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COFFROTH HANDICAP TODAY!. ♦ I High Class Field Named for Richest of Tijuana Stakes. ♦ Horses and Track in Fine Condition — Record Crowd Expected . m to See Contest. «. — i TL1FANA. Mexico, Mud is — What IWHfl to 1m- the greatest field of thoroughbreds that ever VMAW at a banter at this far West track is fuheduled to R|K rt colore tomorrow in tin- S20.000 Coffroth Handicap, a gallop of one mile and I quarter. An ••veil dozen horses of stake calaber, trained to the minute, have accepted weights and sts many are expected to vie for honors in Tijuauas 6ulicnt feature. The clear, crisp weather, with an ahundauce of sunshine and a brisk wind, has worked wonders iu preparing the track for tomorrows big race. Experts today are forecasting that the eaaajae will Ik- a fast one by the time of the running of the nm Throughout tin- night a large force of men. under ihe direction of track superintendent Frank Rinc-liart. with harrows and other utensils, worked the track, and Uiese methods will be continued tonight and tomorrow until race time. All the candidates have worked for the race in splendid fashion and no excuse- can be offered as to their condition. The mighty Be Frank, champion long-distance horse at Tijuana last year, has been allotted tin post of honor, that of carrying tup Weight. He i- repoited to be on keen edge for the contest, and the son of Sir John .lohnson. coupled ■with Sunnylaud as the Kronx Stable entry, will rate the favorite. Mulciber. the black son of Vnlcain, which was shipped here from New Orleans some time ago. is also sjid to be in fine fettle, as his work of Thursday indicated. The ShalVr and Conway liOlHj. Flanet Is in uiccly at 107 pounds and many ltore are giving him serious consideration in their figure*. The iniiaatteaal unbeaten California -bred «-olt Lanailos will be given the acid test when he *l»orts colors in this race and. should he l.e able to carry his extreme speed a mile and a quarter, his chances of winning appear excellent. At the weights the race looms tilt as a great contest of speed and stamina, with the winner an uncertain proposition to select. San Uiego today is alteady thronged with tm fa n*-. and reservations in various hot-ls forecast the greatest crowd f-r tomorrow since the inception of racing at the border course. The probable starters in the Coffrolh Handicap, their weight-, jockeys and overnight prices are as follows: Horse. Wt. .Its-key. Odds. tBo Frank 134 B. Carter 7 5 tSunnyland 11- C. Thompson 7-5 Planet 107 C. Stinbr 5-1 Mulciber 113 .1. Hutianicr t; 1 Breeze 10 C. Duggan R-1 East Indian Ill .1. Metcalf 0-1 l .-■•■» ados 11:: H. .tones 10-1 Bifle 98 D. Hum 20-1 Uegreso 95 I. Majestic -0-1 Regal Lodge 110 C. H. Miller 10-1 Umoud MS T. Wilson -0-1 Veteran 100 IS. Donahue 30-1 fSuuuylaud Stable entry.
