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RACES TO HIS BEST FORM John S Reardon Surprises Ti ¬ juana Patrons by Victory Easily Defeats Snch Good Horses as Ten TenButtons Buttons Spanish 3Iaizc and Others Bastille Beaten by Scotland Yet SAN DIEGO Cal February 21 Showing a return to his best eastern form John S Reardon carrying the blue and white racing jacket of William Nestlehouse of Omaha made a show of his opponents in the mile and a sixteenth handicap at Tijuana yester ¬ day dayHis His victory was in the nature of a surprise as even his stable connections gave him scant chance to best such good thoroughbreds as Ten Buttons Spanish Maize Planet Fair ¬ way and Tailor Maid True he had shown speed in his previous essays but was prone to quit in the final rush It was not this way yesterday The son of Ormondale was saddled a sure fit horse as his race showed It was Tea Buttons that set the pace and racing down the backstretch with John S Reardon in her wake it appeared as if jockey Hum had her under restraint How ¬ ever Fator on the ultimate winner also was wasI reserving his mount for the final run and I andI I when the homestretch was reached the crowd stood amazed as they beheld the Irwin mare relinquish the command in favor of John S Reardon Once in front the gelding widened the breach and passing the finish line Fator pulled him up to a slow canter to score by five lengths Ten Buttons hung on long enough to save second money by a com ¬ fortable margin from Spanish Maize which in turn took Planets measure by open day ¬ light for the small end of the purse purseThe The secondary feature a purse race at a mile and seventy yards proved another up j j upj set for Bastille from the barn of Com ¬ mander J K Li Ross fell a victim to the speed of Scotland Yet and was forced to fol folI I I low her home a badly beaten horse Bastille was looked upon as the most likely winner of the day and was backed so strongly that one would have imagined that it was all over but the shouting However his backers 1 failed to reckon with the speed of Scotland Scotlandi i Yet YetA A thumbnail description of the race is that Scotland Yet sprinted to the front and prac ¬ tically won the race in the first quarter Har speed was sufficient to open a gap on the theI I others and once mistress of the situation she sheI I simply cantered the remainder of the race racei i to win with speed in reserve Bastille which j whichj j was badly outrun during the early stages of Continued on twelfth pnge RACES TO HIS BEST FORM Continued from first pare the race managed to gather up enough speed to take second honors by a wide margin from Sacramento a poor sort of a racing tool toolBettie Bettie Stuart scored a lucky win in the opener at five and a half furlongs She had speed in abundance but tired suddenly a few yards from the finish and barely man ¬ aged to stagger home a winner by a head from Calithump and Santhia C CJockey Jockey Watrous the latest Tijuana saddle find showed further evidence of his worth as a reinsman when astride of Mistake He outrode Millerick on Joe Campbell and won the second race by a nose Mistake paid the lucrative odds of 17 to 1 and those who have been following the mounts of this prom ¬ ising rider gave vent to exclamations of joy as the odds were displayed on the mutuel board boardJockey Jockey J Merimee gave Tom Owens a gilt edged ride in the third a mile and an eighth affair and the scion of Dr Leggo again scored brackets by leading El Roble and Dolph first past the winning post postDark Dark Ages in the fourth and Hazel Dale in the seventh were the two first choices that rewarded their backers during the aft ¬ ernoon Dark Ages had little difficulty in outfooting her opponents througli the stretch and won eased up by four lengths from Tabloid and July Fly Hazel Dales victory was not accomplished so easily She was forced to battle the veteran sprinter Joe Blair for the long end of the purse but nearing the end Joe lowered his colors and the game badlegged mare downed him by threequarters of a length lengthFrom From a racing standpoint the best finish of the day came in the concluding race a gallop of a mile and seventy yards In this Sundial II from the C Buxton barn had the call in the betting with the others being but weakly supported Jockey Merimee had the mount on Sundial II and sent him into a clear lead rounding the far turn This advantage he held until within shadow of the finish where Marcella Boy sneaked through on the inside and won by a nose in the last stride Black Betty was third after fighting it out valiantly with the first two twoTwo Two horses changed hands via the claim ¬ ing route in the seventh race The tenyear old mare Hazel Dale went to C E Davidson while Kirkwood was tken by C McDonnell Nine hundred dollars was the consideration in both cases casesJ J Healy trainer for A Bostwick has taken first call on jockey F Weiner WeinerAssistant Assistant starter Eddie Thomas who was injured the other day when Dolores stepped on his leg was able to be at the track to ¬ day and reported to starter Morrissey that he would return to his duties at the barrier next Tuesday TuesdayCharles Charles Berry has taken the book of jockey Merimee and is making his engage ¬ ments Merimee has shown sparkling form in the saddle since his arrival here from New Orleans as was evidenced by his two victories yesterday while astride of Tom Owens and Scotland Yet
