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. ■ ] I i | j j BE FRANKS EASY VICTORY a Tijuanas Greatest Crowd Present to Witness Its Rich Race. a Rifle Sets a Great Pace, but Fails to Stay the Route — Concha Falls and Breaks Neck. a san DTBGO. Cal.. February 7. Tnder perfect weather conditions nnrt before the greatest crowd the Tijuana track has entertained since its construction He Frank wen the SKI. Ill: I.a.ia California Hamli cap at one and one-sixteenth miles bere yesterday. Piloted by Jockey W. Mclntyre. who managed Be Prank to perfection and rode hin like he knew every hone, maack and nines in ins racy eonf rnu thm, this five year-old son of Sir John Johnson picked up t.ie crushing impost of ISO sasjada and ran the mile and a sixteenth in l:4t ::-.. which is exreUenl time considering the tact that showers Saturday nigh1 dampened the track sesaewhat. The st. lit was delayed by tin- fractious behavior of Rifle. However, starter Morriasey caught the field in i erfect alignment and sent 1 1-.- iiors -s a way to an extra - I start. Bifle, one ..r the lightest weighted, -hot to the front with rapid strides and at one.- took a lead, which be lacrcanni at the half to ten lengths. Franklin had raced in l-losest pursuit of the leader up to this point, where he fell back beaten and Paddy Whack then took up the cltase. When ent. rii;_ the s-.i.ii it was pi.iin to be seen that Bifle had exhausted himself in setting sm-h a heart breaking pace and he began to lose ground. Her.- Mclntyre called on lie Frank with heels and hands and, mewing the leaders down, he forged to the front when a sixteenth out and gamely withstood the challenge of Veteran. Tin latter ran a smashing race and was two lengths in front of Paddy Whack, which in turn easily bested the tiring Bifle for third place. Following the decision of the Baja California Handicap was the enw reading ol the victorious Be Prank by Benorita Aurora Le Grand, a young society b.-lie of Lower California. Tin- rural car nation elicited rounds of vociferous cheering for the winning thoroughbred, jockey Ml Intyre and owner George Puller, a California millioaare turf man who has given liberally of tune and money to t ster the cause of tin- thoroughbred in this western country. Tie- attractive ear.; ..f eight races, seven of which wen at a mile or over, was slightly marred by an unavoidable accident during the running of the second race. In this the mare Concha, owned by K. II. Major, fell as the field was rounding tie first iiiM and her neck was broken; Jockey Wbittington, WHO was riding her. escaped with slight injury. Kid.ng lion, rs of the day were taken b Jockey M. Slaughter, whose contract was recently purchased from George BIBermaa by F. Dahnken for N.".i.tM;. Slaughter rode four winners and finished si nd with Veteran in the Baja California Han-di ap.
