The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-11
JOCKEY CLANCY.
He Efnulated Pic!kwick's
Fat Boy.
FELL ASLEEP ON ABB P.
Regal, Thirty to One Shot, Beat Her
a Head-Successio of Down
falls for the Talent.

One was the riding of w. Clancy, which
will ever be famous as the worst on
record, and the other the long series Of
dOwnfalls of the talent.
Now, when Jockey w. Clancy emulated
the example OF Alr. Pickwick's fat boy by
falling into lethargic state at the wrong
time yesterday aftern noon, he never
dreamed that lie was going 10 save the
b0okmakers the necessity of paying the
talent about $4,000 for their tickets ON
Abb p.
We'll. this is how it was.
To begin with, the talent on Tuesday
did not guess winner. They tried hard
to guess one yesterday, but made a glo-
Iious failure of il.
The favorites Gypsy Girl and Seaside.
iron bound, copper-lined cinehes." &C
cording to the talent, had been beaten in
the early part OF the afternoon then came
the race that the talent ne'er will forget.
II was selling event at six and half
furlOngs, and eight Indifferent platers
were TO face Starter Ferguson.
On performances Abb 2 looked like
moral, so the talent walked up to the
bookies wearing the relentless Monte
Cristo smiles of hack-1riyers demanding
gold, AMI plunged on her chances at s to .,
hoping to recoup all their losses.
They bet so persistently that eyens was
the average odds at post time.
Initiation had a little support at fOurs,
the Others having long odds against them,
as much as so TO being offered against
Nero.
Initiation was first away to fair start
and she ana Miss Walling alternated in
the lead un:il the three-quarters was
reached. Here Initiation was leading Abb
2 half length, but W hen Strengthened out
for home Adj L assumed the lead. 1t may
be stated in passing that a horse named
Nero was sixth into the stretch.
a furlong from home the prospect of
Ali Z winning was as bright as an ocean
sunset. and at the drawgate 1t was so
much brighter that the talent assumed the
debonair manner of man inserting a
white poker-ChiD into contTibuiion-bnN.
Then it was that Clancy emuiated Mr..
Pickwick's fat boy-5y falling asleep.
Some say that he was smiling al a girl in
the grand stand, but this is no doubt a
SANDER.
Anyhow. Nero came on with rush like
that Of thirsty pick and shovel mechanic
| going after steam" and before Mr..
| Clancy knew where he was or how lie got
| there he 50 to l chance mad won in the
| last jump by short head. Abb Z of
| course was second and Farewell finished
third.
The talent were in doubt as TO who had
| won, but when MerO's number was hung
out. they rose on their toes and let out
| wall of anguish like the shrek of a kila-
| loo bird at midnight.
The trainer of Abb = remarked after the
| race that when he started any of his
horses again be would get stable-bOys to
| ride them.
They sleep ali night in the stables"
! said he, but the jockeys carouse all night
| and then 90 10 sleep on the horses"
Mr. Owens tho ~ Marc I,a4l ,,,t
| So Oh him, and 1t is safe to say that the
| bookmakcrS. who were all very Joyous
over Abb P's defeat, won thousands of
| dollars.
Such is the history of a race that Abb P
should have won by couple of lengths.
| but didn't.
No enc wanted TO play Jim r in the
| opening scramble at four and a half fur
longs. because an ungainly- looking stable
boy named Campbell, who had never
ridden before, had the mount They
| backed Gypsy Girl for a good third, but
! although she fiattered her hackers by lead
ing into the stretch. the to 1 shot, Jim r,
came on aud beat her easily. Jack the
Ripper was third, falling short OF place
| hOnOrs by a length.
