The morning call., 1893-12-03
RUNNING RACES.
Fine Weather FaVOrs the
Turf Enthusiasts.
MORELLO NOT ON EDGE.
Ten Thousand Dollars Offered
for Realization.
NOT A FAVORlTE IN FRONT.
Conde, Realization, Charmion. Return
and Trix prove fha Winners of
Conde, Realization, Charmion. Return
and Trix Prove the Winners of
Yesterdays Events.

The welcome change to bright sunshiny
weather brought up the attendance at the
Bay District Track yesterday afternoon to
something like its proportions at the COM
msncement of the meeting. The pro-
gramme also contained additional attrac-
tions in the appearance of the great
Morello in one or other of the two races
In which he was entered, in the prospect
OF battle-royal, even with the small field,
for the Santa Anita handicap, and in the
always interesting steeplechase.
Morello's owner elected to run his horse
in the handicap of six furlongs, as good
judges Of racing expected he would. 1t
was out of the question. when one comes
to think of it, to suppose that be would
send his horse out for the first time to
run. perhaps, hard, bruising race of a
mile and quarter in the condition the
track is at the present time, and
his race yesterday must be taken
merely In the light of feeier, training
gallop in public instead of ID private. Ger
tain it ia that Frank Van Ness and the
stable connections were playing very little
money on their horse, or the odds at
which he started, to 10 would never have
been on offer. 1t might be that they had
formed wrong estimate of the caliber of
the horses opposed to him. entirely over
looking the high class of such a colt as
realization, or again, ii may be that Madi-
son lay back too far and did not make his
effort soon enough, for the fact is incon-
tes able that when Morello did begin TO
race down the stretch he caught all his fle Id
very quickly and was only length behind
the winner, Realization, who had made
the distance at the wonderfully fast clip,
for the state of the track, of 115$4.
Realization's victory was productive of
off nf 90 for IA
price month ago was about one-fifth OF
that sum. b. Hoag, his owner, was. bow
ever, plucky enough to refuse the big offer.
The future of a two-year-old, jnGged from
pecuniary and business point of view, is
an uncertainty, but unless man takes
such chances he will never strike along
side really big vein of luck of which a
sum like $4,000 would look insignificant.
The booEmakers were at their old game
in the matter of odds 10 the Santa Anita
handicap, and had Don FulanO soon
posted at to 5. Tom Williams. the colts
owner, is the plucklest kind of bettor and
was anxious and willing to back him to
any extent, but was certainly not going To
be cinched into PLAYING him a t that rldicu-
lOus price. He backed him for a level
two thousand with Charmion's owner and
friends and was ready to place as much
more at tritle worse odds, but the pencil
Ing fraternity were in particularly hard
hearted and unaccomm odatiBg mood. The
race is soon told. The pair ran heads
apart the whole of the first mile, when
Charmion drew to the front by half
length, and Miller. feeling that Don
Fulano had no chance of holding his own
In driving and Furnishing finish, wisely
desisted from using whip and spur to the
brutal extent that a less experienced
jockey would have done.
Inc track was sticky and heavy, and
even with the continuance of good weather
some days.
The bookmakers must now stand on
Easy street. for every favorite lost yester-
day. Riley Grammar made another big
killing in the last race. holding out Trix
and playing him heavily besides, so that