Bastilles Sparkling Race: Finally Earns Brackets at Tijuana in Stellar Performance.; Soft Spot for Doctor Corbett--E. Fators Superb Horsemanship Lands Teo Breckenridge a Winner., Daily Racing Form, 1923-03-16

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BASTILLES SPARKLING RACE Finally jjarns Brackets at Tijuana in Stellar Performance Soft Spot for Doctor Corbctt E Fators FatorsSnperb Snperb Horsemanship Lands Too TooUrcckenridgc Urcckenridgc a Winner SAN DIEGO Cal March 15 Bastille from the stable of Commander J K L Ross finally earned brackets at Tijuana when he won the feature handicap yesterday after ¬ noon at a mile and an eighth In accom ¬ plishing his victory Bastille tied the track record of 152 held jointly by War Mask and Ten Buttons ButtonsThe The finish of the race was a thrilling one with Bastille winning by a neck from East Indian which in turn was a like margin ahead of Adonis The latter carrying top weight of 112 pounds set a fast pace and held sway until midway in the stretch It was here that Bastille which had followed him closely wrested the lead and once in command he raced en gamely to the end although closely pressed by East Indian Adonis ran a fine race He fought it out gallantly when offered challenge and al ¬ though tiring he gave his best when jockey Fator called on him He was giving away from nine to twenty pounds and although defeated he covered himself with glory by his game exhibition exhibitionIn In the secondary feature a highpriced claiming dash of threequarters Doctor Cor ¬ bctt found a soft spot and at odds of 1 to 2 merely galloped the distance to win as jockey Pool pleased from Polly Wale and Woodie Montgomery MontgomeryPeter Peter Pierson vanquished a bad lot in the opener and incidentally won the first purse of the meeting for Messrs Holmes and Blake His victory was a narrow one as Black Monkey gave him quite a battle for the long end of the purse before he acknowl ¬ edged defeat defeatJockey Jockey E Fators superb jockeyship landed Teo Breckenridgc in the charmed circle in the third at an even mile Fator was most ter of Suffragist away flying While in the lead Fator rated the mare to perfection and then riding a finish that vas nothing short of a herculean effort he fairly lifted Teo Breckenridge over the imaginary line a win ¬ ner by a short head Closest to her at the finish was Shelbyville with F G Corley third and close up upDr Dr T S Dabney was the medium of a heavy backing in the seventh race and backed into favoritism he made good by the narrowest of margins Jockey Merimee Continued on twelfth page BASTILLES SPARKLING RACE Continued from first page rode him faultlessly and his determined fin ¬ ish saved the day for the William Daniel connections As it was Little Beach was nosing with such a meteoric burst of speed that another stride would have found her nose n front Tubby A was third while tie gallant campaigner Harry D after set Purl in the last was another redhot choce that caught the judges eye a winner He only had o extend himself from the head of the stretch to the goal post to win by The crack Englishbred mare Carabosse has gone wrong and is out of training trainingqtmip nderson has Presented Studer qtmip with jockey his contract and the lad has left for his home in Kentucky KentuckyThe The horses Alajah Judge Ellsworth and andby by VDra T T Ogle ankle tr ° Uble Jockey Cris Miller who sustained a frac ¬ tured leg in an automobile accident tiroe back some was an arrival here tcday in advance of the A F Dayton horses which Occidenta came out of his race with ad knee and will be laid up ror some timJ a


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