The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-06
WILDWOOD A WINNER.
The California Horse Breaks a
Record.
Fast Time for a Mile and Seventy
Yards-Peter the Great Out
races VIII Alfonso.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

WASHINGTON PARK, July 5. - Wild
wood. the $4,000 California star. opened
to-day's racing with a record-bre aking
performance. covering mile and seventy
yards in IA Zarai's riding. of course,
came in for its due share of credit. In the
year-old race duel between Peter the
Great and VIII Alfonso. the California
colt reversed the decision of June s, after
getting the best of the start and winning
in drive.
Mile and seventy yards, Wildwood won,
London second, Sweet Blossom third.
Time. 1 "A.
Five furongs, Peter the Great won, Will
Alfonso second, Chant third. Time, / :O2.
Mile and an eighth. Cicely won, Prince
of Darkness second. Dundee third. Time,
1:55.
Six furlongs, Roy won, Lcchiel second.
Out-of-Sight third. Time. :14%
One mile. Union won. The King second.
Prince Deceiver third. Time, 1 40.
Six furlongs, Bslgowan WOE, Tim
Murphy second, Major Tom third. Time.
1I4h.
MONMOUTH PARK. July 5.-The track
was fair.
Six furlongs. Idesleigh won. Prince
George second. Correction third. Time,
1:22A.
Five furlongs, Mistral won, Prig second.
Trculo third. Time, :02.
One mile and furlong. Now-or-Never
won, Lnngstreet second, ST. Florian third.
Time, :57$.
Five ana half furlongs, Astoria won,
Kinglet second, Prince John third. Time,
1:06
Seven furlongs. Halle won. Longbeach
second, Key West third. Time, 1:26.
One mile. Stonnell won. Sarah Ramey
second. Sykeston third. Time. AK.
BRIGHTON BEACH, July 5.-The track
was fair
Five furlongs. Express won. Easter John
second, Austerltz third. Time. :O4.
Half rifle, Montepool won, Alice c Sec
ond. Angelo third. Time, :55h.
Five furlongs. Berwin won, Bob Suther-
land second, Shelly Tuttle third. Time,
1:0315.
Seven-eighths of mile, Saragossa won.
Major DAILY second, Westchester third.
Time. :29A.
Seven furlongs, Uncle Sim won, Circle
second, Shenandoah third. Time. :4311s.
Six and a half furlongs, Foxford won,
Eclipse second. 1neot third. Time. :23b.
SPOKANE. Wash. July 5.-The races to-
day were marked by an extraordinary in
cdent. Darwina, one OF the horses in the
2:40 trot, behaved badly. and in the fourth
heat ran away on the backstretch and one
of the reins broke. Seeing he was sure to
collide with the sulKies in front, Lew
Childs. the driver of Darwina, leaned for
ward. spraDg upon her back and seized the
reins.
The mare had never been ridden before
and bucked all over the track. but Childs
steered her safely around the other sulkies
and stopped her after she had run mile
furiously without damage and drove her in
the next heat. 1t took seven heats to
decide the race. Caution took two first
heats. The third was dead heat between
Caution and j S G.. The fourth heat was
declared n o heat on account of the run
away. is z took the fifth and six heats
and Caution the seventh and the race.
The best time was 2:25h.
So much time was consumed with this
race that only one other race, half mile
dash for twO-year-olds, was started. Cora
was first under the wire, Vangevan second.
Grover third. Vangevan was plainly
pulled and his rides was fined $40 by the
judge. who declared it no race.