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MUD MARS TIJUANA RACING ♦ ■ Matinee Idols Victory and Mor-tensons Riding Are Features. • "Winners in Majority of Races Have Hi? Mar- gins — Letter Six Captures Juvenile Contest from Shasta Sol. SAX DIEGO. Calif., April 7— The program of the Tijuana Jockey Club this afternoon was absolutely devoid of a feature race and the heavy going marred the racing, the winners in the majority of the races having a big margin at the end. The easy victory of Matinee Idol, the odds-on favorite In the sixth race and the good riding of jockey A. Mortenson were the outstanding incidents of an otherwise dull day. Matinee Idol achieved his victory in hollow style waiting back of the pacemakers to the stretch where he went to the front and won as his rider pleased. Zorro after an in and out race, finished second and was much the best of the others. Prank S. was the early leader on sufferance but hung on well for third. Letter Six and Country Life staged a stirring fight in the first half of the opening race, and after Letter Six had raced the Krause representative into submission he had things his own way for the rest of the journey and went on to win easily by six lengths from Shaita Sol. which also caught and passed Country Life to take second place. Twelve started, with Letter Six the favored one in the wagering, although by no means a top-heavy favorite. Viking was a forward contender when the field straightened out in tne stretch, but he swung into the heavy going next to the inner rail and was soon out of contention, the mud seemingly anchoring him. Jockey McHugh, one of the leading riders at Tijuana and who has been riding sensationally of late, gave one of the poorest exhibitions of saddle work that has been witnessed during the present meeting. He had the mount on G. Nibbs High Olympus, favorite for the third race, a mile and seventy yards affair. When the barrier lifted High Olympus was off first, followed by Whipsaw. McHugh immediately took his mount back into fifth place. Balance Book in the meantime assuming command closely followed by Nas Ta Baga and Franc Tireur. At the half mile post Balance Book quit and Nas Ta Baga showed in front. McHugh had a steady pull on High Olympus and when they reached the three-quarters he was absolutely last. Sample was leading when they reached the stretch turn but Corbett once more drove Nas Ta Baga to the front, Whipsaw going with him. McHugh then b.gan urging High Olympus but he was so far back that he could never get to the leaders and Whipsaw and Nas Ta Baga fought it out alone, the former winning easily by a good margin. High Olympus made up much ground in the stretch but the early handicap was too much. In direct contrast to the poor ride of McHugh on High Olympus was the brilliant riding of A. Mcrtenson, who had the mount on H. Warren, winner of the fourth. This was Mortensons second winner, he having scored with Fernandas in the second. Mortenson placed his mount with the skill of a Sloan in the early racing, keeping him in the best going at all times, finally giving him his head on the stretch turn, where H. Warren responded with a great burst of speed that quickly carried him to the front and he stayed to the finish. Pawnbroker flattered his backers by assuming a long lead after the start, which he maintained until the winner wrested it away from him near the stretch. After losing command he tired quickly and fell an easy victim to the rush of Jay Mac and Johnny OConnell, Which finished second and third. Star of Kve was claimed by R. Barnett for ,300. Belle Wood was also claimed by the same owner for the same amount, ,300. *
