The morning call., 1892-12-29


One mile, handicap, for all ages, $500
Sheridan, Nsrvaez up.
Fivs-eighths OF a mile, for maidens, all
ages, S4Oo-Guadslupe, Esperson up.
Selling, Observation-Disclosures OF n mile,
for three-yesr- oids and upward, S4OO-
Nellie &, Spepce up.
The sun shone on the Bay District Track
yesterday ana made glad the hearts Of race
goers. The man who on Tuesday an
nounced his intention Of staying at home
with his wife and getting the racing by tel
ephone reconsidered his determination and
was on hand yesterday to see the horses
run. The track was, OF course, very heavy,
but 1t could at least be seen, and that for
the first time in week.
The ladies were out in great numbers
and the bookies' messengers were kept busy
carrying their bets back and forth between
the gallery and the ring from which the
rules OF the association bar feminine bettors.
They may bet, and they do, but they may
not set foot within the sacred precincts
where the betting is done. A woman max
ing up her mind on which horse to place her
money is @ sight worth seeing. The throes
OF her intellect, the great strain that is
being put upon the gray matter OF her
brain are so plainly evident.
/ saw one Of these fair gam blers hanging
over the stair rail, conferring earnestly with
the messenger. Cyclone had gone lame aud
bets were declared of and the horse
scratched. How perfectly mean of him, 4"
lamented the fair speculator. Il don't be-
lIeve he's lame at all; he just don't want to
race. They ought TO make him run. Ii
ain fair"
just what excuses the messenger did
make for the Iecalcitrant Cyclone l did not
catch. l only heard her instruct Mer-
GURUS to place her money on Mabel NJ,
which he fastened away to DO before his
client could again change her mind.
A conspicuous feature on the track was
the epidemic Of porous plasterS that seemed
70 have broken out among the horses.
Half a dozen or more appeared with these
singular additions TO their usual racing
equipment clapped on just back of the
saddle. Minnie Elkins, the favorite in the
mile handicap, wore particularly large
and conspicuous one, and Cheerful, whom
host OF the knowing ones picked to win
the last race. sported another. Neither
won, however. though probably it was not
the fault OF the porous plasters.
Ii was very bad day for favOrites and
not one came first TO the winning post
Jim was the fayorite IN the first race,
niRe-siXteenths of mile. The runners
the Ripper and Typesetter. Jack the
Ripper really deserves better name.
Such cognOmen as he bears would handi-
cap any horse. He can almost get away
from 1t, hut it has oyertaken him several
times during this meeting just as it did
yesterday.
The horses got off very nicely in the first
race, with Jack the Ripper in the lead and
running smooth as silk. He kept his lead
around TO the turn and into the home
stretch. with the fayOrite at his heels, Gipsy
Girl fourth and Charger fifth, Typesetter
tagging Superfluous in the rear. The excited
spectators were already giving Jack the
race when Charger began to charge, and
coming down the track more swiftly than
the binding lightning" passed Jim r and
Glpsy Gill, and alter a beautiful fight for it,
took the lead from the unfortunate Ripper,
winning the race by half length In /: :57h
Carter was booked to win the second
event and his admirers backed him strongly,
playing Folly for place. There were five
horses entered-May Pritchard, Carter b.
Jennie X, RaiDdrop and Folly. Raindrop
is great little racer when she is in shape
but she was In no racing trim yesterday.
There was quite little time lost in starting
and then Jennie X got away in the lead,
with Folly second, Raindrop third and
PTitchard fourth, the fayOTite bringing up
the rear.
The race up the backstretch was an
earnest one. Weber on Carter B drove
hard to bring the fsyorite UP. and inch by
inch he worked his way up to Jennie's
shoulder, where he staid persistently to the
turn. Then he gained a little. and the two
raced neck and neck down the homestretch.
Jackson on the mare rode for dear life, and
the plncky animal responded as if she knew
as well as her rider that she had got to win
that race.
She would have done il, but that Weber.
seeing it 10 be his only chance, cut across
her road, crowding the mare into the fence
and bringing Carter b to the post half
head in advance amid yells of ind gna tion
and shrieks of FOUL Foulv' from the dis
gusted crowd. Eyeryb body was loud in con-
demnation of the shabby trick, which the
judges very promptly declared foul aud
placed Carter B last, giving the race to
Jennie X, who had earned it, and place to
Folly. the game chestnut mare, who ran the
course close at the winners heels.
There were three entries for the third,
which was one of the prettiest races vet
seen a. the meeting. Minnie Elkins sold
as favOrite and was deemed pretty sure to
win. Sheridan. with Narvaez up. and Cy-
clone, ridden by X. Smith, we're the other
two. Peters was up on Minnie. as was also
porous plaster.
Sheridan took the lead at the start, with
the mare close behind and Cyclone third
In this order they came TO the quarter.
when Minnie came up, and she and Sheri-
dan ran even, each lighting like tiger for
an inch Of advantage to the turn. Then it
was evident that the mare was beaten. Her
tail went up and her head dropped, and she
was running very bard. Then uD came Cy-
clone TO contest the honors with Sheridan
down the homeStretch.
He had foeman worthy of his best ef-
forts. and the way these two shining
beauties turned their legs under them and
shot forward along tie track is a thing to
be remembered in the annals of the meet
Ing. Down they came. NarvaeZ driving for
all he was worth. and Smith urging Cyclone
along like ad-bespattered demon.
Sneridan,s famous ride was nowhere to
the travelling of this Sheridan-a cloudbursr
and watcrSpout combined would have
been left behind by the bay cyclone that
whirled down the track.
The crowd was yelling like mad as the
horses passed the post SO close together no
one knew which name TO shout. Sheridan
got his nose past the wire first. but no more,
and the next instant Cyclone shot past him.
little earlier in the race, no one who saw
the finish could doubt but that Cyclone
would have been the winner.
The fourth race was the biggest kind of
surprise TO all but a few who saw 1t. There
were ten horses entered, and Little Tough
was fayorite. with ST. John for place. Quad
alupe, who won the Iace. was considered
outside the running, the odds against him
being 30 to l. His owner and one or two
others. who knew what turn of speed the
horse had. played him heavily to win and
cleared I'D among them somewhere In the
neghborbo cd of $4,000.
The horses got away on good start with
Little Tough leading and ST. John second,
Guadalupe third, the rest running in a
bunch. At the turn Guadalupe came up
with rush. taking the lead and winning
the race with apparent ease, Little Tough
second, Aerolite third.
The greatest surprise OF all, however,
awaited the end Of the event. The race was
for maidens," which in running horse par
lance means horse that has never won a
race 1t is claimed. with apparent truth,
that Guadalupe is not a maiden in this
sense, and he certainly is not in any other
lie ran in race down at Los Angeles
some time since, and finished second. For
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