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NONE OTHER THAN IRWIN Rain or Shine His Horses Con ¬ tinue on Winning Way Frank Fogarty Takes the Feature Harry D DMakes Makes it Eight Straight Favorites FavoritesAgain Again in Ascendency SAN DIEGO Cal February 10 It was C B Irwin again at Tijuana Friday after ¬ noon The days featurea handicap at a mile and seventy yards found him the win ¬ ner with Frank Fogarty This owner had intended to fire three barrels at his competi ¬ tors in the afternoons feature but Thurs ¬ day night more rain came and the tracks dust was turned to mud He scratched Black Betty but allowed Frank Fogarty and Prince Direct to remain The former proved suf ¬ ficient for the latter was only touring in this company On a track that was supposed to fit him particularly well Hyanpom ran a dull race to finish out of the money Glen Well took up the pace when Louanna had enough and looked all over a winner a six ¬ teenth out However a skillful and deter ¬ mined ride by jockey D Hurn made Frank Fogarty come again and he had a comfort ¬ able margin of victory Glen Well easily held second place over Louanna with Hyan ¬ pom staggering in the stretch to be fourth fourthWhen When betting on the race was opened the Irwin entry and Hyanpom ruled favorites at 7 to 5 but when they went to the post it was Hyanpom which had been made first choice by a slight fraction over the Irwin entry This shift had its effect in the mutuel wagering and as the winner Frank Fogarty paid J190 to 51 51Threatening Threatening clouds and wet grounds so to speak were not sufficient to deter a good crowd of fans from courting the fickle dame fortune fortuneIt It was ladies day and a big gathering of the fair ones was on hand The clubhouse was the scene of much social activity there being several brilliant luncheons given by local society folk and wellknown eastern visitors visitorsStamping Stamping himself the most remarkable thoroughbred that ever set hoofs on the Tijuana track Harry D continued his win ¬ ning way again yesterday and scored his eighth consecutive victory It was in the concluding race of the day a sprint of five and a half furlongs that Harry D carry ¬ ing the red and white colors of C B Irwin vanquished a good band of sprinters His stout heart did nto fail him for he carried the crushing impost of 120 pounds and ran Continued on twelfth page NONE OTHER THAN IRWIN Continued from first page the distance in 1 09 over a course that was fetlock deep with mud mudThe The crowd on hand placed extreme con ¬ fidence in the nineyearold son of Barns dale and the proverbial ton of money poured into the machines for him Indeed he was backed almost to the exclusion of all the others and paid the short return of 2 to 5 5The The start was anything but a good one However Harry D is a splendid post horse and when the barrier arose he was off head and head with the leader Down the back stretch he thundered and at the halfmile post his snowball face showed in front with Carlos Enrique from the Frank Irwin barn forcing him at top speed Around the far turn he still held command but his advan ¬ tage was a slight one and doubt existed in the minds of many as to whether he could ccntinue his heartrending pace Turning for home jockey Claver on Carlos Enrique went to the whip in an effort to take the lead but game Harry D was not to be denied With frictionless strides he drew away from the colt and without ever having felt the sting of the whip he raced to the goal a winner by the comfortable margin of a length and a half In second place came Carlos Enrique a tiredout horse which easily held Royal Maid safe for second place placeIt It was only fitting that Harry D should receive the plaudits of the crowd when he proudly cantered back to the winners ring and the ovation continued until he was led out of sight to his barn Harry Ds score to date at this meeting is thirteen victories eight of which were won without a break out of seventeen starts In two of his races he finished in second place placeAgain Again the favorites were in their element and as a whole form was well kept during the day Five first choices and two second choices rewarded their backers and once more the bookmakers were dealt a drubbing by the rank and file fileCaamano Caamano was afforded the bulk of the speculation in the opener at threequarters mile but he never figured in the running and finished far back The winner turned up in the Meelick mare Belle Flower which won by a wide margin from Glad News and Bessie Young YoungHal Hal Farrell collected his first purse of the meeting when his Bacchus a threeyearold son of Zeus took first honors in the third at one mile and an eighth Jockey Long played a waiting game with his mount and making his run in the last quarter he can ¬ tered home in front of Plurality and Little Dear DearWhippet Whippet gave his opponents in the fourth a good beating by leading throughout the journey of a mile and threesixteenths He was an oddson favorite and won as his prico signified signifiedJockey Jockey Claver gave Pueblo a giltedged ride in the fifth at an even mile and riding him to perfection the old horse smothered his rivals with his speed and won pulled up from Olympiad and Jack Ledi LediAmong Among the distinguished arrivals of the day were Mrs L Viau who races an ex ¬ tensive stable on the eastern courses under the name of the Foreign Stable Mrs Viau was accompanied by her trainer Sandy Mc Naughton and Mrs McNaughton as well as Mrs Thompson of New York The east ¬ erners spent the afternoon in the clubhouse as the guests of president James W Cof froth Mrs Viau wus agreeably surprised at the magnitude of the sport here and voiced her intention of shipping her best thorough ¬ breds to Tijuana next winter Mrs Viau and her party intend lengthening their stay here at least ten days daysWhippet Whippet was claimed out of the fourth race for 1200 by R H Good
