The morning call., 1892-12-28

Handicap, one and an eighth miles, All
ages, S6OO-Pescador, Narvaez up.
Selling, seven eIghthE, for three-year-
olds aud upward, $500 Revolver,
Spence up.
Five-eighths, two-year-olds, $500
Wicklow, Hill up.
Who would not be great jockey?
A great jockey. you understand, must be
very small. The featherweights are the
useful men in this line. When you 90 out
to the Bay District track and see little
man in russell topboots and overcoat skip
ping along with his hands in his pockets
toward the weighing-roOm, while an gele-
gantly attired gentleman, runs along
behind, carrying in his kid-gloyed
hands, the saddle. blankets and
girths that must be weighed in as well. you
will know at once that the little chap is GO
ing 10 ride in the next race, and the kid
gloved gentleman. who is waiting on him so
assiduously, is his employer. the owner Of
the jockeys mount.
Just watch the rider OF the win ner and
see him come up to claim the race and dis
mount. He throws his whip down in the
mud and his respectful employer picks IL
up and hastens after him with the overcOat
he has been carrying for him, and assists
him TO put the garment on. Ten to one il
he don't carefully button II up for him into
the bargain. A whole throng of the kid
gloved brigade flock around TO pat the sue
cessful little fellow and make much of him,
while he swaggers off as though he owned
the whole outfit.
Wonderful" exclaimed a visiting Eng
lishmaD, seeing this for the first time. I'VE
don't do so at 'ome, We know. Why, act
ually heard one of tho boys talk back 10
his owner, doncher know. We think lot
of our good jockeys. but we don't blacken
their boots for 'em, YOU know"
They make money, these little men. A
good one, which is the only kind worth be-
ing. can gather in anywhere from $4,000 to
In one year in his palmy days. If a jockey
is lucky and strikes good many winners
he ought TO make enough in two or three
years 10 retire on an independent fortune.
DE doesn't do II, though. Easy come, easy
60 Is generally the rule and oftener than not
you find the successful ex- jockey-his money
gone, too heavy to ride, too scatter Drained
to drive. too ignorant 10 train-doing duty
as rubber In some racing-stable. He has
been "up" In many good mount, now he is
down.
Something besides the fog cast gloom
over the Bay District yesterday. There
were unpleasant rumOrs OF queer business
in the last race, that was run almost en-
tiTely out of sight Monday night, to the
effect that Annie Moore, the fayorite, had
gained the race by some other power than
that which lay in her four feet legs. Be
that as il may. no one will ever really know
what took place out there in the fOgbank.
BoOkmaker O'Nelll was also gloomy over
the loss OF several hundreds of dollars
which he claims to have sustained through
the dishonesty CT bis assistant, Griffin Nc
Laughliu, whom he caught pushing" pool
cheeks aud DISCHARGED.
Between these small clouds, the thick fog
the slow, muddy track, and a small crowd,
the outlook was indeed gloomy for the
thlriy-f!th day 0i the meeting Neyerthe-
less, the crowd was composed OF enthusias-
tic horSemen. and there was some racing
worth seeing.
A fair start was had in the first event.
Carter b the favorite. getting away in the
lead, which he keptto the half, when Cornie
Buckingham passed him, followed close by
Joe Hooker Jr. The mare led up the stretch,
with all the others running in a bunch close
behind her, and then Burlingame on
Patricia began sending the little brown three
year-old along very fast. From fifth to
fourth place she swept. and with rush
came up past Carter Is, Joe Hooker Jr,
and Cornie and took the lead.
Down the homestfetch they tore, Carrie
making sharp tight Tor her lost place, but
NaryaeZ did not seem 10 really understand
the situation and turned the mare little
out OF her course. letting Carter pass her,
which he dld, and gave Patricia very pret-
ty race TO the finish, the flY winning by a
head, Carter B getting place and Cornie
buckingham third. Time, l:14%.
1t the second race still another favorite
surprised his to0-confident owners. The fog
which had not been very thick before, was
settling down. and after the quarter was
passed 1t was hard to tell one horse from
another as they scRmpered up the stretch.
1hey got away on good start, Charger
in the lead, with St. Croix, the favorite.
second and Jack the Ripper third, Lacy
L ola hahf I'D
Croix worked up past Charger just before
they turned into the homestrech, and his
enthusiastic admirers had given him the
race, when King began riding Jack the
Ripper toward the stand, and then began a
race. lnch by inch the Ripper gained on
the favorte and they we're coming neck and
neck as they neared the goal. Charger close
behind.
The mud few in great brown cloud: the
excited crowd cheered itself nearly wild
the horses were as determined as their
rldefs, and no one could have said what the
result would be an Instant before King sent
Jack to terrific bound that brought him ia
winner by the scantest Of heads from the
gallant favorite, VITO is a plucky colt and
made brave fight against his aged and
powerful rival The time was :O5h
Pescador was the favorite in the next
event. selling at TO 10, and to for place.
Cheerful, Red Prince and Sheridan were
the other contestants. There was a great
deal OF tiresome Scoring owing to the bad
behavior OF the favorte, who acted like a
vicious broncho, and It was only after a
great many attempts that the horses finally
got away on fair start, with Pescador in
the lead.
The race was nearly q procession for
the favorite, the horses stringing out on the
backstretch like the pupils of boarding
school out for An airing. Pescadero came
down the stretch two lengths ahead. winning
the race easily. There was an exciting 2
fight for place between Cheerful and Red
Prince, who finished so close together il
was hard to tell who got there. but the
judges decided that Cheerful was a little In
advance. Time, 2:0i
Aitus and Motto were withdrawn from
the selling race for three-year-olds and up-
ward, leaving Initiation, Revolver, Nellie
G, Cyclone and Queen Bee to contest it.
They, started promptly. Initiation leading.
ana the spectators saw 10 more of the race
until the horses entered the last quarter
with Spence riding Revolver, the fayorite,
ln ahead OF all the others. Cyclone came
second and Nellie G third. Time. / 81.
The last race was for two-year-oIds. In
THIS was entered Genoa, a promising filly
owned by G. Z. Trevathan. the well-kno own
newspaper man. The filIy was thought to
have good show to win, but Reta was
Iavorite at to 8. Gold Dust, Wicklow and
MeGinnis' First were the other entries. The
start was made out of sight. the fog conceal
ing almost the entire track from view, and
only hundred feet or so at the finish was
visible. The horses came home close to-
gether aud driving fast. Gold Dust first,
Wicklow second and Genoa third. Time,
1:o5 u.
Old Probabilities predicts a clear I'D soon,
and the directors of the Blood-horse Asso-
citation are praying for another day or two
OF sunshine before the meeting closes.
MISS RUSSELL
THE NEEDLE-BOX.