The morning call., 1894-12-29
HE WINS A SMALL FORTUNE.
Pescador Fell Down Turning Into
the Stretch.
"SoUP" PERKINS TRIED HIS HAND
The Star Colored Lightweight Made
His Debut at the Meeting and
Rode Three Winners.

with a swell side bet betwesn partisans of
the two horses, was the attraction at the
track yesterday. The unexpected is con-
tinually happening on muddy track, and
that is why Harry Hoffman. who put up
the Pescador money, thinks he has kick
coming. Just as the horses were nearing
the turn into the bomestretch. running
heads apart, Pescador fell, burying him.
self and rider in the mud. Riley Grammar,
who backed Whitestone. has had several
falls. but by this one he benefited himself
to the extent of several thousand dollars.
Soup" Perkins. the star lightweight
colored jockey, finally concluded to take
hand in the game, and rode three winners
out of four mounts
The big handicap to-day was the gen.
eral topic of conversation among horsemen
at the track, and although it is deprived of
much interest by the majority OF them
coneeding the race to the Kentucky stable
colts an outsider may upset calculations.
A five and a half furlong race for nom
winners at the meeting started the mud
fying.
Primanda, who ran second to Dick Be-
han on Wednesday, was made favorte,
going to the post to g. Queen Bee. at IA
TO 5, was a we'll considered second choice.
but Johnny Payne, at to l, got the coin.
Breaking away third as thu flag fell.
Cochran took Johnny Payne to the front,
and gallopng all the way won pulling up
as his daddy used 10 do. Primanda passed
Queen Bee in the stretch and secured the
place by two lengths in drive.
"Soup" Perkins make his debut at the
meeting on the back of Mnrray's speedy
Friar Tuck FLY Gree, and a very success
full one it was, too. Gree was hot even
money favorite, with George CoviDgtOn's
Imp. Vigor second in demand at twos. The
others went at Observation-Disclosures odds
Matt Storms heavy headed colt Lough-
more kept them at the post some time. in
the interim dumping Chevalier over his
head into the mud. and causing Assistant
Starter Merrill to everything but swear.
Finally Ferguson gave them the flag. Gree
opening up five lengths of space before
the others had got fairly started. She
finished ten lengths in front OF her field
with Soups" face cracking with merri-
ment. The second choice Vigor finished
second. three lengths in front of Hanford.
The time for the five furlongs, :06%, was
a fine performance.
One OF those semi-aunual uncorkings
took place in the third race. but it went
the way of many another good thing. Red
Glen was a frequen winner at Chicago,
and in Yesterdays race was considered the
right thing in the right place. So his
1ri6nQS plugged DIW, OU60lHE at b 10 D
they kept their money off until 2 to ! was
reached, when the joker was sprung. and
he was quickly pounded down TO 6 to 8
again. Barney Schreiber's gray mud
eater, Draw Scot, was overlooked In the
scramble to get some of the turkey, and
be went to the post to l. Perkins had
the mount on Monrovia, and, Grammar
playing him, kept his price rather short.
Two dollars Invested en- any one of the
other starters, had they woD, would have
purchased house and lot.
When the flag fell, Draw Scot, followed
by Red Glen, showed in front, but the lat
ter getting in motion slowly was passed by
San Luis Rey, who went out for the lead,
and passing the half pole was length In
front of Schrieber's horse. Rounding the
turn into the stretch McCarthy'S horse
was still Ia front, but Strengthened for the
wire was passed by Draw Scot. Chorn,
on the favorite, now saw that he had a
contract on his hands, and started in riding
the tavorite hard. Passing San Luis Rey,
it looked a sixteenth from home as though
he would land the money, but the gray
horse is hard one to pass In the stretch.
and the favorite could not quite make il,
being beaten three parts of length. San
Luis Rey was a splendid third, only a
length away.
The fourth race was the special purse
offered for mile dash between Pescador
ana Whitestone. with a $500 side bet
Riley Grammar furnished the Whitestone
money and Harry Hoffman the Pescador
money.
Whitestone to 2. Pescador 7 to we're
the prevailing odds, although a few of the
bookies LAID little 3 to against White
stone, but Grammar soon made them rub it,
The race terminated in a very I'M
expected manner. After the two horses
had run well locked Pescador fell as they
Deared the turn into the homestretcb, and
bn mil 70
Neither Chorn nor the horse were injured.
Liberal scratching reduced the starters
for the last race, siX-furlong spin, 10
thTce-Quirt, San Lucas and Dick Behan.
AT post time the odds favored Behan at 10
to 20. Quirt slack second choice at to 5.
Quirt is evidently in need of rest, for.
as the flag fell, Dick Behan went to the
front and. galloping all the way, won
pulling up by four lengths. In a drive
CURT just man aged to beat San Lucas out
a neck for the place.
SUMMARY.
SAN Francisco. Dec. %. 1894
066 FIRST RA0E-Five and half furIonqs;
LOO. selling: non-winners purse $4UO.
Ind. Horse. weight jockey. ST. IA Str. Fin.
251 Johnny Payne. SO (E. Coch-
2eo Primanda los icnornj. IS 50 %
2 25l Queen d Bee, 1o1 {coadyl2 y q 3si
2 z57 V WAGE, 1cs Itchevalerjf s. 81
Good start Won easily Time, 1:17. Winner
brown colt, by Egmont-Top o. The Morning.
Betting Johnny Payne to 1, Primanda4 to s.
Queen Bee IA TO 8, V1vace 10 to 1, White Cloud
80 to 1, Mosby 50 to l.
OCT SECOND RACE-Flve furlongs; two
~ year olds; purse $500.
Ind. Horse. weight, Jockey st Ia Str Fin
IT. Gree lO8 (s. Perkins)...i Is i6 is
t2Ou) Imp. yigor. lib "a ooving-
~ ton ..;...o:.:.;..............Z 70 70 ~
(257) Experiment colt 100 Coady)3 3h as 40
POI Loue gilmore, 100 tChevalier).5 3
Good start. Won pulling up. Time l:06s4.
Winner. b. T., by imp FIiar Tuck-Jessie 6.
Betting Gree evens, imp. Vigor to l, Hanford
8 to l, Experiment colt IL to /, Loughmore Is
to /.
OHQ THIRD RACE-ADout six furlongs; SELL
AOO. ing; purse $40O.
Ind. Horse, weight. jockey. st. IA Str Fin
(262) Draw Scot, 1o7 q. CARDS. ga In 1Ha
Red Glen, l06 (Chorn) ......2 81 81 2LS
253 San Luis Rey fO4 IN. HID.l II II 3i6
255 Monrovia, LOB rs Perkins, Al az An