Show C Early Eary Favorite k In Tijuana Racing feature I Betting Records Expected to Go Goby by the Boards in This Seasons Season's Play in Future Book TIJUANA RACE TRACK Mexico Mexico Mex- Mex I ico Jan With I.-With a steady flow of commIssions from various parts of the country on candidates for tor the Coffroth handicap the worlds world's rIchest race to be decided at the Tijuana track Sunday March 13 the future book being made on th the Coffroth by J. J P. P Atkin well knon millionaire sportsman probably probably ably will be the biggest ot of turf his his- tory On some ot of the horses horses- well up Into the thousands Atkins office at Spreckels building San Diego Cal announces Ot Of the seven ninety e several sev- sev eral have b n taken to carry the bulk ot of the play to date In the thelast thelast last few tew days heavy commissions from New Kew Orleans for tor Sir Peter owned by Mose Goldblatt have resulted re- re suIted In Sir Peters Peter's' price frice slashed from 60 50 to 1 to 30 t to i. i Another Another An- An other who has been well weil supported is Backbone the star route runner from the Greenbriar stable However How How- ever ever the odds against him have not yet been cut and his price remains 12 to 1 There has been quite a bit bitof bitof of money for he being the favorite in the future book at 8 to 1 was the winner of the last Coffroth In last seasons season's future book he was opened at 60 to 1 and W. W T. T Anderson his owner bet enough on him through the board oard to win approximately There has been a steady support for tor Edisto and from the Seagram stable Each Is quoted at 12 to 1 Some ot of the players have not overlooked the extremely long shots and Jack Alexander who was opened at to I 1 has been cut to to 1 Regulars ot of a race track when they scan a set of prices prices' in a future book are always reminded of the disastrous experIence of Colonel E. E R. R Bradley in the future book made on the Kentucky Derby ot of 1921 It was in that years year's renewal ot of the Kentucky Derby that the Bradley horses Behave Yourself and Black Servant ran first and second As Asis Asis is the rule in all future books a aprice aprice price Is not quoted against au an entry but odds are made against each cacti horse even it an owner or stable was running two or more horses In Inthe inthe the event When the KentuCky Derby future book was opened In 1921 Colonel Bradley believed that he had a better better bet bet- ter chance to win th the Derby with Black Servant than he he did with Behave Behave Be- Be have Yourself and accordingly Black Servant carried his wager Jockey Charlie Thompson who was developed at t Tijuana had th the mount on Behave Yourself while Jockey Lawrence Lyke was up on Black Elack Servant Down through the stretch these two from the Bradley stable thundered with Jockey Thompson getting Behave Yourself to the wire first ahead ot of his stable stable- mate Consequently Bradleys Bradley's wager wa- wa vager ger in the future book on Black Servant was lost Had Jockey Thompson eased Behave Yourself up anti and allowed Lyle Lyke to win on Black Servant the Bradley colors would have been one two just the same and Bradley would have been richer for tor he would have collected his future book wager on Black Servant |