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VAN PATRICK PROMISING i iLooms Looms Up as Formidable Candi ¬ date for the Tijuana Derby Continuous Rain Converts Track Into Sea of ofMud Mud Son of Old Dentschland Victorious Victoriousin in LongDistance Contest of Day SAX DIEGO Cal February 1 Real good thoroughbreds in the mud are the sons and daughters of that California sire Gen ¬ eral Roberts He stands at the head of a stud at Pleasanton operated by that veteran of the turf George Van Gorden This Van Gorden came across the plains to California long before the steel rails bridged desert and mountains He drove a prairie schooner to the land of promise Then he began the breeding of thoroughbreds and the in ¬ tervening years record many successes for him When he installed General Roberts of fame in the days of Emeryville racing as the head of his Pleasanton establishment he acted with keen forethought of the fit ¬ ness of things General Roberts has been sending winners to the races for many years They are good horses on a fast track but when it comes to mud why watch them fly It was this way yesterday with the colt Van Patrick a promising Derby candidate from the stable of C Irby Van Patrick is a son of General Roberts Janice Marian a mighty sweet race mare in her day Van Patrick with only 100 pounds in the person of jockey Rails cut out a pace in the aft ernoons feature at the Tijuana track which was heartbreaking to the others They wilted under the task of attempting to catch this colt at one mile and seventy yards Never menaced and winning with ridiculous ease Van Patrick made a show of his opponents and was so much the best that it is surprising that Frank Fogarty was made favorite favoriteAs As a result the winner paid the fair price of 230 to 1 in the mutuels The books quoted him at five to two and his victory cost the layers somewhat dearly for he was supported by quite a few of turfdoms wiseacres Nearest to Aran Patrick at the finish was Wild Flower which had been prominent throughout the running of the race and third was Frank Fogarty made an evenmoney favorite by the men who wield the chalk chalkRain Rain continued unabated during the day CoQtiuued on twelfth page VAN PATRICK PROMISING Continued from first page and the course still continued in a heavy condition If anything it was deeper than the day preceding and the gallant thorough ¬ breds as they entered the stretch seemed to plow through what appeared to be a sea of mud mudThe The sport was ushered in with a juvenile dash in which the baby racers for the first time this year were asUed to race three and a half furlongs Al Hotfoot which hereto ¬ fore has been unbeaten was heavily sup ¬ ported despite his impost of 125 pounds Away slowly he never figured in the run ¬ ning first honors going to Battle Shot a brown filly by War Shot and Countess Joan Battle Shot displayed a high turn of speed in the going but she was forced to do her best to ward off the closing challenge of Norwood and Wiki Jack In justice to Nor ¬ wood it must be said that he was probably best He was in close quarters early and when he managed to work clear he came with an electric burst of speed and finished wearing the winner down downAgain Again in the second race the best horso had to be contented with place honors This was Bacchus which closed a great gap from a slow beginning then swerved out badly in the stretch to lose mucli ground Despite the fact that he finished directly under the judges stand he only lost by a scant nose Squash after leading throughout was re ¬ turned the winner but she was lucky to score as Bacchus would have downed her in another stride strideLone Lone Pine and Veiled Colleen were the up ¬ sets in the fourth and fifth races both win ¬ ning in good fashion from their rivals Lone Pine took the mile and a quarter race after showing his heels to the others from the barrier to the end The veteran jockey E Dugan rode the son of Deutscliland in fault ¬ less fasnion and managed ta keep him going long enough to take the measure of Little Dear and Tawasentha Speed again counted in the casa of Veiled Colleen and she circled the course without ever getting a speck of mud on her The winner paid better than la to 1 and owner A L Briggs is reported to have won a tidy sum by virtue of her victory victoryThe The blue pencil played havoc with the field originally slated to face the barrier in the eighth race at five and onehalf fur ¬ longs and out of twelve carded overnight only six answered the call of the bugle bugleDue Due de Guise and Hazel Dale were the favored ones and they were backed almost to the exclusion of all others First honors went to Due de Guise which outran his opponents in the going and won in a canter from Billy Joe the extreme outsider Hazel Dale from the C B Irwin barn tired after chasing him to the last turn and third place was the best she could do doThree Three horses will henceforth race in dif ¬ ferent colors as a result of claims which were registered yesterday In the fifth race G W Crippen lost Silk Sox to Tt F Cloud for the consideration of 1500 In the seventh Gold Bryan a sixyearold mare which raced with marked success at Honolulu last sum ¬ mer and won here recently was acquired by the Sunflower Stable for the sum of 1000 The third and final claim camo in the con ¬ cluding race when Due de Guise was taken by R M Hollenbeck for 900 900Henry Henry McDaniel today was asked to placa a price on Messines and Doubtful and asked 4000 for the two capable racing tools George toolsGeorge P Fuller who races Be Frank Sunnyland and others under the name of th Bronx Stable arrived today from San Fran ¬ cisco to spend the remainder of the winter season at Coronado and Tijuana Jockey TijuanaJockey J Thomas today received orders from James Rowe trainer for H P Whitney to report at the Brookdale Farm New Jer ¬ sey not later than February 15 Thomaa plans to make his departure from Tijuana the latter part of next week weekThe The sire Deutschland which formerly stood at George Wingfielda Nevada Stock Farm was represented by two winners yesterday They were Squash and Lone Pine two or ¬ dinary platers which usually show good form over a heavy track in particular
