was away fourth in the field of six threeyearolds and jockey Taplin allowed him to race within striking distance of the pace until the far turn was reached Here the Whitney colorbearer moved up steadily and came around the leaders He reached the front midway of the stretch and from then on was winner under restraint Jack Bauer ran a good race and set a fast pace but was no match for the winner Dejante tired from forcing the pace but was easily the best of the others othersSpot Spot Cash was supported with little re ¬ gard for the others in his field and there was so much money for him that his price in the mutuels was only 2 to 5 5Another Another popular horse of the afternoon was Frank Fogarty winner of the eighth race at a mile and seventy yards Frank Fogarty was an even money favorite but had not Jockey Long been lucky in getting his mount through a small opening in the stretch he probably would have disappointed his followers The pace was established Tjy Woodie Montgomery but he gave way to the better staying qualities of Frank Fo ¬ garty and Regreso An eighth out it ap ¬ peared that Regreso would get down in front but Frank Fogarty closing with a rush as is his custom had plenty left to overtake Regreso and win by two lengths lengthsThe The old campaigner Joe Blair whom sen ¬ timentalists declare grieves for C A Nor vell his owner and associate of years who died suddenly at the track recently ran in the colors of C A Brown today but was away slower than he should have been and could only be third to Hazel Dale and Joe Tag It was a dash of a half mile and while the veteran runner raced up to even terms with the winner in the stretch his early effort in making up ground took its toll tollThe The initial dash of the afternoon disclosed a Honeywood colt with running notions this being Porto de Oro from the Baroni Old stable It was a threeeighths race for two yearolds with A Lester and Josephine Xewell running as the Xeal Bartholomew entry and Battle Shot but he made a game finish under hard riding by jockey B Parke I and won by a head Battle Shot was sec ¬ ond with Wiki Jack third Clarence Buxton wellknown Oakland I horseman scored his first success of the meeting when he saddled St Angelina a filly I he trains for A Marrone to win the third race at five and a half furlongs The filly was lightly weighted and after sue assumed the lead turning for home was cantering to win by two and a half lengths with Rosa I Atkin the favorite second and Coombs an outsider third President James W Coffroth of the Jockey Club who has been on a business trip to San Francisco for the last few days is ex ¬ pected to return today
