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OLD SOL BACK ON THE JOB Return of Normal Weather Condi ¬ tions Brings Big Crowd Scrapis First In the Twin Inn Handicap Tools Skill and Energetic Riding Helps HelpsVeteran Veteran N K Deal to Earn Brackets SAM DIEGO Cal February 4 Old Sol Saturday restored the famed California cli ¬ mate to normalcy and as a consequence a big Saturday crowd greeted the thorough ¬ breds at the Tijuana track It was a rainy card contested on a track that had every element to require stamina and endurance in a horse to prove the winner The fore ¬ runner of the weekend delegation from other points in California arrived to swell the regu ¬ lar attendance and all signs indicate a bis attendance Sunday SundayThe The Twin Inn Handicap at fiveeighths of a mile was carded as the afternoons feature and here trainer C J Casey sent a good horse to the post in Serapis under the colors of C X Daniel Just how good was this son o Sweep can be told by his manner of winning and his margin of safety at the end He won as jockey Rails desired and this was after he had run the path soon after the rise of the barrier He was cantering at the end to win off by himself despite his top weight ot 119 pounds Finishing gamely under the whip but never able to get near the winner was Reap to be second while Lavinia from the stable of Col R L Baker Kentucky owner was third Lavinia and the winner had been made equal choices in the books and they went to the post with 32 chalked up in front of their names namesIt It undoubtedly was on account of jockey W Pool having the mount on Lavinia that her price was shortened from 5 to 2 to 3 to 2 Previous to this race Pool had moved into the winners circle two times while his daring and finished jockeyship set the tongues of the players wagging As was the case Friday when this youth rode with great determina ¬ tion and skill he displayed his ability again Saturday He first scored with The Veng ¬ eance the oddson choice in the third race Then lie came right back in the fourth and made N K Beal a dead tired horse win over Plow Steel x Here it was an extremely in ¬ telligent ride on the part of Pool N K Beal and Plow Sfeel raced as a team for the greater part of the distance of one mile and seventy yards An eighth out N K Beal was staggering Pool was aware of Use fact and reached down and took a fresh hold on the horse and helping him with strong hands he fairly lifted his mount over the imaginary line a winner by a strong head head1OLKS 1OLKS LATEST RIDING PUPIL PUPILStuart Stuart Polk an owner with a faculty of developing riders introduced another likely looking jockey to the public when he saddled Harry Burgoyne in the opener and hoisted master ErieUson aboard The lad made a neat job of it by taking Harry Burgoyne to the front at the rise of the barrier and never relinquished the lead until the five and a half furlong race was over Closest to him at the end was Thrills which was driving hard to take the measure of the favorite Lacchus which closed a big gap from a slow beginning In winning Harry Burgoyne scored the maiden victory for jockey Erick son just as he did last season when he car ¬ ried jockey M Fator home to his initial suc ¬ cess cessHag Hag Doll in the second race at five and a half furlongs and San Hedron in the con ¬ cluding race at an even mile were the out ¬ standing surprises of the day The former won in a busy finish from old Onwa and Tempy Duncan and paid better than 27 to 1 San Hedrons victory was a meritorious Continued on eighth page OLD SOL BACK ON THE JOB Continued from first page one as he set the pace all the way and won with speed in reserve His odds were slightly better than 20 to 1 and after the race it was reported that his new owner J Manale who had recently purchased the horse from C B Irwin had profited handsomely by the geldings success successHorace Horace Lerch cantered home with the long end of the purse in the fifth race at a mile and seventy yards He took an early com ¬ manding lead and jockey Uae only had to sit still to win by three lengths from Little Flor ¬ ence and Fireworth FireworthJockeys Jockeys Stevens and Pool displayed the fine points of the art of finishing on tired horses when they passed the goal post in the seventh race at five and a half furlongs Stevens was astride of Joe Tag while Pool had the mount on Jack Ledi These two en ¬ tered the stretch far in advance of the others and then the duel for supremacy began Stev ¬ ens on Joe Tag used his greatest skill in nursing his mount while Pool roused Jack Lcdi to his best efforts However Joe Tag gallantly kept to his task and won the verdict by a neclc neclcGeorge George Mayberry trainer for the Clifton Slable received word Saturday from J H McKee at New Orleans that lie had pur ¬ chased Prince Tii Tii and that he would ship him along with Bon Homme to vie honors in the rich Coffroth Handicap HandicapRobert Robert North received notification from the Jockey Club that the name Balboa Park had been accepted for his Decant Rogue colt as well as Marion North for his filly by Tre visco La Recolte His chestnut filly by Flit tergold Luminous lias been named Mabel Rowe
