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FIRST SUCCESS AT TIJUANA East Indian Finally Makes Good at Far Western Course Takes treasure of Adonis In Desperate Finish FinishIn In Fridays Main Contest Another Anotherfor for W Daniel SAN DIEGO Cal March 10 East Indian won his first victory of the present meeting at Tijuana Friday afternoon when he took the measure of the crack longdistance run ¬ ner Adonis in a desperate finish by a nose It was in the sixth and feature race at one and a sixteenth mile that East Indian gath ¬ ered his laurels To use the vernacular of the turf East Indian had been knocking at the door of late hence his triumph Friday was not in the nature of a surprise surpriseTwo Two starters in the race were favored in the market of speculation over East Indian Thesa were Adonis which ruled the favorite and John Paul Jones East Indian was in light with only 95 pounds and came in for quite an extensive following followingThe The outstanding incident of the race was the horsemanship shown by jockey W Dean on the winner This midget apprentice tips the beam at 85 pounds and rode a masterly race lie timed his move to a nicety and putting up a Garrison finish brought his mount up on the outside and snatched the victory in the last stride Elmer Fator who was at the reins on Adonis gave his mount a brilliant ride He took the lead while round ¬ ing the first turn but when Van Patrick drew up on even terms with Adonis Fator wisely took him under restraint and reserved him for the finish When the pacemaker from the Irwin barn had shot his bolt he again took command and a sixteenth out it appeared as if first honors were his How ¬ ever Adonis was unequal to the task of with ¬ standing the rush of East Indian and al ¬ though Fator rode one of his strongest fin ¬ ishes he failed within shadow of the goal post John Paul Jones which finished in third place ran an honest race and an eighth out his chances of winning seemed exceed ¬ ingly bright However when put to the whip he tired and gave way to the first two twoJockey Jockey I Parke younger brother of Burley Parke star rider for the Nevada Stock Farm has cause to long remember Friday He scored his maiden win in his short saddle career by piloting Glenzar in the opening race to a hardearned victory over Wann Continued on twelfth page FIRST SUCCESS AT TIJUANA Continued on twelfth pace Girl and Country It was a lucky win for Glenzar as Wann Girl should have won the race with but little difficulty She was in close quarters rounding the last turn and had to be taken back just when the mare was making her run Then when she found a clear path she came with a belated rush only to fail by inches inchesThe The lightly weighted Reap dealt the talent a stunning blow in the fifth a gallop at a mile and seventy yards when he won by a wide margin from War Penny and PurL The winner paid better than 11 to 1 in the machines machinesWilliam William Daniel added another purse to his winnings when Dr T S Dabney lasted long enough to catch the judges eye in the sev ¬ enth a dash of threequarters The success ¬ ful horse had the speed of his opponents and seemed to be winning easily until Occi denta offered his challenge Fifty yards out it was that jockey Merimee was forced to hus ¬ tle him along to gain the verdict Occidenta one of the extreme outsiders which finished lapped on the winner ran a remarkable race Along with Johnny Dundee he was pinched out at the start and it seemed a hopeless task for the horse to attempt to overtake the field However Fator set sail after the lead ¬ ers and gaining ground steadily Occidenta finished so fast that a few more strides would have registered him the winner winnerLittle Little Pointer the winner of the fourth race will henceforth race in the colors of H E Davis the latter having claimed him for 900 Clip in the last was another equine to change barns J G McGinn took him out of the race for 1200
