The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-03-01
RUNNING RACES.
The Talent Just About
Break Even.
CHARTREUSE A BIG DUMP.
Van Ness Barely Fails to Land
is to 1 Shot.
MOOSE TAYLOR IN GOOD FORM.
Ragner, Fred Parker, Happy Day,
GIadioIa and Silver Plate Yes
terday's Winners.
CHARTREUSE A BIG DUMP.
MOOSE TAYLOR IN GOOD FORM.

The attendance at the Bay District
track increases and it may reasonably be
expected to continue to do so If such
glorious weather for racing as was eX-
perienced yesterday prevails.
As the track improves the fields are be-
ginning to assume their former large pro-
portions, but Starter Ferguson seems to
experience little or no difficulty in coping
with them.
The bookmakers and talent may have
broken even, though it would not be sur
prising TO learn that the latter was actually
a loser. True, three favorites won, but
two of them were certainly bookmakers'
favorites, viz: Happy Day and Silver
Plate, even if Ragner be not included in
the same category, other horses in those
races carrying the weight of money.
Superstition mongers who happened to
be form students hardly knew what to do
in the last race. Past performances told
them to back Silver Plate. whom the book
makers made favorite, but she was the
thirteenth horse. so numbered, in a field
of thirteen. and that kept many a puniing
Spectator off. much to the satisfaction
and pecuniary profit Of the leather-lunged
fraternity.
good form and is hard boy to beat. He
is rather inclined TO initiate Jordan's tao
tics at the post, lu keeping his mount too
much in the rear as the other horses line
up, and ii won't be surprising to hear Of
his being fined. But the hackers of two
to l shots have much to thank him for
yesterday for the way in which he took
his mounts through into the lead and kept
them there.
Ragner opened up hot favorite at to
3 for the first race. five furlongs, selling,
with Guard and Dolly McCone at threes,
the former having somewhat the CALL Fly
WAS heavily played and brought down
from tens to skies, but receded to his former
price before the close. He got off abso-
lutely last, but fiattered his supporters to
within furlong from home, where Ragner,
Guard and Dolly McCone passed him and
LOndonville as if they were standing still
and finished in that order.
The second race of five furlougs, selling,
saw Chartreuse made very warm first
choice at 6 to 8. and the public followed
the stables money and played her steadily
all the way through. though she went to
the post at 10 3. Queen Bee was next in
demand at s TO at the opening, but
reeeded to 10 . Fred Parker was firm
at sixes, while Reno at the same price
straight was chiefly supported for place.
The race is soon told as Fred Parker
carried right through his field at the start,
was three lengths 10 the good at the half
and never afterward troubled, won easily
by three lengths. Reno got the place by a
length from Chartreuse, Gondola and
Patricia heads apart.
For the third race, seven furlongs, SELL
ing, Happy Day was nOminally favorite at
Z 10 the bulk of the time. but Zenobia
was the public choice and carried the
metal. Evanatus was very heavily backed,
being brought with rattle from SKIES 10 3
10 2, finally closing at fOurs. ia ia was
at ffteens. Clancy rode a remarkably
wel-judged race on Happy Day. Momen-
tarily in front at the start, he took him
right back TO the rear. was last into the
stretch and fourth a furlong from home,
but the gelding answered in his usual
style when called upon and Clancy had no
difficulty in landing him home handy
winner by half length from Evanatus,
who was all out.
Eight out of nine entries remained in for
the handicap for three-year-olds. run over
the Futurity course of whom Alesia was
Installed fayOrite at 10 5, gradually re-
ceding in spite of the money that went in
on her to TO 2, tn ough she still remained
faVorlte at the close, half a point shorter
than Romulus. Gladiola at skies was
played some for a time, and her price
shortened to fours, finally closing, how
ever, at skies. Amida, who opened at fif-
teens, was plunged upon. and came with a
rush to SKIES. very large investments going
in on her for place and show. A. B.
Spreekels went all down the line on ). 6.
Reeds Hyder Augia, the moment he went
to fair price. Taylor rode the race very
much as he rode the second one. He took
Gladiola right through from a rear posi-
tion in the first sixteenth, and keeping her
in the lead won easily by three lengths
from Alesia.
Thirteen maidens faced the starter in
the last race. five urlongs, selling, Silver
Plate ruling favorite at from threes to
twos, with Sam Brown. on whom there
was be strongest kind of tip out at threes,
after having been backed down from
fours to twos. Pasha, opening at tens,
went back to fifteens, at which price Van
Ness aud his friends got him and backed
him for good thing. which they only just
failed to bring off by the narrowest mar
gin, an awkward swerve in the last twenty
jumps costing him the race. Silver Plate
must have been good winner for the
'Bone-doctor" and his worthy employer,
who had backed her very heavily. She
was bid up $50 above her entered selling,
which was $500.