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TWO MORE FOR C B IRWIN Rajah and Hazel Dale Record An ¬ other Double for Westerner Dr Johnson Tails His Admirers Xoonhour Xoonhourat at Attractive Odds Delhimar Justifies JustifiesStanch Stanch Support Accorded Him SAN DIEGO Cal January 28 Benefited by a rest aided by an inner rail position at the post finding a track that courted him and possersing the ability to get to the front to gat the shortest route home Rajah the Dur ¬ bar gelding carried 111 pounds and achieved victory in the afternoons feature at the Ti ¬ juana course Jockey Long who had the mount enjoyed the excursion for he had only to admire the big crowd as he passed the grandstand at the start and the widereach ¬ ing fields of green as Rajah carried him over the backstretch Every post saw the Ir win runner with his body well in front of the others and he won as he pleased with jockey l ng looking back in the stretch to see how far would be his victory Second to him was Silk Sox while Yermak running his usual consistent race was third The lightly weighted Peace Flag displaying the Shafer Comvay colors finished fourth but might have been closer up had she not had been pinched out of early contention as the field rounded the first turn The track was a trying one and the mile and seventy yards was slow the time being 1 19 45 45As As for the wagering on the race it was one in which the players had varying opinions and their wagering was fairly well divided between the winner made favorite at 350 to 1 in the machines Silk Sox at 410 to 1 Peace Flag at 450 to i and Yermak at 5 to 1 1The The greatest upset of the day came in the seventh race a highclass race at five and a half furlongs In this Dr Johnson was backed into favoritism despite his crushing impost of 123 pounds His admirers had faith that he could tote this heavy weight and beat his opposition but he demonstrated in the race that he was unequal to the task Noonhour from the barn of H E Davis which was in light with but 90 pounds on his back was returned the winner in a busy finish from Tubby A and Bill Blackwell while Dr Johnson finished far back The latter showed his usual early speed but when Noonhour wrested the lead from him he fell j back steadily and when he rounded into the I stretch he tossed it up completely Noon i hour paid the attractive price of almost 25 to 1 and it was reported that owner H E Davis profited handsomely by the colts vic ¬ tory toryHELPED HELPED BY GOOD RIDE RIDEThe The colors of C B Irwin were again to the fore when his horses Rajah and Hazel Dale won the sixth and eighth races respectively i Hazel Dale whose legs arc unsound was ridden with wisdom in the concluding race and she won in a busy finish from Stanley j H and Due de Guise Jockey Long who 1 had the mount on the Irwin mare took his i time witli her and when the leaders had spent themselves he brought his mount up on the outside and snatched the victory in the i last stride stridej j The proverbial ton of money poured in on i Delhimar in the fourth race threequarters i of a mile dash and he justified the staunch 1 support by winning in a canter from Just Right and Pretender Delhimar acted the part of pigs in clover in the soft going and made his field look cheap when he passed under the wire a winner by four lengths hard held heldMarvin Marvin Allen of San Diego who races the good colt Paisley and Halu today asked C A Neal to place a price on the twoyearold Norwood Mr Neal said that nothing short of SOOO would tempt him to part with his speedy colt and Mr Allen has taken the deal under advisement The veteran turfman C C McCafferty who in the old days of Emeryville was known as the man with the halter on account ot his habit of claiming horses has once again joined the ranks of the owners Today hu purchased the horse Jolly Sailor from Clarence Buxtou at a private sale McCaf ¬ ferty will best be remembered as the owner of Dr Leggo when that onetime good horse won the 10000 Burns Handicap HandicapAAm AAm Fenwick reports that his stake winner John Paul Jones is recovering from an at ¬ tack of skin trouble and that he will be ready to be sent to the races within the next weekend weekendJockey Jockey Longs star was in the ascendancy today when he rode three winners they being Olympiad Rajah and Hazel Dale This western apprentice is showing marked im ¬ provement in his saddle work and despite his diminutive size his services are in great demand demandThe The two barns being erected to house the horses that are to arrive from New Orleans to fulfill their stake engagements are rapidly Hearing completion and the contractor in charge reports that they will be ready for occupancy by the middle of next week One side of a barn has been reserved for the J AV Marchbank youngsters that will arrive from Tanforan next week
