The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-07
ONLY ONE FAVORITE WINS.
barney Schneider Takes the Two
First Races.
JOCKEY CARR HAS HIS INNING.
konuie b, Harry Lewis, Peril, Cito
= and Addie Chapman Win the
Five Events YESTERDAY

. Slightly warmer weather prevailed yes
: ierday afternoon, and there was an in
= Crease in The attendance at the Bay Dis
: ttjct track for the sixth day of the Califor-
: Maj Jockey Clubs winter meeting.
=: The III luck which commenced to run
the talents way the third day of the week
:: continued to the very end, only one favor
.-He-aud he not very heavily supported
running home winner.
:. Barney Schneider won the two races in
= which be had horses entered, though over
-, the victory Of the first, Lonnie Is. he did
- OF win a dollar, as he In common with the
majority of the bettors had picked out
- Motto as the one good thing of the day.
:. and played accordingly. The utter fail
: ure on her part to show the least trace Of
. the speed for which she is famous in the
early rart OF the journey, after getting off
in front, too. went TO show that she was
- uaht for the race, an opinion that received
some confederation from her r0sition in
1he betting. She opened up as favorlte at
even money. q. which price big pile Of
public money went IN on her and she came
TO- TO 5. ruling at that figure most of the
lime, but going 10 the post at the original
quotation, so that il looks as ii ii were
TACT that her stable connections had not
: played her to any extent If il be that
tEeR it was distinctly unfair TO start her,
. unfair not only 10 the public but to the
owners of other horses entered in the race
as her presence was more than anything
responsible fer the six Withdrawals that
had taken place ont of the twelve origina al
entries.
- This was the FIRST race of the day, eleven
S iXteenths OF a mile. Motto was off in
;. front with Lonnie B. but contrary to her
=: usual custom, Immediately fell back and
81 -, ,-,,f,, 81
.'B who WOD as she pleased by four lengths
. was al TO l at the close. after having
opened at fOuTs. She was followed home
by another outsider In Zaragoza, while
=: Conde, who was heavily backed second
choice al twos, managed to secure third
position.
:. The winner was bid up by B. c. Holly
$500 above her entered selling price, which
was $500, but was retained by her owner
at $685.
:: There was considerable delay in the
second event, five and a half furlong
selling IA ce for three-vear-olds, caused by
The antics of the Htna stables good
looking green FLY Laughing Eyes, who
absolutely refused 10 break or did not
- know how to. She had been backed
heavily at threes and to 2, at one time
:. dividing favoTltism with Harry Lewis.
Favored by a good four lengths at the
start, she managed to last long enough to
= beat Chartreuse Bordeaux and Esperance,
all of whom would have beaten her with
an even break. 1t is probable that if she
;. bad not been let off in front in this way
she would never have still further delayed
the start, but that is hardly a strong
- enough argument to use in front of dis
=. Rruntled hackers of horses for the place.
Owners who fail to have their HOSES prop
erlY taught to break must learn a few les
sons through the medium of their pockets.
Harry Lewis won with remarkable ease,
and must have landed a good enough stake
.. to. Tecoup his owner, Barney Schneider, for
his losses over the first race, piece of
good fortune which. though he does not
need it. not single person begrudged him.
SO Thoroughly popular has the st. Louis
turtle become here. Valparaiso ran
dog race, and his reversal Of form is un-
. accountable. His race on Friday, when
. he finished ten lengths behind Morven
and johnny Payne, must only be looked
. upon in more or less the light of an eXer-
else gallop, as he was not perseVered with
after the head Of the stretch.
- The handicap at mile. in which there