San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04

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= Our little party reached San
Diego under kind of a Paul as a
entire family from Iowa had just
killed thcmsclfs at Tia Juana and *
was therefore with kind of mingled
feelings that VIC crossed acrost the
border to take our first peek at the
sporty little Mexican town. However,
We put in three different days in Tia
Juana without none of us even sug-
costing a suicide pack for ourselfs
though they was some talk to the eff
feet that couple of the jockeys
could enter into one without us DON
ming widows weeds on acct. of same.
For the bc,efit of those that has
not been there will state that Tia
Juana is a city of about so buildings
of which three amt saloons. Besides
the accessories that goes with a or,li.
nary saloon the Tia Juana saloons il
equipped with crap games and poker
dice games and baccaret games, 10
say nothing about the old fashion
slot machine which has been ruled
out of every civilized community for
240 yrs. and which not even the big
gest liars IN the world ever claimci
they had beat them. Also pretty near
every saloon has got a electric piano
and it is nothing unusual to see 3 or !
couple dancing right in the bar rm.
at IL O'Clock in the A. NJ. AID oil
ready IL cock-eyed. ! never seen
Goldfield or Nome in the old day.,
but Tia Juana reminds me Of them.
CLOSE WORK AT TRACK.
In the mix-up accompanying the
suicide Of the four IowGns the Tia
Juana chief Of police got prominent
mention. What strikes the visitor as
strange about this is that the town
should have a chief of police. Police
is supposed 10 enforce the laws of the
community in which they are located
and so far as l could see they ain's
no laws and having pol.ccmens is like
employing shc;Ilerds in a Third Ave
nue. waffle parlor.
When you get ready to 20 home
in the evening, .iat is, to San Diego
or Coronado, . or 3 officials Of one
kind another stops your car at the
border and glances in the tonneau
with about the same amount of atten-
ton as is layished on a snowflake in .
Minnesota, and then motions you to !
go ahead. What they are looking for
! could not find out, but with the
time and pains they take for the
search it seemed to me like a person
could smugglc in a herd of elephants
in the back seat Of one Ford With
every elephant playing the Ma-scil-
laisc on a calliOpe.
TIE Tia Juana race track is in =
pretty little valley surrounded by
baby mountains. There is 8 races on
the program every day which should
mean that the horses has got to make
good time or they will get bumped
into by the horses in the next race,
but it don't seem TO mean no such
thing. The first 8 or races is give
over either to maidens or TO horses
owned by owners that amt never
owned a winner and etc. and there is
so many entries in most Of thc'c
races That on bot days the horses ad-
here to each other vile lined up at
the barrier and finish all stuck tc-
sether like peanut brittle in August.
BETTING NOT CERTAIN.
Picking horses in one of these traf-
fic congcstions is like betting ON
which fly is coming to see you first
in q Greek restaurant ana even II you
10 happen on O winner you won't half
to pay no surtax on what them
cookies gives you. There amt no place
know NJ where race track bookmak-
RS is notorious for embarrassing Gus
toners with their philanthropy, but
you glance over the odds on a Ii
horse race at Tia Juana and 1t honest
y makes q Hester Street fishmonger
seem like Santa Claus IL picked. Of
curse. they have got 50 called mutual
II you prefer TO use them,
,ut to me a horse race is enough OF
lottery without the added surprise
If finding out, after your horse has
staggered home q lip in front, that
you have win S1.1s on your $1,000
Investment.
One day the madam played $500
N a horse called Four-o'Fiye. The
lorse started out pretty good AMI
Vas amongst the first dozen for a
ouple Of yards and then died away.
The madam said she thought they
must be something the matter with
lin 50 / said that she ought to Of
lrown they was something the matter
With horse named Four-o'-Five, he
vas bound to have pyorrhca. This
'emark did not seem to compensate
Ter for the lost Of her $500.
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