The morning call., 1891-09-03
OAKLAND'S RACES.
Serena Shows SOftness and Takes
o Back Seat.
Colonel May, by Sheer Gameness, Pulls Race
Out OF the Fire-General spreekels
Beats General Burke.

What the public expected yesterday at the
Oakland track, expedition, they did not get.
SO slow moving were the judges that the
last special had to be postponed, and the de-
Gliding heat of the principal event OF the
day, that for the 2 80 class, was trotted out
in the twilight.
The officials in charge of the bell in the
judges stand are very good natured, but
they do not know everything down In
"Judoa." A pace fer the 2:25 class opened
the ball. They saw Lilly, perfect prize
horticultural blossom Of PAGER. take fourth
place for the first heat in 2:27, and then go
and win in three straight heats Of 2:22h,
2:22h and 2:20A, and yet they kept their
own counsel. Why mare like Lilly, all
lame as she was. should shOwu up last in 2:27
in the initial heat, and then take fourth
heat in 2:20A, a gain Of ga seconds. and
rattling good performance at that stage OF
the game, and then that not even friendly
word OF admonitlon be passed, was not fully
understood by the payees OF 81 each at the
gate.
The trot for the 2:35 class was. on its
uppers, a race for blood. 1t was rather
black eye for the Sydneys when Colonel
May found out Serena's lack of staying
power, and while not having the loot OF
the mare, still by his superior gameness he
gave the pretty bay mare handsome
trouncing. Some OF the Sydneys are OF the
soft-shel persuasion and few OF the hard
she'll Serena belongs to the class that
restaurant walters call "one minute boils-
soft and smooth"
More intrinsic racing interest was taken
in the Burke-Spreckes match, between the
respective "teaserS " of the stable, who,
hiiched 10 carts, were sent OF to see how
fast thew oOUl1 navigate mile, Both OIL
the demOniacal equines were out for gore,
and were sent for all they were worth.
That the Spreekels imp won was most sat
isfactory to his owner, who cared more 1or
the honor than the cash at stake 30 much
so, that he gave the won money to his
horses driver and trainer, and wore his
fairly earned laurels with much personal
satisfaction.
very uninteresting special that could
not be trotted ont owing to the darkness
wound up the days programme.
The innovation of laying book odds on
each heat as tried on Monday was unsatis-
factory all round. The public did not care
for the new style and the books claim they
were good losers, though how this could be
with such tight odds as were listed passes
comprehension. Anyhow the brokers did
not open up yesterday, and for this relief
many thanks were expressed.
Possibly bee use they thought they were
too much protected last Tuesday and their
ideas of free trade had been Slightly tres
passed on the public did not attend yester-
days racing in alarmingly large numbers.
In fact taking out the heavy list OF COM
plimenGaries. the paying attendance was
very light indeed.
The days summaries are as follows:
Pacing, 2:25 class amount of purse not
stated on programmed
A, T. Hatch's CT. IN. Lilly, by steinway-
G. LaDham's b. G. Havilsnd ....'.Lapham 2 8
NutwOOd stock farms b. m. Ida ";
R. i. iedgett's b. IN. Lady Markham. ,.,..: =,
Time 2a::g7-2:5siI;s- :26a. U.S.
After Matching out setting of eggs in the
first heat, Lilly turned herself loose and
took the three successive heats in very easy
fashion, despite that many thought she was
pushed to her limit. In reality, when she
won she did so at her own convenience.
Betting: First heat--Lily $50, Markham
Sl5, Hayiland So, field IA; second heat
Lilly $3.50, Markham S27, field S19. No bet
ting on third or fourth heats.
Match purse $500; 'teasers" to cart:
A. d. Spreckels' T. ch. Z. b.. gr Lucfer, %
years, by Satan-Hecate. Bayliss
F. II. Burke'S b. b +. d. BeelzebuD, Ii years by
MephistOpheles-M -.............,
Time (quarJers). 0 :2S-O :56-i :25 la-i :57Is.
Betting-Lucifer S25. Beelzepub So. Beel
led by two lengths ali the way into the
stretch, where a regular slashing up was
| had. Both were bucketed up for all that
was in them, but the head imp stood the
drive the best and won by three lengths.
Trotting, 2:35 class (uo value of purse
stated in DrOgrammel.
R.; Havey's br. 6. Colonel May. by May
San Mateo stock farms b. m serena By
NJ. 5Sn9z KnaSs b $ Blue Bull by iaia''itH Blue Baii
R. e Harris b. g: General BIacher by '''
fSiE Time, :5Ss4-2 :25 20 2s14sS44 aaf 81
Betting; First heat-Setena $40. BlucheI
| $40. field S2S; second Colonel May $50,
field $40; third-field $40, May SIS; fourth
I May $780, field S25; fifth-May 500, field Sl5
Serena had the foot of her company, but
lacked staying power. She took the two
| first heats by her speed, and drove the Col
onel well into lower class for the third
making him take notch of 2:25h. Then
somehow or another she lost section oil
two of her backbone scientific name YER
no extra trouble in beating her out handily
for the race. Blood again told, as it always
| will in square race The Colonel trace:
! back through his sire TO the old reliable
| Hamble tOnian stock. 60.
A wearisOme special, for no announced
| class OF purse on the programme, was sand.
| wiched in with the 2:35-class event. Belle
| Thorne took the first heat in 2 :3S and John
| L mo relation TO the ex-champion slogging
artist of the world and President de jure of
| the Society for the otal Abolition oil
| BOoZey Personal Consumption the next ir
2:39 Nights kindly shading mantle pu
an end for the session of the tiresome affair
| which will be resumed to finish at 10 A. NJ
| to-day. '.
+ The programmed two-year-old event fol
| the 2 80 class was dc cared off.