The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-13
EVENTS AT THE
STATE FAIR.
San Mateo Filly, Una Wilkes,
Wins the 2::2O Stakes.
Flora G Wins the $500 Purse Over Five
COmpetitOTS-Pacing Events Post
pOned Until Monday.
Special to THE MORNING CALI.

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 12.-The State Agri-
cultural Society has so far been especially
favored by weather conditions. 1t has been
just right, neither too hot nor too cold, and
the large number who attended the races
could enjoy the daily speed contests in COM
fort. The sweltering heat at several pre-
vious fairs on the circuit has been happily
absent. The nights, too are quite cool.
nearly as much so as in San Francisco.
Visitors from outside points should be
very careful not to indulge too freely in the
fluid called drinking water here 1t is
all right for washing purposes, but stran gers
who try.to fully auench their thirst with 1t,
before becoming acclimated, are liable to be
seriously indisposed. Quite number of
San Francisco visitors are now suffering
from a too free indulgence in the fluid.
To-day there was another grand stock
parade at the track and the fine herds of
cattle, bands of horses, mules and jacks
fully demonstrated that California pos
sesses as fine lot of stock as any State in
the Union.
THE SPEEDING EVENTS.
Visitors at the track to-day received both
quality and quantity in return for their ad-
mission tees in the way of racing The
programme commenced at O'Clock, lastin
till past o'clock, and then the 2:25 pace,
with four heats decided, was post pOned
owing to the darkness till after the conclu-
sion of the running events on Monday
next. The time made shows the track was
very fast and proves 1t to have no superior
in the State. The judges. President Cox
and Directors Green and Hancock. exercised
tba mi OF nnmmpnHahla viuilanPn in dptppt.
ing tricks and protected the public all in
their power They fined tardy drivers and
in three instances took them out of their
sulkies, giving the lines to substitutes on
suspicion that they were not driving to win.
1t was such care for the public that makes
the State Fair success, and If every racing
association took the same interest in the
public's welfare the complaints In the past
about crOokedneSs would be much less fire.
quent.
The San Mateo Stock Farms ch. f. Vida
Wilkes and Guy Wilkes having logged
over for the three-year-od stake, 500
entrance, S400 added, total value Sl150,
the other entries being Withdrawn,
class (Hazel Wilkes barred, for a $1,000
purse. 1t formed one of the principal feat
ures of the entire meeting, and heavy wager
ing was had on the respective chances Of
the following starters: j. A. Goldsmith's
b. m. Una Wilkes, by Guy Wilkes-Blanche
Lou. by Tom Benton-Brown Jennie (Mc-
Cord, Keating); c. A. Durfee's blk. G. Don
Tomas, by Del Sur-Vashti Durfee); j. w.
DOnathan's br., e., franklin. by General
| Reno (DonathaD); Funk Bros b. m. Lizzie
F, by Elector (CampbelD. For the first
Lizzie and SIS for the field. and
at those rates lots of money went into the
box. Lou won the heat by six lengths from
Franklin. Lizzie third. in the fast time of
2:1912. Franklin was set back to fifth for
swerYing and Lizzie got second place, Una
third. Una was still first choice for the
second heat at 500 to S27 30 for the field.
with Lou in 1t, S22 for Lizzie and S8 for
Franklin. Lou aud Una were the leaders
to the quarter, then Una led at the half by
two lengths in 1:09, Lou second, Franklin
third. Lou broke at the fve-eighths, and
fell back, letting Una lead by two lengths
into the stretch. Franklin second. McCord
sent Lou up fast coming home and carried
Una to break at the drawgate and beat
her out a length in 2:20, Franklin third,
half a length back. The two mares brought
$40 each for the third heat, to S11 for Lizzie
and Sc for Franklin. Una won by half
length in 2:2l, Lizzie third. The odds for the
$40. Goldsmith won by a length In 2:2O.
Lizzie was third again. For the fifth and
final heat Una sold at $50 against $40 for all
the others. The San Mateo fly easily
gathered il in by three lengths from Lou in
2:23k, Franklin third. Don Tomas fourth
and Lizzie distanced. This gave Una the
race with three straight last heats out OF
five.
FLORA WINS THE PURSE.
Six started in the $500 purse for the 2:30
class: Flora G, Agnew; Serena, Goldsmith;
Colonel May, Havey ;Waidstein, Hogoboom;
Laura g. Bigelow; and Ida G, Bayless.
Flora won easily from Serena by five
lengths in 2:27. No material change was
seen in the odds for the second heat. Flora
led Serena again all the way by three
lengths to the three-auarter. Up the
stretch there was sharp brush between
Flora, Serena and Laura. At the lower
stand Flora broke but caught quickly and
came on steadily. Laura and Serena both
broke near the wire and passed under 1t on
run, Laura neck better than Serena,
who was half a length in front of Flora.
| Time, 2:25h. The judges set Laura and
Serena back for running and placed Flora
first. Colonel MAY second, Laura third,
| Serena fourth, Waldstein fifth and Ida
sixth. Now pools sold, Flora $40. Laura SlS,
field $40. Flora won the heat and race by
| a neck in 2:25 Colonel May third.
A S4OO purse for the 2:25 pacing class was
the last on the card. The starters were:
Silkey, Agnew; George n, Houser and Gold
smith: Plunkett, Miner and Dan McCar-
Silkey 500, Plunkett $50. field $40. Silkey
took the first heat by two lengths from
George n. in 2:26. The odds then stood:
Silkey $780, field S25. Silkey led TO the half
in 1:lOh, with George n eight lengths back
and last. Then George put on burst up
the stretch and beat Plunkett out length
in 2:2311a, Silkey breaking at the three
quarters. Whapple was distanced. For the
third heat George n brought $50. the field
$50 Sikey led Plunkett all the way and
won by length over George N. The time,
2:20h. warned the judges, aud they took
Houser down from behind George and Miz-
ner from Punkett. Goldsmith to George
and Dan Mccarthy to PluDkett were the
changes, and the pools crawled up from So
for the field against SOS for Silkey to Silkey
S25. field SIT. Mccarthy drove Plunkett
like streak to the half in :09 leading
George by ten lengths. Silkey was away
back from break at the quarter. Then
Plunkett began to play, and George. after
red-hot drive, beat him for the heat by half
a length in "a. Silkey just escaped being
distanced. The race was postponed to Mon