The morning call., 1891-08-05
TROTTING EVENTS.
Second Days Races mt the Bay
District Track.
All the Favorites Gain Easy Victories Star,
light, ALBANIA and Irwin We're the
Winning Horses.

There was an unusually large gathering
at the Bay District Track yesterday after
noon, the occasion being the second days
meeting of the Pacific Coast Trotting- horse
Breeders Association. Three Interesting
contests had been arranged. and they were
run of without unnecessary delay.
The track was in excellent condition, and
had 1t not been for the high wind some cred.
liable records would have been made. First
on the programme was the trotting stakes
for two-year- olds. with $3.50 added. OF the
eighteen entries only three started. The
starters were: Palo Altos bay FLY Star
light, by ElectiOneer, with Marvin driving;
San Mate0 Stock Farms bay filly Sallma,
oy Sable Wilkes, Johnny Goldsmith dIiv-
ing, and Il. P. Perkins bay colt Rosiris, by
Iris. with G. A. Spencer up. In the pools
the Palo Alto entry was an overwhelming
favorite, bringing $40 to So on the two
others. and the auctioneer experienced con-
siderable difficulty in disposing Of pools
even at these figures
Two-YEAR-oLDs.
A few minutes after o'clock the two
year-olds made their appearance for the
first heat After several false starts they
were finally got under way. Salima trotted
like veteran. Starlight was rather skttsh
and broke several times, while Sabina also
went OFT his feet soon after the start. Star
light then took the lead. At the home
stretch she broke, but did not lose the lead,
and Sabina. being heavily whipped, went
all to pieces" Starlight forged steadily
ahead and went under the wire four lengths
agead of Salima and ROslris was distanced.
Starlight covered the distance in 2:35.
For tho second heat few pools were sold.
Starlight was bought for S25 against 81 on
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first score for the second heat, with Star
light half length in the lead. AT the quar-
ter post Starlight and Sabina were abreast
and from there to the halt they proceeded
meek and neck. After passing the half
lengths behind. In the home stretch Sabina
ratified along at lively gate, but not fast
enough to oyertake Starlight, who won the
heat and the race by length in 23lA.
THE PAGERS.
The second event was the 2:25 pacing
class for purse of $1,000. Again there
we're only three starters. These were La
Siesta Raneh's DR.. Swift by haywood,
driven by Vioget; III. j. Agnew's Boswell
Jr. by Boswell, driven by Agnew, and the
San Mateo Stock Farms ALBANIA by Guy
Wilkes, driven by Goldsmith. In the pools
ALBANIA sold tOp-heayy favorite, bringing
S25 for S11 for DIR. Swift and 50 for Boswell
Jr. The latter horse drew the pole with
Swift second and ALBANIA on the outside
On the fourth score the horses were sent off,
ALBANIA dropping to the rear, but at the
quarter she collared the leaders, who were
racing like double team, and carried Bos-
we'll to a break. At the half she passed
Swift, the latter breaking, but he came fast
again in ths stretch and finished on Allan
mas wheel, with Boswell third. Time.
2:2lh.
In the second heat the horses started
well. ALBANIA took the lead, but she broke
at the turn, Swift taking the lead. with Bos-
well second. Swift easily won the heat
in 2:2lh.
For the third heat the trotters started
evenly, but ALBANIA soon took tbe lead and
maintained il TO the finish, winning the
heat and the contest in 2 Do
RoADsTERs' RACE.
The third and last event of the day was
the contest for gentlemen roadsters. The
entries were j. l. Crooks bay gelding
Irwin C and c. Ii. Corey's black gelding
G. ii. c.
Crooks horse had ga good thing" from
the start, and won two straight heats and
the race in 2 81 y.