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DOUBLE FOR R L BAKER Jack Bauer and Fair Orient Carry Colors to Victory at Tijuana HeavilyHacked IJalefull Disappoints nis nis3Iany 3Iany Admirers Frank Fogarty Heats HeatsPower Power In Thrilling Finish SAN DIEGO Cal March 21 Beginning vith the fleetness of a deer and soon shaking off Hazel Dale which was his only serious competitor Jack Bauer carried the colors of Col R L Baker to victory in the main race yesterday afternoon at the Tijuana course This was a 1000 race at a distance of five and onehalf furlongs There was a rush of money for Brilliant Ray but this one was outbroke and outpaced However he ran a good race from a rather slow beginning to be second while Coca Cola was third thirdCol Col R L Baker made it a double for the day when his tenyearold gelding Fair Orient accounted for the seventh a gallop of one mile and an eighth A change of riders from Pool to Martinez worked wonders with the sluggish old campaigner Martinez roused him away from the barrier and kept hard at work on the horse with heels and hands with the result that Fair Orient came on in the stretch to defeat the oddson favorite Johnnie Dundee by a scant nose noseThe The Kentuckian just failed to make it three in a row when Power carrying his colors missed the mark by the smallest of margins in the eighth being forced to acknowledge narrow defeat before the rush of Frank Fogarty These two produced a great struggle as they passed the winning line and it was only through the determined riding of jockey Thompson that Frank Fo garty was able to show his muzzle in front frontAn An attempted coup went astray in the opener when Balefull a twoyearold son of Fulletta Balerian was heavily backed by his stable connections to take the juvenile dash Odd Seth stepped out of the maiden class by winning the race in a hard drive from Wiki Jack and Mollie R Balefull which had been played in the books from 10 to 1 down to 3 to 1 showed good speed but raced green and swerving badly in the stretch finally finished back in the ruck ruckCOXGKESS1OXAL COXGKESS1OXAL DELEGATION DELEGATIONThere There was a congressional delegation of twentythree representatives to inspect the proposed military and naval improvements With congressman Phil Swing of the eleventh district and former congressman Ketner of the same district in charge of affairs the visitors were the guests of the Tijuana Jockey Club for the afternoon afternoonThere There was but one claim registered during the afternoon This was for Black Betty which was taken out of the eighth race by L R Knifong for 2200 2200Jockey Jockey W Pool has severed connections with the Col R L Baker stable and has left for Kentucky there to join his contract em ¬ ployer Kay Spence SpencePreceding Preceding the races today an auction sale of horses took place in the paddock The following horses were sold Poor Puss to George McNeil for 700 Double Three to Ed Pring for 125 and St Pierre to B Mc ¬ Lean for 60 60After After yesterdays card a friendly argument in which Waller Dupee and J A Vickers vellknown California polo players engaged an impromptu race at onehalf mile was held in which horses just purchased at the Tijuana track by these two were the contestants Dupee was represented by Annettes Sster and his fellow poloist had Love Bird running for him It was agreed that the race would be for 1000 a side and also that the winner take the horse of the loser Mr Vickers rode Love Bird while H B Albright of Trenton N J had the mount on the other It was a spirited contest the two racing head and head for practically the entire distance with Annettes Sister winner by a neck
