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VICTORY FOR M FATOR Captures the Leading Riding Honors in Sensational Finish Beats Lang by One Winning Mount Scored Scoredin in Final Race of Year Before BeforeWildly Wildly Cheering Crowd M FATOR THE WINNER Jockey Mts Ist 2d 3d UnpPC UnpPCPa Pa tor M 855 187 Iii3 110 399 IS Lang C 937 ISO 145 124 T02 19 SAN DIEGO Cal December 31 A tre ¬ mendous crowd journeyed across the border today to witness the closing days racing of the year 1922 In the vast concourse of peo ¬ ple were delegations from San Francisco and Los Angeles as well as Coronado Beach BeachAside Aside from the general interest displayed in the racing the big crowd was rooting hard for young M Fator in his eleventh hour en ¬ deavor to wrest the leading riding honors of the year from C Lang who failed to ride a winner yesterday while Fator added two to his score giving the latter an excellent chance to overtake the leader today while Lang was idle at New Orleans OrleansWhen When the first and second races were run and Fator failed to score there was consid ¬ erable anxiety manifested and many ex ¬ pressed the opinion that the task would be Great was the applause when Falor brought home Drifting beating Argento and John Arbor in the third but it was noth ¬ ing compared to the din and enthusiasm dis ¬ played when in the fifth he triumphed with Harry D rand thereby tied Lang for first place placeThen Then all else was forgotten and the big crowd seemed to forgcteverything but young Fator all pulling hard for him to capture the coveted honors honorsOX OX ANXIOUS SEAT SEATThird Third place was the best he could get in the sixth and when he failed entirely in the seventh d ep gloom seemed to spread over the big crowd and as the horses paraded to the post for the final race silence reigned supreme for a moment and then as the racers dashed away a mighty shout arose as if from one voice and as it echoed and echoed it shouted encouragement and good luck to young Fator who was riding as if his life depended upon it itOn On they came through the stretch fighting for every yard and when in a desperate fin ¬ ish Fator virtually lifted his mount Joe Blair over the winning line a victor by inches the crowd simply went wild There was never a greater ovation given to a jockey and a more thrilling scene witnessed on a race track as when the youngster sa ¬ luted the judges with the jockey champion ¬ ship of 1922 his reward in the most sensa ¬ tional finish ever recorded in the annals of the American turf turfSaturdays Saturdays racing at the track across the border was productive of some spirited sport a majority of the winners scoring by small margins marginsJOELLA JOELLA J SPEEDY SPEEDYThe The principal contest of the afternoon was the fifth race a handicap for twoyearolds at threequarters of a mile in which Joella J triumphed over Paisley and Carlos En ¬ rique in a fast finish finishThe The performance of the winner was a meri ¬ torious one indeed She picked up 113 pounds and after being shut off soon after the start made up ground steadily and dis ¬ playing remarkable speed in the final eighth got up in the final strides stridesPaisley Paisley had set the pace from the start but tired in the stretch and swerved over first again Deiante and then Carlos Enrique throwing both off their stride and ruining their chances of victory victoryThirty Thirty Seven with M Fator in the sad ¬ dle annexed the opening dash after a hard fought stretch battle the winner getting up in the final strides stridesAnother Another close fit came In the second Poor Puss outgaming Tom Owens both putting up a pretty battle for first honors after the pacemaker Brolaski quit in the run home homeIt It was only by inches that Laura Cochron annexed the third the Leonid filly getting her nose In front of Lariat in the last stride M Fator hung up another victory in the j fourth on Colonel Matt and there was great rejoicing by his admirers who were pull ¬ ing for him to overtake Lang and captur the coveted riding honors of the year
