Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-21
FENWlCK WILL
LAND IN MONEY
WITH J.P.J0NES
Four Year-Old Sure to Figure
High in Coffroth Handi-
cap at Tiajuana.

Tijuana Raeetrack, Dec. 20.-Wil-
liam Fenwick has just arrived from
/ the east with a formidable candidate
TOR the impending renewals of the $780,
00O Coffroth handicap March %, and
$4,000 Tijuana Cup April s in John
Paul Jones. John Paul Jones is a
four-year-old son of Tracery and Mon
eta Mr.. Fenwick bought at Bowie in
early November from James W. Me
Cleliand. For two seasons he bore
ward f. Simms with distinction. he
having been one of the yearlings of
1919 of August Belmont's Nursery
stud Mr.. Simms bought privately in
the summer of 1920.
John Paul Jones has come TO II
juana in first class condition and bids
fair to make his mark in the 100 days
Of racing that is under the direction
OF James W. Coffroth. On Thanks
glsins day at Prince Georges park.
Bowie. he was a participant in the
$4,000 Thanksgiving handicap against
his OLD stable mates Luck Hour and
Bon Homme. But he was ridden by
5ohnny McTaggart, not the gamest o.
jockeys who pulled up in the first turn
when he appeared to be in a contend
ing position. John Paul Jones had, on
November 81, finished second to Bon
Homme and beaten the formidable
King Albert. also. Prudery and Trufter,
in a handicap of one mile and Il six
tecnth. after having run second 70 All
Over in another race of the same dis
lance on the Gath.
Mulciher Won Last Year
Last springs renewal of the Coff-
- - Ill .-r-
Won by Mulcibar, a son of Nuleain and
Tapiola and a recruit in the stable of
G.. r. Allen from the establishment Of
Mr.. S;mm., who bred him at his Xal-
apa stud in Kentucky. 1t is not in
the least improbable that Jonn Paul
Jones will repeat the Xalapa victory
IF Nfulciber. While he raced through
the summer past and last yeac under
the Aalapa silks he was considered d
mrcl, better horse thar Mulciber. At
Saratoga in August. 1921. he easily
defeated Frigate and Muskallonge il a
race cf one mile lie won In 1:3E and a
fraction. He was better credit in the
east under Odom's management
through the summer and autumn Mr.
Gerry had previously offered Z. +.
Simms $4,000 for Lucky Hour and
Missionary.
Doom made his handsome offer for
General Thatcher because he was con-
r..tc.i a:ttt the running of the $4,000
- do handicap, q race Of ere mile
f,r TWO !ear-olds renewed At Plnlleo
IL carly November, that General
1heicher had the number Ct Cyc,ops.
II was because of Cvcl3ps that Ger
eral Thatcher lost the big end Ct he
Walden handicap purse to Montfort
Jones 0ui ON, winner at Latonia of
the Queen City handicap. q $4,000
race Of one mile for two~year-olds-
Strategy Along Fence
Cyclops turned into the short PIN
leo home stretch the leader of the
Walden field with General Thatcher at
his flank, on the outside. fighting for
his head. firing, because he had set
a brisk pace for six f~urlongs and a
half. Cyclops bore out sharply and car
ried General Thatcher beyond the mid
die of the course. Meanwhile the
lightly weighted and courageous Oui
Oui was slipping up on the rail. Jockey
keogh kicked General Thatcher past
Cyclops as quickly as he could. but
the Sweep colt could not make up all
of the two lengths Oui Oui had gained
covered. Mile races at Pimlico. be 1t
remembered, finish at the last SIX
teenth pole. Oui Oui nosed the Cen
eral out.
After the finish of this Walden han
dicap Odom declared that General
Thatcher was as game a two-year-old
as he had seen and one of the best
~three-year-old prospects about. Gen
eral Thatcher demonstrated at Bowie
that Odom's estimate was sound. lie
won one race of six and a half fur
longs in a gallop, beating Osprey. Nlgli
and Best Love, and another by half Il
length after he had beer knocked out
OF the running at the start. In th4s
last race he packed 1915 pounds and
trimmed Forest Lore, King Solemon's
Seal. Carol and Oui Dni. He con
ceded ten pounds to Oui oui.
From Nevada Farm
General Thatcher is a prodac- of
Mr. Wingfield's Nevada Stock Farm
stud. which for two seasons has led
the country in the production of VA
nina ~two-year-olds. Melaehrlro, VIE
ne. of the last Tijuana futurity, Erase,
a prospective starter i'll the coming
Tijuana derby. Lady Myra. Amber,
Humboldt. Ben Wood. Blue Hawk. Sea
Tag. Paisley, ETC., are Nevada Farm
products that have been winning IN ALI
parts of the United States and Can
ada this year.
Polestina, the dam of General