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REACHES TIJUANA TRACK Pimlico Special Unloaded at Mexican Course Friday. Eight of Commander J. K. L. Ross Star Raeers In the Shipment AH Horses Arrive in. Pino Condition. SAN DIEGO, Cal., November IS. Completing its long journey across the continent, the Coffroth thoroughbred special, which was dispatched from Pimlico, Md., on Sunday, arrived at the border late Thursday evening. Due to the fact of the tardiness of the train ; the forty thoroughbreds were not unloaded until Friday morning. W. T. Anderson, who was in charge of the train, reported the trip a fast one. He claimed that had the Coffroth ; special not encountered a wrecked freight while en route a new record for transcontinental travel would have been established. A derailed oil car kept this shipment back a matter of eight hours. The various owners and trainers in charge ! of the horses which came in the shipment declared that not a single case of sickness ! developed among the thoroughbreds en route and that the horses shipped remarkably well considering the long journey. A large crowd of turf enthusiasts made the trip to the border this morning to watch 1 the horses disembark. The first string to set foot on Mexican soil was that owned . by Commander J. K. L. Ross. The crack Ross horses were the cynosure of all eyes as they were walked to the quarters. This consignment embraced Spanish Maize, Mutti-kins, Lion dOr, Messines, Rebuke, Doubtful, 1 Feylance and Bastille. They showed by their playful antics as they were led to their barn l that they suffered no ill effects from the four-day trip. Tho complete list of owners and their Continued on eighth page. REACHES TIJUANA TRACK Continued from nrst page. horses, in addition to the Ross string, are as follows: J. L. Briggs, with Veiled Colleen, Wild Flower, Dr. Johnson, Charley Boy and Dissolute; A. C. Bostwick, with Fairway, Knighthood, Tassel, Ten Buttons and Lucky Button; J. Crofton, with Due de Moray, P. G. King, Katherine Rankin and Mollie Barnes; J. M. Crane, , with Cedric, Bowsprit, Dolores, Scotland Yet, Supercargo and Krewer; 13. G. Soule, with Sleiveconard and Polythia; C. J. Casey, with Oil Man, Serapis and The "Vengeance; George P. Sherman, with Pokey B., Dalton and Charlotta Smith; Harry Payne Whitneys Spot Cash; S. Polks Romulus; W. Grants Ross R. The jockeys which accompanied the shipment were P. Walls, E. Josiah, A. Claver, W. Martin and the apprentice rider Grose, the latter under contract to J. Crofton. An express carload, which arrived from Pleasanton, CaL, Friday morning, was also unloaded. The horses that came from upstate were Sample, Arryanna, Capon, Dora, Lone Pine, Bettie Stuart, Capt. Clover. Little Florence, Smile Again, Morning Dew, Pedro and the yearling colt McParlin. Jockeys J. Metcalf and J. Glass are recent arrivals at Tijuana.
