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BILLY STAR WINS FEATURE ♦ Carries Pueblo Stable Colors to Victory Over Buddie Eean. • — ■ Wholesome Raring at Baja California Course We© Girl Defeats Gulaea Girl in Fourth Rare After Spirited Finish. • SAN DIEGO, Calif.. April 11.— The Pueblo Stables Billy Star won the best race on the Tijuana Jockey Clubs program this afternoon in a spirited drive from Buddie Kean. Following the leading pair in third place was J. Coffeys six-year-old gelding Zealot. While no close contests, such as prevailed yesterday, were staged, the racing as a whole was interesting and had the spectators on the qui vive. The Brown Shasta Stock Farms Shasta King easily outran his opponents from the start in the first and raced Miss lister into defeat in the first half. Though tiring at the end he had plenty of speed in reserve. Miss I-iester showed a game performance, making up much ground in the stretch but was at no time a match for the winner. Ruth Gold and Friend Joe swung wide on the turns and lost considerable ground. The former regained some -of the lost ground while Friend Joe tired badly. Guess the Time ran evenly throughout and when Miss tester tired beat her to the wire for second place. Rhinegold, ridden by L. Schaefer and owned by A. S. Eastman, showed the most speed from the start in the second and, though in the center of the track on the stretch turn, drew away easily in the stretch and won under restraint. Athanna began fast, but could not keep up with the winner. She was, however, easily second best. Cancellation was a forward contender from the start and held his own in the final drive to outstay The Colonel for third. The Colonel was hard ridden all the way, but lost ground on the last turn and came fast in the stretch and nearly got up. Midnight Bell closed with a rush, but it was too late. . There was no question of which was the best horse among the eleven starters in the third. Backed practically to the exclusion of the others, Sweetum made good decisively. taking a big lead at the barriers riss and holding it without much effort to the finish. Just as decisively second best was Lot of Style. After the quarter post she was Sweetums closest follower and showed the way to the others, a comfortable margin at all times separating her from her pursuers. Donita was third. Illation displayed much speed in the stretch and beat the others home. Illation, letter B., Little Tokalon, Little Agnes and Acquitted were all closely lapped on each other in the stretch drive, only head margins separating them. Guinea Girl, favorite for the fourth, which also attracted eleven starters, fell a victim to the superior speed of the outsider, Wee Girl. At the start the winner was off in front, but Johnson took her back and rated , her well back of the Swastika Stables | Shasta Springs, which essayed the pace- ! making job for the first half. Guinea Girl had followed Shasta Springs closely and midway between the half and three-quarters mile posts went to the front and was showing the way when they were straightened out in the stretch. When Guinea Girl assumed command Johnson rushed Wee Girl to a position directly back of her. In the drive through the stretch Wee Girl had the most speed and, passing Guinea Girl about a sixteenth out, was going away at they passed the finish line. Voorflor a close follower of the early pacemakers, easily held his place in the stretch run and took third money. After being headed by Guinea Girl, Shasta Springs gave it up and was tiring badly at the end. R. H. Goods colors were in the lead at the finish of the one mile of the fifth race. The five-year-old Cunard mare Bedazzle was his representative and also the choice of the form players. Nine paraded to the barrier and they were off to a quick start. Big Indian being the first to show. Almost in the | twinkling of an eye Miss Omond had wrested the lead from him and continued in front to the stretch turn, followed in order by Ilunleg, Bedazzle, Peg O. and Big Indian, the others being strung out well to the rear. In the iinal drive through the straightaway there was a continual changing of positions and when the smoke of battle had cleared away Bedazzle was the leader, with Miss Omond second and Big Indian third, and they finished in that order. Ilunleg, which was M favorably placed after being straightened out, did not have the necessary speed to stay with the others and was quickly left behind. Beg O. also found the pace in the final drive too fast and quit badly.
