The morning call., 1893-11-30
RUNNING RACES.
FavOrits in Front, Yet the
Talent Behind.
CHARMTON IN BAD LUCK.
Strange Reversal of Form i'm
COttOn'S Case.
WITHDRAWAL OF MORELLO.
Yesterdays Winners Were Norman
die, Zampost, Tigress, Lottie ID
and Johnny Payne.

The gentleman who succeeded the unfor-
tunate and misguided jenkins, unfortur ate
and misguided. that is, in his habits, as
head of that branch of the United States
Department of Agriculture known as the
weather bureau, may he man of un-
doubted exemplary character and endowed
with every virtue that goes to make up the
model official. but as a weather prophet he
is not the success that his predecessor was.
Yesterday San Francscans, and especially
intending racegoers. were prepared by his
most encouraging forecast for return 10
the fair weather which was so necessary
to their enjoyment at the Bay District
track, only to experience, however. the
worst day that has yet occurred since the
present meeting opened. This was the
more unfortunate. as under fair weather
conditions there was chance of the great
Morello making his bow TO San Fran
cisco aSsemblage in the third race on the
programme. The track was In fright
fully sloppy condition.
The attendance, however, was quite up
TO the average. while the amount of money
that circulated through the betting ring
was as large as on any previous day.
Despite the fact that favorites predomi-
mated in The five winners the talent bad a
pretty disastrous day, the horses which
won, though Dominally favorites, not car
rying anything ike the money that was
played on other horses in the same races.
The racing, though not of high class,
furnished good sport. The chief features
were the first appearance at this meeting of
CharmiOD. and her defeat and the shock
ingy bad run of Joe Cotton. whose sudden
reversal of form was the subject of much
comment. There are good and sufficient
reasons put forward for Charmion's
failure. Her jockey claims that she was
interfered with and bored into by Pescador
right al the start, which accounts for the
way in which she fell back so suddenly,
added 10 which she also nearly lost shoe.
Fit and well. as she undoubtedly was, and
heavily backed by the owner and his
friends, she would have won and Demon
strated her class superiority to the others
but for these two pieces of bad luck.
1t is we'll nigh impossible to account for
Joe COttOn's poor showing. He ran like a
dog and threw his hackers with tremen-
dous dump. His next performances will
be watched with considerable interest.
Sir Reels poor exhibition in the third
race was disappOln tnent TO the great
little horses admirers. many of whom
seemed TO be of opinion that those who
have the management OF his running quail
tiles would have done wisely to secure a
different rider at the cost even OF five
pounds overweight.
Normandie, who still belongs to Ira
Ramsdell and is still trained by Jim Gar
land. was made favorite in the first race
opening at 2 to l and closing at 8 to 5
TriX and Bordeaux were pretty evenly
backed at to l, Z to 2 and threes, while
Joyita dropped back from tens to twenties
Normandie took the lead from the start,
and making all her own running won in a
canter by four lengths. Jovita and Bor-
deaux were the most prominent of the