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LOUANNA AGAIN IN FRONT Daughter of Luke McLuke Proves Herself More Than a Sprinter Bowsprit Goes to Inrln Stable After Easy EasyTlctory Tlctory Ilazel Dale Displays Gameness GamenessDefeating Defeating Robert L Owen by Tfost SAN DIEGO Cal January 6 Striking evidence of how thoroughbreds thrive in this climate was furnished yesterday by tho Shafer Conway filly Louanna which won this time at a mile and seventy yards The daughter of Luke McLuke has been prin ¬ cipally in sprinting dashes In Kentucky but when brought here to Tijuana she soon showed that she could go farther by winning at a mile mileLouannas Louannas victory Friday was in the fifth and feature race in which she ruled favorite Away to a good start Louanna bided her time at the command of jockey Thomas and until the stretch was reached she waited on the pacemaker Woodie Montgomery When straightened for home she quickly took the lead and without faltering she strided reso ¬ lutely past the judgas a winner by an open length C B Irwins Black Betty ran a smashing race to be second but it took the hardest kind of riding to land her in that position a nose in front of old Breeze Woodie Montgomery grew leg weary in the stretch and finished fourth fourthAnother Another bumper crowd greeted the thor ¬ oughbreds It was ladies day a social af ¬ fair of San Diego and its contiguous terri ¬ tory toryThe The threeyearold colt Bowsprit carried the colors of G M Crane to victory again in the fourth race at five and a half fur ¬ longs Bowsprit was installed a topheavy favorite and made no mistakes Jockey Tap lin took him to the front from an outside start and the youngster was never in danger of being headed Nearest to him was El Roble all the way but he never had a chance to overtake the winner El Roble was pur ¬ chased the other day by C B Irwin at private sale Friday Irwin obtained the colts conqueror by claiming him for 1100 These two should make useful racing ma ¬ terial for the Wyoming horseman In the race in which Bowsprit was acclaimed vic ¬ tor Norford Honey stumbled at the rise of the barrier and jockey Claver was unseated unseatedAKOTHEB AKOTHEB DOUBLE FOB LBWIS LBWISC C B Irwin had another good day his horses scoring a double Those that were nuccessful were Hazel Dale in the second and Phrone Ward in the fifth His other two color bearers El Roble and Black Betty finished in second place so taking it all in all it was a lucrative afternoon for the west ¬ erner ernerHazel Hazel Dale ran an extremely game race to gather her brackets Only a nose separated her and Robert L Owen at the finishing post A sixteenth out Robert L Owen ap ¬ peared all over a winner but just when vic ¬ tory was within his grasp he tired slightly which cost him the race racePhrone Phrone Ward forgot to stop in the seventh race and finding a field that she could open up daylight on she continued in the lead to the end and won the seventh race at five eighths by two lengths Horinga one of the long shots was second while the favor ¬ ite had his troubles in barely saving third place Aryanna from the McLean Gib ¬ son stable which was well supported had a tempetuous journey and after being shuf ¬ fled rearward stayed there and finished far back Shoreacres made her opponents look cheap in the sixth race a gallop of a mile and a sixteenth winning so far that it was almost a guess as to whether she won by eight or ten lengths BehinJ her struggled Lariat and Rhymer fighting it out for second place the former getting the decision in a tight fit fitWith With the days now growing longer and enthusiasm for the thoroughbred sport in ¬ creasing manager J P Atkin is lengthening out his daily program at every opportunity There will be eight races Saturday and an equal number for Sunday SundayHenry Henry McDaniel trainer for the J 1C L Ross stable sent Muttkins an easy mile this morning In 1 46 The mare has improved wonderfully in appearance since coming here and McDaniel is priming her for early action actionEast East Indian is another good horse here Continued on twelfth page LODANNA AGAIN IN FRONT Continued from first page which is training in splendid manner That painstaking conditioner George J Miller has this son of Delhi in form and reports that his horse will be ready to be sent to the races within the next weekend weekendJockeys Jockeys Rails and Thomas were the out ¬ standing saddle artists at Tijuana Friday They each scored a double during the after ¬ noon noonRalph Ralph Thompson of New York was an ar ¬ rival here today to spend the winter in the land of sunshine and flowers flowersCharles Charles McCroan was another that got in during the day He arrived from New Or ¬ leans and reported that much interest in the Tijuana meeting is being manifested by the Crescent City horsemen