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SURPRISES ORDER OF DAY LongPriced Winners Reign Su ¬ preme at Tijuana Saturday Allcdcns Defeat of Carafoosse Fairway and andSpanish Spanish Maize the Outstanding Upset Motor Cop Finally Wins SAN DIEGO Cal January 21 After a remarkable run of successful favorites in which the public choices reigned supreme over the outsiders and which proclaimed Ti ¬ juana a most formful course the worm turned Saturday and the long shots had their inning It was an afternoon replete with surprises in which horses almost en ¬ tirely unlocked for at extremely attractive prices were the ones to show the way first past the winning post to the favorites And when the day was done it was recorded that the following horses at the odds named had been the cause of the downfall of the well backed favored ones Old Homestead 3690 Hackamore 1S20 Alleden 53430 and Do natello 2800 to 1 1Old Old Homestead was the first to upset the form when he took a nose decision in the second race from Miss Dunbar and Review Jockey Slaughter rode him admirably bringing him from far back with a well timed rush to win by an incli in the last stride over Miss Dunbar DunbarHackamore Hackamore only had to toy with his field in the third at an even mile to win his race Taking a long lead while racing around the far turn he left the others far back in his wake and ultimately won by six lengths from Plunger and The Vengeance VengeanceThe The outstanding surprise of the day came in the fifth race a purse event over a distance of a mile and a sixteenth in which Cara bosse the imported crack English mare was heavily supported There were some who were of the opinion that Fairway and Span ¬ ish Maize might take her measure but none looked for Alleden a bush horse to turn the trick but such are the vicissitudes of racing for it was this sort of obscure racing tcol that fought tooth and nail to win by the scantiest of margins from Carabosse The winner set all the pace and when challenged by the English mare he hung on with the tenacity of a bulldog and in a most des ¬ perate finish got the nod in the last stride It was really a twohorse race as Fairway was beaten off third while Spanish IMaize which was starting for the first time was always outpaced outpacedCOMPLETE COMPLETE ROUTE OF FAVORITES FAVORITESThe The almost complete route of the favorites came about when Donatello which hereto ¬ fore has repeatedly disappointed scampered home in the last race of the day at a mile and seventy yards a winner over Charley Boy and Fireworth There was much trouble experienced by several of the starters in this race and luckily for Donatello he es ¬ caped the crowding by racing into a forward position While leaving the backstretch he sprinted into the lead and under a deter ¬ mined ride by jockey F Baker the gelding held Charley Boy and Fireworth safe in the concluding drive Both Charley Boy and Fireworth figured conspicuously along with Peace Flag and McGees Pink in the rough j ing which took place and it can be authen ¬ tically said that had they found a clear course the winner Avould have been lucky to have finished third thirdThe The feature of the day the Pronto Handi Coiitinucd on second page SURPRISES ORDER OF DAY Continued from first pige cap at fiveeighths mile went to C B Irwins speedy Motor Cop which took the measure of the favorite Krewer in the fast time of 59 by an open length Motor Cop carried top weight of 117 pounds and demonstrated his high class by racing Jack Bauer into defeat and then warding off the challenge of Krcwer Doctor Corbett ran one of his good races to be third by a narrov margin marginC C B Irwin again scored a double when his Buckhorn II came right back from his win ¬ ning race of yesterday and won the seventh race at a mile and seventy yards Purl carrying the colors of Clarence Buxton ruled the favorite but he was forced to acknowl ¬ edge defeat when Buckhorn II came from far back to pass him and the pacemaker She Devil with a tremendous rush in the last twenty yards yardsThe The opening event saw a select field of two yearolds parading to the post with May nard L a lastminute absentee by order of the stewards who were skeptical as to the youngsters age During the morning the rumor spread that the colt had worked a sensational eighth and that he was a three yearold in age Pending an investigation of the veracity of this report Maynard L was ordered scratched The winner turned up in Al Hotfoot at 2 to 5 which won all the way from Battle Shot and Wiki Jack JackGold Gold Bryan a sixyearold mare making her initial start here was made the medium of a killing in the third race when those in on the know backed her from 40 to 6 to 1 in the books and supported her heavily in the machines Gold Bryan was entrusted to the care of the veteran jockey E Dugan and the oldtimer made a good job of it by scoring by a neck over Delancey and the oddson favorite Rosa Atkin AtkinAmong Among the noted arrivals today was Charles M Weber who came direct from Havana to spend the balance of the winter in San Diego Mr Weber was astonished to see the magnitude of the sport at Tijuana and predicts that the present meeting will surpass that of any other winter track in Northern America AmericaThere There were three claims lodged for Buck ¬ horn II winner of the seventh race and in the shakeoff B Creech was successful in getting the horse over C Buxton and Bal linger Coffman The consideration was 100 100The The speedy horse Feylance which races in the colors of the J K L Ross Stable suf ¬ fered an attack of laryngitis and was ex ¬ cused by the stewards out of the handicap at noon Dr T J Ogle who was called to treat the horse reported that the ailment was nothing serious and the horse is ex ¬ pected to be seen under colors again at an early date dateD D F Witherspoon and wife personal friends of Commander J K L Ross were arrivals here today from Washington D C to spend a lengthy holiday holidayClarence Clarence Buxton this morning disposed of the horse Heroism to J K Graves of Oak hurst Fresno county California for breed ¬ ing purposes While purchasing the import ¬ ed French stallion Mr Graves also acquired the mares Hickorynut Aunt Sue and Irish Hoda which will serve as matrons at hi3 newlyesxablished modest stock farm farmFred Fred Hersig a member of the Cheyenne Wyo Racing Association was a visitor at Tijuana today He was the guest of C B Irxvin In honor of his visitor Irwin was host at a dinner party given last night at the Sunset Inn Tijuana The dinner was at ¬ tended by a score of welrftnown turfmen
