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ABADANE STAR AT TIJUANA Runs Mile in 139 25 in Beating Georgie Be Frank and Others Jockey Halls Narrowly Escapes Serious In ¬ jury in Bad Pall Shoreacres Triumphs Orer little Dear in Thrilling Finish SAN DIEGO Cal February 21 A cham ¬ pion horse in all that the word champion implies is Abadane which munches hay in the C B Irwin stable Yesterday afternoon at Tijuana he met what appeared to be the best competition he has had since his vic ¬ torious march at the border course and when it was all ended Abadane was tri ¬ umphant for the fifth straight time four occasions over a distance of a mile or more and once at five and a half furlongs The horse has done everything owner Irwin asked of him and this has not been an easy task for this western horseman runs his thoroughbreds early and often oftenIt It was not a big field in point of numbers in which Abadane earned his laurels yes ¬ terday afternoon but what the field lacked in numbers was made up in quality First ot all the winner beat such cracks of the PJast and West as Georgie Be Frank Fair ¬ way and two others and his mile in 1 39 was the fastest time for the mile distance at the meeting meetingTo To the credit of the defeated Georgie made the second choice in the betting at book odds of 6 to 5 it must be said that this one from the Colonel R L Baker string ran a good race from a miserable beginning Georgie sulked badly at the start as is his habit and after a little they were off but Georgie dwelt as the barrier arose His jockey AV Pool rode with intelligence and he took his mount right to the rail to save all possible ground in going to the first turn turnHE HE FIIAXK mrilOVES mrilOVESBe Be Frank that slashing son of Sir John Johnson was first to show in front and the good horse led Abadane by a small margin until rounding the last turn It was then that jockey Cantrell who had reserved Aba danes speed for the final dash gave his mount his head Slow indeed seemed Be Frank as this consistent runner dashed past him In the twinkling of an eye Aba ¬ dane assumed command and then Georgie offered him challenge However Georgie had spent his best efforts during the early running of the race to make up lost ground and despite the fact that he finished with rare gameness he never got closer than a length to the winner from the eighth post to the end His margin for second place was two and a half lengths in front of Be Frank The latter ran a creditable race and seems to be improving with every start startUnder Under perfect weather conditions it was really a trifle too warm to be comfortable A ladies day crowd of more than ordinary proportions filed through the gates of the Tijuana track It was a wonderful day for racing with the course fast and at its best Formful indeed was the sport with favorites and second choices accounting for the entire eight races racesWhat What appeared to be a serious accident happened in the first race in which the horse Elmer W with jockey Halls in the Continued on twelfth pase ABADANE STAR AT TIJUANA Continued from first pace saddle was caught in a jam and fell soon after the start Rails was picked up in a semiconscious condition and rushed to the track hospital where it was found that he was suffering from a fractured rib When Rails fell he Lay directly in the path of the big field of horses and it was miraculous that he escaped as luckily as he did The winner turned up in Norford Honey which finished out the four and a half furlongs with two lengths to spare from Little Smile and Mae Seth Jockey Lee scored his first saddle triumph in riding Norford Honey to victory victoryFIKST FIKST FOIl A E STOKES STOKESThe The colors of A E Stokes of Reno Nov were carried successfully for the first time at this meeting when his Tabloid held Jack Pot and Coombs safe in the second race at fiveeighths Tabloid was the favorite and was heavily backed by the rank and file fileSuperior Superior horsemanship played its part in the triumph of Cannonball in the third race He scored by a neck thanks to the deter ¬ mined ride of jockey Glass who at the finish put it all over I Parke the diminutive rider astride of Blanche Meyers The latter looked all over a winner a sixteenth out but little Parke was at sea when it came to helping tlw mare in the final struggle struggleThe The fourth race a mile and an eighth contest resulted in a nipandtuck endinpr in which Shoreacres the pacemaker just managed to hold on long enough to catch the eyes of the judges by a nose Pressing her hard at the end was Little Dear which dropped from the clouds only to miss the mark by a whisker N K Beal the favo ¬ rite was third thirdThe The fifth at a like distance fell to Vic from the William Walker barn which was held at the short price of 2 to 5 in the machines Vic did not disappoint her back ¬ ers but came dangerously near suffering de ¬ feat at the hands of Bacchus The latter was forced to go wide entering the stretch and lost much ground Had he been on the inside it is more than probable that his number would have been displayed upper ¬ most on the winning board boardJockey Jockey Dean the smallest jockey riding at Tijuana again displayed his saddle ability when he piloted Jack Bauer to victory from Carlos Enrique and Lucky Button in the seventh Dean took his mount right to tho fiont and the colt displaying high speed made every post a winning one oneG G W Atkinson lost Roisterer to C E Groves who was represented by Anita K He claimed him out of the last race for 1700 1700Walter Walter Dupee celebrated polo player and amateur rider entertained a large gathering of fellow sportsmen in the clubhouse today Among these present were Mr Harry East Mr Vickers Mr and Mrs Hays and Mr Albright The gentlemen in the party are visiting poloists who are here to play at Coronado at the forthcoming season
