The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-14
THE SACRAMENTO RACES.
Ideal Weather and a Perfect Track on
the Meets Fourth Day.
THREE YEAR OLD TROT 4 WlLKOTER.
Intense Excitement Prevailed During the Other
I've Events, Ill the Heats Of Which
We're EOtly Contested.
THREE YEAR. OLD TROT 4 WlLKOTER.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

SACRAMENTO, May 13.--It was the beau
ideal Of Sacramento spring day when the
crowd arrived at the racetrack at noon to
witness the trotting on the fourth day of
tile meeting. The track was in splendid
condition and lightning fast, land worthy
therefore of better class of horses. In the
first race on the card threeyedr-old trot.
there were only two entries, and Captain
Drake withdrawing his bay colt PasO de
Rosa. by holly, logged his chestnut filly
Extrayagant, by Woodruff, out of Economy.
round the track for the stake.
The 2:35 Glass Trot.
There were four starters in the 35 class
trot-C Lucas. with Campbell in the sulky;
Col. McNasser, with TryOn driving; Wildo
was steered by Lafferty and Alex Button
by Keasing. McNasser was a hot favOrte
at $40 against the field for SIS. There
were two scores, Lucas breaking at the
first turn, but he got his gait like flash
and went off in the lead. McNasser also
got tangled up and fell back last. Button
broke in the backstietch and again in the
lower turn, where Wildo also went off his
feet and Lucas, trotting squarely, won the
heat In 2:35, Button coming second under
the wire in a break, McNaSser third and
WildO fourth. Mutuals paid 50 90.
Still McNasser was first choice at $50 to
$40. but shook the confidence of his sup
p0rters in the second heat by going off his
feet three times in making the circuit.
stretch where Keatng brought up Button.
drove Lucas into a bobble and beat him by
an open length at the wire IN 2:32L2. The
favOrite got third. Mutuals paid S16.
The Betting Changed.
The pooling now chopped around, the
field realizing $50 and McNasser SO. TryOn
gave up the ribbons to Dick Hayey on the
latter, and the heat furnished a good race.
McNaSser lay second on Buttons wheel.
both passing Lucas in the upper turn, where
the latter broke and lost lot of ground.
NJ Nasser forced Button out OF his gait IN
the backstre;ch but he caught again like
fash into the homestretch. There was a
fine Bit of driving between Hayey and
Keating even up to the wire, where Button
Just beat McNasSer by half length. Time,
2:31. Wido was third. Mutuals paid So 25
With a couple of heats to his credit, But
ton $50, field $40 was the booksellers cry.
HaYey drove McNasSer head aud head win
Button to the backstretch, where the latter
broke all to pieces and could not get his
gait until he was hopelessly in the rear.
McNasser won under a big pull in 2:32A,
Lucas second, Wildo third, Button just get
ting inside the flag. Mutuals paid 50 6j.
McNasser's stock now went UP and he
took the next heat liandily in square trot,
all his opponents skiving and breaking at
different stages of the journey. Wildo went
TO tie stable. Time, 2:5312.
Dan McCarty drove Lucas in the final
heat, but McNasser had too much pace for
his opponents and won tile heat and race
under pull in 2 1921. Button got second
money and Lucas third.
Two-Year-Oid Stakes.
Alfredetta by Steinway. George Dexter
by Dexter Prince and Kapila by Steinway
we're the three youngsters driven cut for
the two-y ear-old stakes. George Dexter led
in the first heat by several lengths around
to the stretch, where Laferty brought up
Alfredetta with good drive and made
dead heat of it at the wire amid great eX-
element. Time, 2:56.
The second Leat was very pretty, Dexter
and Alfredetta trottiug like double team
to within 20 yards of the wire, where Gels
man whipped him into a break and Alfre-
detta won by three parts of a length. Time,
2:55. Kapila was distanced.
The prettiest race we have seen for
years" said Tom Snyder, as George Dexter
beat AlfreGetta in the third heat by neck,
the last named tangling up at the wire in
1852 after neck-and-neck r9ce all around
thetrack. Tom Heating drove the Dexter
Prince colt this time and there was wild
and continuous cheering from the stands as
the youngsters tr0tted down the h0mestretch
TO the wire.
l; was o'clock and sundown when they
were called out for the deciding heat.
Again the race showed how evenly the gall
liant youngsters were matched. Again they
raced neck and neck, nose and nose. TO
about 100 yards fTom home, when Alfre-
dei'a bOb6led up, but catching again as
quick as thought came along aud won the
heat and race by short neck in 2;57. 1t
was hOrSerace and worth going thou
sand miles to See
The meeting concludes tomorrow with
four running races. All have got splendid
entries and pooling tonight is very brisk
thereon.
Selections.
First race-MOnowai or Orrln.
Second race-Early or Lottie Mills.
Third race-Diek 0'Malley or Grandee.
Fourth race-Applause or Nero.
Major Nj Biggs sold his trotter, Ed Biggs,
to Is. G.. Holly this afternoon for $1,000.