The Washington times., 1922-12-17
SIlMMS STRING
TO CAMP AIGN
AT TIA JUANA
Scraps and OIL Man to Be
Pointed for coffroth Handi-
cap.

| Pointed for coffroth Handi'
cap.
NyIA JUANA, Mexico, Dec, 49,.
Scraps and OIL Man, Of tn.
Xalapa stable Of Eward +
Simms, which have arrived q
Tia Juana racetrack from Pimlict
In charge Of Charles j. Casey
only the advance guard Of tn.
string Simms viii race here through
the winter season Of the Tia Juan,
Jockey Club, which is underwa,
1 for 100 days or more and marked
by the distribution among horse
| men Of upward Of $500, 900.
Casey brings word that James w
McClelland Will later send on Boz
Homme. Missionary and John Pau
Jones. These horses. all OF which
are In good condition. were re
served by James w. McClelland. thu
manager Of the xalapa and Lex
ington stables. TO I'LL engagement
great Eastern race meetings wa'
held. Z
Bon IIomme and Missionary arr
| to be the xalapa participants In tht
| $50, 900 Coffrpth handicap, q race OF
one mile and a quarter, that viii
be renewed In March. possibly, with
Exterminator. also starting. Bon
Homme, a son OF Sweep and Sue
Smith, IN q half brother Of Meri
dian. the Kentucky Derby winner
of 1911, and an own brother OF
Suweep and The Almoner.
A DISTANCE HUMMER.
He is the BEST distance runner
Sweep. himself winner OF his three
year-old form Of renewals Of The Bel
mont stakes and the Lawrence Real
ization, has sent TO racing. He
was particularly good at .Yonkers
and saratoga last summer. His
greatest race was In the tSaratoga
handicap renewal. galiop Of one
mile and q quarter, in which he
made Grey Lag, the four-yea--O'd
crack OF the year. gallop one mile
and q quarter in 2.03 and a fraction
TO beat him head.
Devastation, the destined winner
OF the Frontier handicap. end old
Exterminafor were behind Ron
Homme. Grey Lag did not get q
the post afterward. His hari drive
through the homestretch with Bor
Homme cooked him. Grey Lag had
previously run Exterminator to q
nose In q renewal OF the Brooklyn
handicap and won four stakes in q
row. the Empire City handicap re
newal and the Mount Kisco stakes
among them.
Bon Homme win not confIne hi,
racing al Tia Juana to the Croffrott
handicap renewal. He will train ai
well for the Tia Juana Cup. a gallon
| OF two miles for three-year-olds and
over. This also bids fair to attract
Exterminator.
Missionary. son Of Houriess and
Mission, she a daughter OF Rocl
Sand, and a Bowie Cup winner. was
one Of the most highly tried three
year-olds OF the xaiapa Lexington
outfit at Havre de Grace in the
spring. He was knocked out IN
early May by an attack OF I'm
huenza. as were most OF the other
good three-year-olds Of the East
And he was longer finding his, rae
ing legs after recovering from the
many OF his contemporaries.
Bon Homme IL coming to Tia
Juana because, having had a Ions
rest. he n ready for q winter cam
paign. McClelland figures that n
would be managing poorly 10 put
him by after the Bowie finish. Get
ting him ready again in the, sprine
would be q different matter. prob.
ably.
AS GOOD AS THE BEST.
Missionary. whose half brother,
Messenger, won the Grab Bag han
dicap at Saratoga In August. and
was accounted by the handicaper Of
the Jockey Club an good az the bes,
two-year-old OF the season, II 3
natural distance runner. A soldier
and better looking animal physical
~ than his more successful stable
mate Lucky Hour, Missionary wal
good enough at Laurel Park a year
ago last October 10 trim field ol
hrN class two-year-olds In a re
newal Of the 5000 Manor handicap
q galiop OF one mile. He won n
one mile st Aquduct In September
before he was thoroughly fit.
Ect1Fr Wa Vut VI ine nOrtct
Kim Patterson developed last year
Tor the Simms-Oliver confederation
He 10 q compactly made son OF
Sweep with . turn Of dazzling speed
which he carries cleverly ss fsr a.
one mile and = furlong. He 10 Jusl
coming 70, himself after long lei
up. He win BE- ready FOR the coiors
first off. 30 win on Man. son
Of North Star III and BandeIio.
4Oil Man q Hight waisted and IegKy
but very fast. He stepped three.
quarters Of 4 mile in I'LL and 4
fraction at Saratoga when he was
two years old. He won 4 fast dash
Of stx fsiriongs at Aqueduct on the
occasion Of HIS last appearances un.
der siiks. Charles Casey 1evcloped
on Man, which was bred by Ed.
ward Riley Bradley At his Idle Hour
Stud, Of Kentucky, and Il Of the
family Of Voter and Ceit. Tor VIII
Iian II. Rowe NJ q I. % ,7
PLAY MANY GAMES.
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