The morning call., 1894-02-17
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RUNNING RACES.
Good Sport Over. a Very,
Bad Track.
THE TALENT. ARE LOSERS.
Upset in the -Half-Mile Race for
.@ Two-Year- -oIds. f..
PALACE. ,ts;II STAKES RUN TO-DAY.
One Dime, Il Middleton, Thornhill,
Diggs and San Luis Rey Were
Yesterdays Winners.
THE TALENT. ARE LOSERS.
PALACE STAKES RUN TO-DAY.

:. Fine, bright weather, albeit searchiDgiy
cold, the track IN. a terrible condition.
! good sport and51Wo*elose finishes. fair
attendance, spirited speculat ton and the
downfallof=t the: talent. Such is the story
in brief Of Yesterdays racing history, SO
far. as concerns the Bay District Track
The first race. a scant six furlopgs, SELL
ing. bad field Of ten out of an entry list
of sixteen: One Dime was made the favor
J, ite at 6 to 5 and heavily backed, touching
=: even money. but going to the post at
shade longer odds. Nellie Van was next
. in demand at fours and iyes, with Nom
arch and Folly: at sevens and eights The
latter's owner. was very sweet on her
chances for the place and backed her ar-
cordingly, playing One Dime to win into
the bargain. Nieodemus was the strong
tip, and so much money went in on bim
that he came down from forlies to fifteens
with tremendous rattle. Nellie Van.
who got of badly. showed pIomineD tly for
half the journey, but the result was never
Ia danger, and One Dime won very easily
by four lengths from Folly, whom Hama
walt, in his own peculiar fashion, managed
to get home half length in front of
Monarch.
Percy, on the strength of his running
on Wednesday. the talent entirely ignoring
he possibility of his not being a muil
horse, was played heavily for the second race
SIX and half fnflongs. opening up at to
and backed down 10 TO 5, though he wenl
back TO 6 10 al post time, as the odds about
Zampost shortened from TO 2 TO 10 l. Mid
uleton was steadily played at an average OF
thFees all through, while Dr.. Ross. receded
from tens 10 lhirtiss. 1t was Mlddlet0n's race
from the drop Of the flag 10 the finish. Next
tbe rall lie was of In front, and, making all his
own running, won as be pleased by two
lengths. Dr.. Ross ran good race and showed
himseif sllli laeehorse all over, securing the
place by head.
ewing TO l3menesS, reduced the field for the
third race, a siXfuriOng handicap for three
year-ods. still further, six horses facing the
starter. Alesia was Installed faYorite at lwos
but there was plenty Of money for Road Run
ner, Realization and RomuluS, who all closed
az somewhere about th eeS and to g and
.Reed'S hlly went TO the post al 5 TO 2. Thorn
hill was backed some, but eighls could have
been had about him at The close. In Charlie
Weoers nands be won in game fashion by
head though it undoubtedly Road Run.
ner's race ana would have ended so mad as
good and vigorous tinisher been up on the son
: OF Joe Daniels and Miss Hooker.
There was no little delay in the half-mIIe for
~lwo-year-olds,t for which COrrgan's Gus Strauss.
on the strength OF rumor bfuited abroad that
he could eat up Kitty Scot. was backed down
from 8 to 3 TO 10 10. Hauford also a TF:
ported great performer in private, was heavily
supported at 10 and twOs after opening at
f0urs. while HIPS stable consisting Of Djegs
anu OdSScu, "6ul Ddch from 3 10 D To . to 2
and tours GasSen behaved badly a. the post
breaking continually, aud was finally left at the
post owing to turning round the wrong way
just as the flag went down. Gus Strauss al first
appeared 10 be making runaway race OF it,
but lie tired perceptibly after entering the
stretch and Dggs and HaufOrd bOIh Catching
him furlOng from home finished Ia that order
three leugths apart
Forty minutes were spent at the post in the
last race. i've furlungs, for maiden three wear.
olds, owing more 10 the bad conduct of some of
The Jockeys than 10 The behavior of the horses
English aud Morris over and over again spoiled
what would have been excellent starts by abso-
iutely refusing make any attrmpT TO break
aud for bis share in the delay English was set
down for an indefinite period, a punishment
that might with justice be proportionately al
minisiefed To Morris.
RRVlne was very heavily played, as after
opening up al skies he saw thieeS before post
time. but San LUIS Rey was a hot first choice
from hrst 10 last, being backed continuously at
30 and even money. though. while a sense
less plunge was being made on Durango. who
was backed down from hves TO To 2 be saw
. 10 . for little time. Red Chief and Silver
Plae had but few friends and receded ,espec-
tYeiy from tens ana twelyes to twenties and
twenty-hVes. Silver Plate looked dangerous
Tor considerably more than three parts of the
Journey, and Red Chief, TOO, who cams at a