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AGUA CALIENTES BIG SUNDAY Mexican Track Entertains 15,000 With Attractive Holiday Card. Continuation of Longden-Adams Race and 1,000 Selectors Prize Lures Fans to Track. AGUA CALIENTE, Mexico, Dec. 12. An ideal day to spend in Old Mexico. The first attraction was the bitter contest between Johnny Langden and Johnny Adams, who are leading the list of American jockeys respectively. Secondly, a rather attractive presentation of nine races by the Baja California Jockey Club, and third, the selectors contest, for1 the ,000 prize for the one picking the most winners in seven of the nine events. These were the principal reasons approximately 15,000 racing fans visited Agua Cali-ente Sunday to participate in the sport. It was a gala day and everything went off as it should. The program of events- was run off with precision. President and general manager Lou Anger -was on the grounds early. He directed the various crews in their work to" meet the demands of the visitors and believe me be did a rather keen job. EARLY ARRIVALS. The huge crowd began arriving at the course as early as ten oclock in the morning. It was about noon when every unreserved seat in the grandstand was filled and no few of the boxholders milled their way into the spacious plant. Every modern means of conveyance was used to get to the course and it is the first time in several years that so many of the visitors came to the course in airplanes. The space at the landing field was exhausted before race time. Several telephone calls were received at the office at the track inquiring if it would be permissable to land in the infield. To this manager Anger would not adhere, he fearing some of the patrons might arrive when a race was in progress which might cause a grave accident. It was necessary to put on several extra bookmakers to take care of the volume of play created by the large attendance. There was also plenty of action under the grandstand, where the odds for the 00,000 Santa Anita Handicap were being quoted by Zeke Caress. It was the prices of the first future book quoted without the weights and there were several good sized wagers recorded. Superior horsemanship decided the opening race when Johnny Longden brought A. McBeans Portola Star to the line of finish a nose in front of J. F. Millers Morclass. The victor, making his first start in several months, came from behind the fast pace to gain his conquest and it was not until the final eighth that he overhauled Morclass to eke out his narrow victory.
