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TWO REAL TURF STARS AT TIJUANA Thunderstorm and Be Frank Attracting Much Attention at Far Western Track. SAN DIEGO. Cal.. December JS. Tijuana this winter is extremely fortunate in having two horses hen? which rank high among the leading thoroughbreds of this country. They are Thunderstorm, the mighty son of Olambala -Nightfall, and Be Frank, the crack son of Sir John Johnson Frankness. Both of these topnotchers happen to be four-year-olds, with a fondness to nice as far as horses run. In the East they clashed with the aristocrats of the turf and exchanged honors witli horses at whose shrine the lovers of good horses worship. Thunderstorm made a sorrowful debut at Tijuana some ten days ago in a five and a half furlongs handicap and, much to the surprise of his owner, he finished far back in the field. Subsequently, however, he accepted the crushing impost of 1Jli pounds in a handicap at a mile and seventy yards, which resulted in an easy victory for the big horse. Going to the first turn In- was fighting for his head, but jockey Callahan held him in reserve close up to the leader until entering the stretch, where lie took the lead in a flash. Once In front his rider took a tight hold of hint and the horse finished tlie race under restraint. Behind him were They Shall Not Pass. Franklin, Phododen, the four-time winner Nepperhan, Hubbub and others, but at no time did thev ever seriously menace him. lie ran the mile in i::tJ. and tlie entire distance in 1:44 -i. Considering that lie won hard held over a track that is far from fast, it can be truthfully said that had the track been as fast as it was last year, when Breeze ran tlie distance in 1:43 ts, a new mark for the distance would have certainly been established. Be Frank, which was purchased in tile East by George P. Fuller, the San Francisco paint magnate, purposely to run in the bountiful long-distance stakes to be decided after the first of tlie year. Is at .Imperial Beach, which is but a distance of six miles from Tijuana. Here lie is being prepared for his stake campaign, getting long, slow, gallops over the hard sands of the Pacific Ocean shore. Be Frank, so trainer Vivell reports, is doing splendidly and is a picture of health. Within a short time he will be taken to Tijuana, where he will lie tuned up ill; readiness to . rjivc Thunderstorm battle in the 1920.sh,000 Cof froth, the 0,000 Bttja California and U. S. Grant Hotel ; Stakes, besiilcg many others of lesser value,
