Supercargos Fine Race: Comes from Behind and Captures Owners Handicap at Tijuana.; Defeats Rebuke and Sunnyland in Whirlwind Finish--Ray Palmer Jr. and Beverwyek Score Double for William Daniel., Daily Racing Form, 1923-03-15

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SUPERCARGOS FINE RACE Comes from Behind and Captures Owners Handicap at Tijuana Defeats Rebuke and Sunnylaml in Whirlwind WhirlwindFinish Finish Kay Palmer Jr and Bevcrwyck BevcrwyckScore Score Double for AVilliam Daniel SAN DIEGO Cal March 14 Not always for the fleet of foot in the early running of a race is victory assured When the pace falters then the unexpected happens A big crowd at the Tijuana race track had this driven home to them yesterday in the after ¬ noons feature the Owners Handicap at one mile and forty yards What a race it was Noses trying to outstretch noses until the final eighth when Supercargo which had been reserved behind the heartbreaking pace of Rebuke Sunnyland and Coffield came on the outside and disposed of those which had belittled him in the early stages of the con ¬ test testFrom From the first turn until an eighth from the end Coffield Sunnyland and Rebuke raced as one horse It was difficult to determine which nose was in front and they ran kindly with their light imposts Jockey Long on Supercargo which began from an outside position bided his time He waited for op ¬ portunity He was moving up gradually as the head of the stretch was reached Then Supercargo came with a mighty rush and caught the leaders there oeing only two now for Coffield had retired at the eighth pole Then came the question Is there enough distance left for Supercargo to get up upThere There was and just in the closing strides he forged to the front of Rebuke and Sunny land and the race was finished in this order orderThere There was a heavy volume of money for Rebuke which was made the oddson choice There was a scattering support for Sunny land and Coffield also had a following to be second choice There was little backing for Supercargo and as a result he paid the good price of 1530 to 1 straight in the machines machinesThe The William Daniel colors which have been highly successful since coming here from New Orleans were again to the fore when they scored a double during the afternoon His Ray Palmer Jr a trimlooking son of Sea King and Glad Tidings found little trouble in graduating from the ranks of the maidens when he scampered off with the long end of the purse in the twoyearold dash Ray Palmer Jrs advantage through ¬ out was a wide one and at the end he was easing up to win by six lengths from Seths Flower which had she won would have paid SS7 to 1 1Beverwyck Beverwyck was the other to dash home a winner adorned with the blue and red polka dots of Daniels He won the fourth by a safe margin from Cedric and raced in a manner which promises better deeds in the future futureC C B Irwin after purchasing the half share that Marvin Allen held in Halu did not re ¬ tain his ownership in the horse long for he was claimed out of Sundays race for 3500 by AVilliam Reu AValker Irwin utilized his share of the claiming price in the last race of that day when he claimed Reap for 1000 Little Florence was an ¬ other equine that changed hands she going to J B McGinn for 100


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