The morning call., 1893-10-08
Postponement of the
Free-for-AIl Race.
A DAY OF LONG DELAYS.
FaVoriteS Won Three Races and the
Result of the Other Is Still
Undecided.

fall meeting OF the racine Ir0ttlDg-d0rse
Breeders Association. and most OF them
were sorry before the afternoon was fin
ished that they did not stay at home. Not
that the races were poor or loosely con-
tested. On the contrary. they were of ex-
cellent quality, and there was no lack Of
rivalry between the horses. The dissatis-
faction arose from the arrangement of the
and the dilatory manner in
which it was carried out. The same thing
as was complained OF yesterday occurred
all through the circuit. Invariably the
best race of the day, the one in which the
greatest interest was taken and on which
the most betting was do ne, was placed at
the very last of the progr anime. and as a
general rule had to be postp oned.
This very thing took place yesterday.
In the free-for- all trotting and pacing race
two heats were won by Tom Ryder and
dark that it was found necessary to post
pone the race until tomorrow afternoon.
This is greatly to the disadvantage Of hold
ers of Shylock tickets. He Is not as fast Is
Ryder Tor the first heat, but he is a great
stayer The long rest given the PAGER will
probably cause aim to win.
The postponement need not have oc-
only nine heats being trotted during the
entire afternoon, but the judges were so
dilatory and allowed so much time to be
wasted that darkness came before the last
race was decided.
The free-for-all com bination race cer-
tanly created more interest among the
few who were present than any of the
others. Tom Ryder was picked out at
once as the horse which was going TO win,
and the heavy bettors began playing him
recklessly. Thirty dollars was his ruling
price, with So for Shylock and 81 for the
field, which included Ashton and Creole.
two PAGERS that have shown speed equaI to
that of Ryder, and staying qualities far
superior. Why these horses should have
brought such short price was difficult to
understand.
After scoring for some while Ryder got
off in the lead, just where Newton. his
driver. had been maneuvering to get him.
Shyloek fell back into the bunch and
Creole was with him. Lucy B took Ryder
to the half in LOT u and then dropped out
of the race. Creole coming on beat Shy
lock II neck for the place. The time was
only 2:16@ for the mile.
In me next heat Ashton chased RYDER
around the first turn, but Shy lock bobbled
along up the backstretch. and was giving
the other horses race. ID Justin claimed
that at the three-Quarters Snider struck
Shylock in the face with a whip. Any
how the old horse pulled up bit, and
was not able to collar Ryder again.
While going around the first turn for the
third heat, Ryder broke. and Dustin lost
no opportunity, but pushed right ahead
with old Shylock. Apparently that was
the only heat which some of the other
horses tried to win. Snider. behind Gre
ole, made determined drive, but finished
third. Ashton was second.
Not having won heat in three, all but
ShylOck and Ryder went to the stables
The fourth heat was fairly well dis
patched, the two horses going nearly level
up the backstretch. At the three-quarters
RYDER led trifle and gained rapidly after
passing the three-quarter pole. One hun
dred yards from the wire he was two
lengths ahead; but the strain of the four
heats was too much, and the prOud-he led
old PAGER went into the air. When he
came down again he was very lame. Shy
lock beat him couple OF lengths.
Then of course there was a great dis
pute as to when the race should be trotted
off. Those who had given 2 to for Ryder
tickets were of course in favor of post
ponement, while those who wanted to see
Shylock win insisted that the race should
be trotted out. The judges did not know
what to do themselves, but finally ordered
that the race should be decided tomorrow.
The first race was almost gift to the
twO-year-Old Silver Bee. Marc hioness
appeared on the track very lame. and
although she trotled game race. and dis
played considerable speed. Silver Bee had
sn easy victory. John Bury, the other
horse in the race. got third money. The
betting before the first heat was Silver
Bee $50, John Bury SIS, Marchioness 81.
In the three-year-Old race Hklsdale won
almost as he pleased. He was strong
favorte with patrons OF the auction box.
who bought tickets on him at $50 against
So for Lady o and So for Altissimo.
Hillsdale went out in the first heat, and
never let either of them get near him.
Lady o, badly driven, went at him in the
stretch. but was unable to catch him. She
showed so much speed. however. that the
opinion became general that cleverly
handled she might beat the favOrite. Con-
seQuently when 1t became known that Jim
Dustin was going to get up behind her, the
price against her shortened and she sold
for SIS in pools of SAT.
On the first turn she broke, but Dustin
caught her quickly and she made Hillsdals
hustle. Up to the half-mile pole they
went along very level. Then Hillsdale
drew away and won by two lengths.
Although Lady was beaten she made
Hillsdale reduce his record to 2:2411a in or
der to win.
There was field Of six in the three-mile
QaSD. AT UrSC l0Ta y was tHo IaVOTlte at
S25 against SIS for Bishop Hero, and any,
thing you liked for the field. But Green,
the trainer of Bishop Hero, expressed so
much onfidence in his horse that the
price on him rose to S25, while that of
Flora fell to $15. He got away rather
badly, breaking on the first turn. Then
he straightened out and trotted without
skip to the finish. Flora led for the first
mile, when Hero took command. He
made the distance in 719h. which is the
worlds record for three miles.
Bishop Hero is Montana horse by
Bishop He is big roam gelding with
long smooth stride and unlimited courage.
Three miles is such an unusual distance
for trotters that only few performances
at it are recorded.
Little Witch was third. Sunrise having
been set back for running. Ring wood, the
property of A. c. Dietz, was beaten
quarter Of mile.
The summaries are as follows:
OAKLAND. SATURDAY. Oct. Fail meeting OF
t he Pacific Coast Trottng-horse Breeders Associ-
alton. First day.
First trace-Two-yearold trot.
w. q. bowers ch h. Silver Bee, by Silver