Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-23
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PACIFIC COAST.
The Great Four Mile Race Foster
Wins the Race and Purse in Two
Straight Heats.

Wins the Race and Purse In Two
Straight Heats.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22d.-In the
great race this afternoon at . p. NJ.
the horses We're called up and the riders
weighed.
2:20 P. M.-Positions as follows:
Katie Pease first, Rutherford second,
Foster third, Hook Hockings fourth,
Chance fifth, Revenue Jr., sixth,
Golden Gate seventh.
2:35 p. M.-Jockeys m"unting their
respective horses.
2:55 P.M.-Word to go given-Hock-
ings leading.
Heat won by Foster, Rutherford
second. All the others distanced.
Time, first mile, ,2:02; second mile, 1:53;
third mile, l:52; fourth mile 1:50A.
There is some dissatisfaction at the
shutting out of Hook Hockings, who
is generally believed to lie withinside
of the distance pole when Foster
passed under the string. Thad Stew
ems will be sold at auction on the
track. The greatest excitement pre-
walls now that Hook is distanced.
The result now lies between Ruther-
ford and Foster. The riders of Ruth
erford and Foster have been called to
the Judges stand. Pools are selling
on Foster at $3.50. on Rutherford,
$3.50. Foster wins first heat; time,
7:2S.
Four o'clock p. M.-Horses started
fair, Foster ahead first mile. Foster
wins second heat in 7:53, and the race.
The great four-mile race has come
and is a thing of the past, leaving
more than the usual number of grum-
blers, and it will be long before an
other of the same kind will he run in
this city. The day was everything
that could be desired, which brought
out the largest assemblage San Fran
cisco ever turned out to witness any
race, though the sight-seers outside
outnumbered those inside the track
three 20 one. AT 2:30 the horses were
called up and by 2:45 were in position.
Three false starts were made, owing to
the evident intention of Chance, Gold
EN- Gate and one or two others getting
good position and starting off too far
i'll advance, but on the fourth trial the
bell was rung, with Hook Hooking,
Golden Gate and Chance slightly in
the lead. The three kept ahead till
about the three-quarter pole on the
second mile, when Rutherford went
to the front, closely pressed by Foster,
and this order was kept up until the
fourth mile, at the closing quarter of
which Foster was driven by whip and
spur and spun alonside of Rutherford.
The latter also felt punishment, and
responding to his riders efforts as fine
Il finish was seen as ever was witnessed
on home stretch, both horses
crossing the wire SO near to-
gether that it was generally thought
Il dead heat. The judges, however,
after consulting with the riders of the
horses gave the heat to Foster by a
neck and made the time in 7:3S, all
the other, Hook Hooking, Kate, Pease,
Chance, Revenue, Jr. and Golden
Gate were distanced. The decision
made dissatisfaction among the friends
of Hook Hooking who was, they
claimed, several lengths inside when
the flag fell, and from the reporters
stand this appeared to be the case,
however, there was no getting over
the Judges decision and Hook Hook
ing went to the stable along with the
Others. At the finish of the heat
Hook Hooking was third, Pease fourth,
the other three in a bunch behind.
The performance of Foster being so
good and his sweating out so satisfac-
tory, he took the lead in the pools, and
Rutherford, instead of leading the
others four to one as he had been in
the pools before, sold at 300 to 1900 and
100 on Foster, Notwithstanding the
latter showed symptoms of slight
lameness in one of his hind legs.
When the horses were called up for
the second heat, Rutherford started off
without waiting for the bell and Fos-
ter followed, and though Irregular, q
mile was run by both in fine style,
Foster taking the lead at the last quar-
ter, but when the mile was run both
horses were pulled up and without
giving them u chance to cool off, were
started off on the second heat with an
even start. This was Fosters heat
from the beginning, he taking the
lead in the first quarter and keeping
it, though Rutherford several times as
on brushes, came up to his flanks at
the half pole on the fourth mile. Bar
Der, the rider of Rutherford, drove his
horse for all he was worth, but it was
fruitless, for on the last quarter and
down the home stretch Foster was let
out and finished, an easy winner in
1853. winning the race and $l5,000
Rutherford second and $500. The
remainder of the $4,000 goes back
to the Pacific Jockey Club, and
it is given as a reason by the
grumblers why the judges were
so quick to declare Hook Hook
ing dIstanced was the fact that if he
was placed he would have got third
position and the money $4,000 When
the Judges declared the result, cries
were made of put up job, and to say
the crowd went away good natured
would be stretching the truth.