Such good twO-year-olds as Seaside,
| IbOrnhill, AriOla colt Warrago and Silver
State then came out to run FIVE furlongs.
| Seaside was hot favorite. Many people,
! ignorant of tho fact that the Arola colt
| was bucksklnned when Rosalie beat him,
would not back him, although he looked a :
line as silk. lie let Thornhill and Silver
| State MAKE the running to the last turn,
| and then he assumed command of affairs
| The race was never more in douOt and
| the Arlola colt won by three lengths from
Silver State in :03 she beating fhornhill
| three quarters of a length for the place
Seaside ran Disappointing race, presum-
ably on account Of bad training, for the
trainers at the track ara the most incompe-
tent lot on earth. The jockeys get half the
blame of their bad training
Iigress won on the seven and half fur
| long dash as she pleased, leading most of
the way. She was TO favorte, but as
the talent could not play her at these odds
they backed Revolver at 10 l. The best
Revolver could do was TO beat the only
other starter. Red Cloud, couple of
lengths for the place.
The talent made an effort to get even on
the last event, handicap at six furlongs,
but 1t was as bad an attempt as that of a
woman trying to sharpen a leadpencil
They maintained that Sympathetic's Last
| could fall down all the way from once tn
six times and beat Sir Reel, Condo and
Bronco. They backed him from 6 to down
10 to 5. and let Sir Reel go back from 10
. TO to o. Condo and Bronco were both
rated at s t01.
Well, Sympsthetic's Last was never in il
| for some unaccOuntable reason after the
first half had been traversed. Condo and
SIT Reel made all the running TO the
| stretch, where The former led a half
length. Condo surprised everybody by
hanging on. and sixteenth from home il
| looked as if he would win.
| II was slng-s0ng finish to the WIRE and
Reel, under Burlinghame's vigorous riding
managed to win by short head in :143l
| Last was third, TWO lengths back
| The talent could not be consoled. They
stood NE craven images gazing with fixed
eyes into the distance, idly wondering
| what they would have for supper
SUMMARIES.
| First race-Selllng. Four and a half furIonrs
| b. Martins ch z. jim II. a. 1872 (CanpbeI)
.. NJ; Caps Oh M GYPSY Girl a., l2i (sIiller) 2
| C. W. Chappelfs b. g. JACK the Ripper, a., lIS
(Olahey)-.-''.... .;.s.....---..........
Won by three-quarters of a length. a Iengtb Ia.
tween second and third.
Post betting; to Jim R, to 5 Gypsy Gill 10
The Drummer l0s (Ristine). McGinnissr First
~ lPetersl Lottie D lls q. Murphy. Volta H.
from 8 to 10 TO l against their chances.
Second receive furlongs, for two-year-olds
Elnwo0d farms Oh. c. by Brutus-Areola, III
II 4hompsons b. T. Silver State Is CLANCY,
W. NJ. Murray's cb. c. rhornhiIl, III IN SMITH 5
| Time, :03
won by two lengths, length between second
| Post betting: 31s to Areola.colt 20 TO Sea-
warrago ll5 CDonathan) 4 to l. Seaside 1l5
| (Ristine) TO /, also ran.
Third race-Selling Six and a half fnrlonCs
owens Brot Tiers b. z. Nero, g. 1O5 Seaman
| W. 4. Fine's ch. T. Ali 2, 4. 100 (CIanoy }. ~
| j. Rows CHI. h. Farewell a 1903 (Spence 100
lime. l;22A.
third ~ 'O"
Post netting: 80 to 1 Nero. to Abb P, 8 to 1
| Farewell. - w
Little Tough 80 jonathan, g to I Miss wad.
| ling lOl O.; SMITH 10 to l. Initiation III mil
Ierl 70 /. Folly ll5 81. webber) to l. St Pat
| rick 4o5 (PeteIs) ~ TO ]. also ran,
| Fourth race-Selling seyen furIongs.
undine stables b. (. igress 5, go fTaylort
IS Hoiiy's b. &. Revolver, a., III Clancy " .
y. T. Kings b. c. Red Cloud. 4. lIS IT, " ebberl z
imc l:56N.
third ~ 1
Post betting; to Tigress, 3 to Revolver. IL
to Red Cloud.
Filth race-Handicap SIX furIonqs
| u BuFlihghanie's b. C. Sir Reel, s. 1913 Curling
Encino stables cb Conia a. n; yci,a
H. q Holy's b. h. Sympathetics Last a. 40
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