The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-08
AT BAY DISTRICT.
Fair Weather and a Good
Attendance.
A POOR FIELD OF STARTERS
There Were Few Entries, but Many
Scratches-The Favorites Had
an Inning Yesterday.

There was heavy but not sticky track at
the Bay District yesterday and the bright
break in the weather brought out large
crowd
The fields were very poor in all the races
and there were a number of entries
scratched
At half past one the first event COM
menced with Little Tough, SLOVENIAN,
Charger and Currency entered. 1t was a
siX-furlong distance, open to three-year-
olds.
Odds Of 8 to ! were taken on Currency,
and Charger was favorite at to 3. Cur
rency. ridden by Narvaez at 10 pounds.
came in first, with Stoneman second and
Little Tough third. Time. 1:19h.
The next event was fve-furlung race for
two-year-olds. with a purse of $500. Ova-
tion, Atticus ard Beauty colt were the
only starters. Ovation jumped away n
length ahead in the start, with Beauty colt
behind, length ahead Of AtticuS. They
Kept the same order to the quarter, with
Atticus falling behind considerably and
the others getting closer together. AS they
turned into the stretch Ovation was length
ahead OF Beauty colt and A tticus again
two lengths behind the colt.
Suddenly young Morris, who was on
AtlicuS, began to ride him and they pass ed
Beauty colt and Ovation with rush and
came in four lengths ahead in 06. Ova-
ton, with Sullivan up at 115, came in sec
0nd and Beauty colt, Miller up at lis. third,
a length behind.
Morris was loudly applauded by the crowd
at the fence as lie dismounted.
In tue next event. hfteen-Sixteenths of a
mile, only Swiftsure and Revolver
scratched.
King. at 10, rode Swiftsure, aud Miller.
at III, rode Revolver. The betting stood s
to on the former, and the other was favor
lite at TO g. Revolver had dead cinch"
on the event. and simply played with his
competitor.
From the start to the three-quarter post
he kept neck behind, and then took the
lead by head, finishing for the ediGcation
OF the grand stand at the same distance.
Time, l ;46
The fourth race was six furlongs for
three-year-oids and upward. Topgaliant
was the favorite with the bookmakers at
even money. Motto was also well liked,
with odds of 21a 10 on him. Morris rode
Motto al 116. and Narvaez rode Topsallant
at 121.
There was little difficulty in getting the
horses of together, and when they finally
started jackson got away well in the lead,
with Motto second and ChaTmer third.
The horses kept well punched together,
and at the quarter Motto took the lead
with Topgallant length behind. Motto
had spurted up to second place. Charmer
had fallen back to fourth in line. Down
the finish Motto, Condo and TOpgallant
kept together more and more and finished
in the same positions, with Motto a length
ahead and the Others at hali-length inter
walls. Time, 1:I6h.
For the last event, selling race of one
and a sixteenth miles. Garcia. Nellie 6, Re-
v0lver, Sir Walter and Quarterstaff came
to the scratch. Revolver was favorte at
IS. and Sir Walter was well liked at 2-1.
Garcia was backed at 81. Miller rode Re
yOIyer at III pounds. Garcia was ridden by
Sullivan at 1C3.
Ferguson got the horses off at the first
attempt with Revolver in the lead and
Garcia second. They kept well together
and made very pretty ron to the quarter
post where they commenced to string out
and Garcia went to the front with Quarter
staff getting second place. At the three
quarter post Sir Walter forged ahead and
was setting the pace length ahead Of the
rest.
He kept ahead down the last stretch,
and with Revolver second a length behind
and Garcia third at the same interval they
finished amid an enthusiastic shout for Sir
Walter. Miller rode Revolver with all the
ability desirable, but II was no go. Time,
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