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GRAND OLD Bl BAGGAGE Former Bradley Star Stages Tri ¬ umphal Return to Racing Prince Direct 3Iakes It a Double for the Trwin TrwinColors Colors Arthur IJrent Saddles Two Sue Suefill fill Favorites Amackassiu Again SAN DIEGO Cal February 25 A mat ¬ ronly thoroughbred matronly in all that the name implies stood on the edge of the Coff roth bluff overlooking the Tijuana race track Saturday afternoon She whinied and there was a faint answer The two were mother and daughter Down below them on a fast track the daddy of this youthful thorough ¬ bred was doing his best He was at the races while the one to whom he had been mated and the offspring of the union were watching his efforts effortsWithin Within onefifth of the track record the daddy of this suckling colt was winning a race at four and a half furlongs He was winning like the good horse he was once upon a time He seemed to be reincarnated with that speed the speed he had before years and a train wreck incapacitated him Charging in fullmeasured stride just as he did when he was running with the best sprinters of America and the idol of Ken ¬ tucky tracks Blind Baggage won by an open length Blind Baggage is one of the Irwin miracles Wise men of the turf said he was through with racing when he was seriously injured in a train wreck The old fellow capered in pastures green on the i Francis Peabody estate near Chicago until j Irwin purchased this sturdy son of Sain along j with King Belle in foal The Wyoming owner shipped mare and stallion to Tijuana and just five weeks ago there was a tiny bit of thoroughbred feminity to proclaim I that the mating had been successful Two I of the family whinied on Coffroth Bluff while daddy was running his race on the course below them themLOOKKD LOOKKD LIKE A CIIA3IPIOX CIIA3IPIOXBlind Blind Baggage looked like a champion as he paraded in his race the concluding event of the day There was speed to go with him and this fact was so well recognized that Angela was made favorite over him The players settled on the daughter of The AVolf from the HoIIenbeck string and made her j 9 to 10 favorite Blind Baggage had a scat ¬ tering play and was 310 to 100 He had the rail position and with the rise of the bar j rier he seemed to be the Blind Baggage of j old He asked no quarter neither did he j grant any Jockei Cantrell gave him no j respite They turned for home with Blind Baggage a scant neck in front of Incog nance Here it was the ageold story of class telling the tale taleBlind Blind Baggage responded to the urging of his rider The Irwin hope maintained j his lead and gave his best At the end he had increased his neck advantage from the stretch turn to an exact length Incog I nance was so much the best of the others j that he was four lengths ahead of Angela The latter could offer no excuses j The Irwin luck predominated in the run ning and in the ending of the afternoons fea j ture a distance handicap at one mile and j seventy yards In this Irwin saddled an en i try in Prince Direct and Woodie Montgom j ery The latter proved to be so much excess I baggage but Prince Direct was a real good j horse AVith jockey P II urn in the saddle i Frince Direct was not prominent until turn ing for home At this point Hum wisely chose the rail and the horse catching the leaders tiring downed the pacemaker Cath ¬ arine Marrone in the last few strides Buck I horn II dropped from the clouds to be third Had the distance been a trifle greater he could have been the one to earn brackets j Red AVingfield owned by Harry Keisel a j San Diego sportsman was made favorite j The fouryearold gelding which had recently Continued ou eighth page GRAND OLD BLIND BAGGAGE Continued from first page recovered from an injury to his leg was whispered around as heing cherry ripe as the saying goes lied Wingfield had worked most impressively and Keisel and his con ¬ nections wagered heavily They kept it no secret that they were mighty sweet on their choice This opinion hammered the price down so that Red Wingfield was made the first choice at 120 to 1 He was away none too well but made up a lot of ground to be beaten less than two lengths lengthsOutstanding Outstanding favorites that were successful during the afternoon were saddled by one trainer This is Arthur Brent He sent Vi ¬ brate in the second and lloringa in the third to be returned victorious The former made all the pace in his race at five and a half furlongs and won by three lengths Joe Camp ¬ bell was his nearest rival lloringa was the oddson choice in her race at a like distance Like her stable companion she cut out the v ay and was never seriously menaced and she won by a wide margin marginAmackassin Amackassin ran right back to his previous victory and made it two in a row when he scored in the fourth race at almost C to 1 This was a close finish with Emma Williams and Harry Rudder crowding him fast at the end Claimants were irrepressible yesterday afternoon In four of the events horses changed ownership ownershipThe The first claim was made in the second for Vibrate and L5rcnt lost this winner to W Gaines for JJOO In the third race Ulackwell Crippen claimed another of the Brent run ¬ ners This was lloringa the consideration being 1100 In the fifth race Kirkwood was claimed by A Gray for 900 This horse i was taken from C McConnell who claimed him a few days ago from North Rowe I Orleans Girl was claimed out of the seventh 1 race by L Knifong for 1000
