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LAURELS FOR VAN PATRICK Tijuana Derby Candidate Defeats Older Opponents Impressively J W Marchliank Introduces Another Promis ¬ ing Juvenile in King Heather Sister Susie Gets Decision Over Herder SAN DIEGO Cal March H Charles Irby provided the winner of the feature race of yesterdays card at Tijuana when he saddled the threeyearold colt Van Patrick and wit ¬ nessed him score in a thrilling finish from Delhimar and Silent King It was in the sixth race a claiming handicap at one mile and seventy yards that Van Patrick earne 1 his laurels Catharine Marrone was installed a topheavy favorite with Silent King a re cent arrival from New Orleans next in de j mand The start was a poor one with many of the contenders quickly eliminated Del 1 himar set the pace and showed the way until well into the stretch where Van Patrick over ¬ hauled him to win in a busy finish At the end Delhimar had his troubles saving sccoi I place as Silent King was pressing him iiarl and would have hosted him in another rflrde As for Catharine Marrone she failed dis ¬ mally She showed much speed during the j j early running of the race but in the stretch i I drive she tired suddenly and unexpectedly and finally finished far back in the ruci ruciThe The western breeder J W Marchbank in ¬ troduced a likely looking colt to the public in King Heather a black son of Disguise and the former Tijuana favorite Antrim King Heather was a starter in the introductory race of the day a dash of a half mile which brought together a large band of maiden two yearolds On the strength of recent fast trials the Marchbank youngster was heaviy backed as the public choice King Heather j i made good but only by the narrowest of j margins as it was only in the last stride that he was able to thrust his nose in front of A Lester In third place raced Lady Zelma j which had she won would have paid the stu penduous amount of 772 to 1 1FAVOUITKS FAVOUITKS 1MIOVK ELUSIVK ELUSIVKFavorite Favorite backers fared none loo well during the afternoon as only three first choices were able to score brackets In the second third and seventh the winners paid lucrative prices j Lobelia was best in the second defeating i Roscoe Goose and Rosa Atkin paying 1120 to 1 In the third Little Pointer favored j j by a fast track disposed of Stanley H in the i stretch and won by three lengths paying I j better than S to i iSister Sister Susie escaped interference in the seventh and won a close decision from Herder and Harrigaiis Heir It was in this dash that Dark Ages Norfield and Marse John went down which left five others to compete The finish was indeed a spirited one with the five horses racing past the judges so I I j closely bunched that a blanket could have covered the quintet j C B Irwin acquired a Derby candidate when he claimed Van Patrick out of the sixth i race for 2800 By the manner in which Van j Coutitiucd on twelfth vase LAURELS FOR VAN PATRICK Continued from first page Patrick bested an allaged band Irwin has probably added another good horse to his rapidly enlarging string stringAmong Among the noted arrivals today was Wil ¬ liam Nestlehou L of Omaha Neb whose horses Adonis John S Reardon Penwell and others have been here since the commence ¬ ment of the meeting meetingJockey Jockey C Rails who sustained three frac ¬ tured ribs in a fall recently was able to bo at the track but stated that it will be at least ten days before he is able to resume his saddle work workMarse Marse John which fell in the seventh race was badly bruised Dr T J Ogle who in ¬ spected the horse reported that he will ue unable to race at this meeting meetingBarney Barney Oldfield noted automobile race driver motored down from Los Angeles see the running of the IlebukeAbadane match race tomorrow tomorrowThe The famous screen star Norma Talmaugo and her husband J M Schenck motion pic ¬ ture producer of Hollywood were arrivals here from Los Angeles and made the club ¬ house their rendezvous during the afternoon afternoonCroupier Croupier which corked himself jn his sall fifteen minutes before post time in the second race was ordered scratched by the stewards
