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TIJUANAS BIGGEST CROWD Sees Be Frank Win Coffroth Handicap Johnny Dundees Unexpected Defeat SAN DIEGO Cal April 11 Before the greatest crowd of the meeting one resplendent in color keyed to u high pitch drawing its recruits from many climes to worship at tho shrine of the regal thoroughbred Be Frank winner of the Latonia Cup and the Latonia Derby of 11119 yesterday afterj noon at Tijuana won the 20000 Coffroth Handicap at one and onequarter miles lie carried the top weight of 131 pounds and his time was 205 205While While to the plaudits of the crowd the sweets of victory the honors the distinctions and an al ¬ most endless chain of enthusiastic congratulations were showered on Mr Fuller 15e Frank and jockey T Melntyre who piloted the son of Sir John Johnson it was not a true run race raceKind Kind was the hand of Fate yesterday Death lurked it the turn soon after the start and a wild cheering grandstand stirred to emotional excitement by the magic cry Theyre off was soon stilled and awestricken by a spectacle near the head of the stretch stretchAs As the field of ten which was sent away to a faultless start was straightening out in the stretch and jockeying for posjtion Nepperhan which is unsteady on account of bad legs went down In a trice Edwina tumbled over him and then The Desert was the third of the thoroughbreds to fall fallMARINELLIS MARINELLIS MIRACULOUS ESCAPE ESCAPEThe The crack eastern rider Bennie Marinelli who had the mount on Edwina was thrown over the inner rail into the infield Gauge on Nepperhan and Majestic on The Desert were thrown heavily under the thundering hoofs of the speeding horses Grooms and stable hands rushed to them arid the great crowd turned temporarily from the running of the race with searching gaze for the safety of the im ¬ periled jockeys jockeysBy By almost a miracle the three riders escaped with minor cuts and bruises and after regaining consciousness were able to leave the track un ¬ assisted Whether the cheer for the winner of the race or the cry of joy when announcement was made tiiat thfr jockeys had escaped was the greater is problem iMiral Bnfnre ilio dftyC i r j ranf TBlS begun jockey Maririellf had made arrangements to leave here tomorrow and visit his home in New York before beginning his summer campaign on eastern tracks It was to be his last day at Tijuana TijuanaTo To the minds of many the accident removed lie Franks principal contenders Rigged with 114 pounds Edwina a temperamental but speedy and sturdy daughter of Celt undoubtedly would have been a hard one for He Frank to dispose of Like ¬ wise the lightly weighted Nepperhan with 103 pounds and The Desert with 07 pounds had followers who declared that their misfortune had contributed much to lie Franks victory victoryAs As the field of the remaining seven horses swept past the grandstand to take the first turn Kifle with jockey D Hum in the saddle was heading the procession Jockey Melntyre had Be Frank in second place and jockey Tosiali had Wynnewood third The others were bunched in the rear of the first three It was a repetition of the Baja Cali ¬ fornia Handicap for paceiiiaking and ultimate re ¬ sult sultRIFLE RIFLE TRIES TO STEAL THE RACE RACEKifle Kifle with ninetytwo pounds in the saddle kept lengthening his lead over Bo Frank and when the field was at the halfmile post Rifle had six lengths the best of Be Frank Wynnewood was still third To the critical eye it wns easy to disr cern that Be Frank was being carefully saved jockey Melntyre evidently having the opinion that Kifle could not steal the race Tills proved correct correctEntering Entering the stretch Be Frank had gained much ground not by any perceptible increase in his pace but from the fact that the speedy pacemaker had commenced to tire It was at this point that Melntyre called on Be Frank Drawing up on even terms with the leader lie Frank passed him quickly and the finish saw him with a good twolengths advantage Jockey Hnrn astride Kifle was riding with hands and heels in an effort to keep the fatigued thoroughbred going This he managed to do although his lead over Wynnewood for second place was only a neck as the finish was readied readiedWynnewood Wynnewood which finished third beat Sailor off Fourth money which was 1010 was hotly contested for by Sailor and Veteran the former winning this consolation prize by a scant nose It might be said that Sailor ran an exceptionally good race Again he was a rogue and when the barrier went up lie dwelt and was away slowly Sailor was further handicapped when he was forced to go around tho three horses which fell fellThe The greatest upset of the day came in the initial dash a race for twoyearolds which had as one of its starters the Tijuana Futurity winner Johnny Dundee Ou the strength of his easy vic ¬ tory over tlie fleet filly Pepper Tea in that race Johnny Dundee was backed to the exclusion of all others He met defeat by the Disguise colt Incognancc to which he gave seven pounds Only a head separated the two at the finish with the winner exhausted while Johnny Dundee was catch ¬ ing him with every stride and gaining fast fastFavorites Favorites fared badly only one choice finding the way to the winning line this being Be Frank whose price was 9 to 10 Cobrita proved to be the longestpriced winner of the day Paying let ¬ ter than 30 to 1 she shocked the talent by winning from the favorite Pierrot in the third race raceTrophy Trophy which finished second in the eighth race again changed ownership P Jj Short represented by Kunecraft led Trophy to his barn for 1200 1200The The sprint handicap at threequarters furnished the best finish of lie afternon when five horses finished so close that barring the winner the second and third were in doubt until the official placing had been displayed The winner turned up in Top th Mtirning a veteran campaigner which has raced on almost every track in North America
