The morning call., 1894-11-30
RUNNERS IN MUD.
First or Second Choices
Win Out.
THEY LIKED SLUSHY GOING.
Motor Had an Easy Thing in the
Richmond Stake.
ARGENTA'S CANTER FOR A STAKE
Pat Dunne's Enthusiast Sent the
Crowd Home Happy by Fin
ishing in Front.
ARGENTA's cANTER FOR A STAKE

clined inhabitants who do not appreciate
college yells and roofing must have at
tended the races. for the grand stands,
balconies and betting ring were fairly
alive with people. Ana IL was regular
holiday betting crowd, ready to take
chance on anything from 200 TO l shot 10
a ! to favorite.
The legal turf advisers were out In full
force with their iariats, lassoing and in
itiating the unSophistcated with the in
tricacies of form playing, and why horse
that runs last one day should not win the
next.
Liberal scratching reduced the fields to
few starters, much smaller in fact than the
bookmakers like to see on holiday, for
on those days they figure On getting a
goodly amount of Lamb" play on horses
that have but a Louisiana lottery chance
of winning.
Contrary to the usual holiday order it
was a splendid day for favorites, first or
second choice getting the verdict in every
race.
The special feature of the days racing
was the Richmond stakes for three-year-
olds. won by the Eastern horse Motor, and
the Winter hurdle stakes, which drew out
but three horses and ended in an easy vic
.orv for Louis EzelPs Argenta.
heavy fog rolled in after the fourth
race had been run, and the crowd had
great sport calling imaginary positions of
the runners in the last two races. who
could not be seen until emerging from the
fog bank an eighth of mile from the wire.
The mud kicking began with five and
half furlong dash for maidens.
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Nova the book makers were almost swept
off the earth, but later a pile of money was
sent in on May Mccarthy. and her price
came down from to to to 5. This sent
the price against Terra Nova up. and at
post time he was quoted 2 TO l. Ethel
Dixon, Ny Sweetheart. Keene FOxhall
Judge Tam. Miss Wllloughby. Ontario and
Coquette completed a lob lot.
Eddie Jones Jumped out in front with
Terra Nova as the flag fell, opening up
gap OF eight lengths, May Mccarthy sec
oud. Ethel Dixon in third place. These
were the positions into the stretch and to
the fDish. Terra Nova thing badly, only
beat Nay Mccarthy out length AT the
wire. Ethel Dixon was poor third. Time,
1:12. Judge Tam finished last, about one
eighth OF mile away.
The two-year-old handicap was a bad
feat of -win-a-b block favOrite Miss
Clay fillv, who went to the post to 10.
She seemed unable to get footing in the
sticky going ana ran as though on roller
skates. Playful, who ran a poor race on
Tuesday, and Roma were each at to
in the betting
Dick Ledgett's Niagara had to 1
against him, while Find Out was the out
slider at 80 10 1.
Niagara showed as the flag dropped, but
was Immediately passed by the favorite
and Playful, who ran we'll together to the
head of the stretch, the Daughter of Dare
bin stumbling repeatedly. When straight
ened for home Playful took command and
came in an easy winner by Two lengths,
Niagara passing the tavorite below the
drawgate, getting the place by a length
The run was made in 1: 20R.
The favorite. Motor, ped in for the
Richmond stakes, a selling affair for three
yeaT-Olds. six furlODgs. The other starters
we're: Hymn, Charles A, Seaside, Title S.
Expense, Catch EN-, Polaski and Border
Lassie. a strong tip went the rounds on
Charles a and his price came down from
10 to 6 to l. Polaski was well backed on
his former runs, bnt was never prominent
in the race. The favorte's chances were
considered SO rosy that very comfortable
odds could be had against all others in the
race.
Hymn, Tillie S and Motor got away in
front OF the DuHCUs MOlOT l6a0lnR hymn
by half length at the half, Expense in
third place, and in this order they entered
the stretch, the black colt Charles A fourth
looming up dangerously. Hymn soon
cried quits and fell out of il, and Charles
passing Expense set sail for Motor, bnt
the latter fairly ate the mud up and skipped
in the easiest of winners by three lengths,
Charles a the same distance ahead OF Ex-
pense. Time, 1:17A.
The Winter hurdle stakes, one mile and
q quarter, turned out very tame affair,
all scratching out but Argenta, who was
TO shot in the betting, Ingot and the old
cripple, Cuchara.
Argenta delayed the start some time,
and il took some rather forcibe argument
TO convince him that he was supposed to
run. But he finally broke. taking the lead,
which he held all the way. winning in a
hop, step and a jump manner by three
lengths, lngot, the third choice, beating
Cuchara twenty lengths for the place.
Time, 2:31A.
There was another small field for the
mile handicap. Artist. PescadOr. Quirt and
Duke Stevens being the only starters.
Artist was a to favorite, but it was no
snap for him, as QuirL made him extend
himself at the finish.
When the flag fell Artist and Duke went
out and raced head and head to the quarter,
where tAey ran into fog bank and were
lost 10 view, the positions of the horses
not being dIscernlble again until an eighth
from the wire, where Quirt and Artist
were seen to be racing nearly head and
head, Isom being compelled to shake the
favorite up at the end to win by neck.
The Duke probably suked after running
a half, as he came in asst 1t was very
good perfOrmance-1:4 9.
The days sport concluded with a seven
fCrlong selling race for non-winners at
the meeting. The starters were Enthusiast.
who was played down to to 5 at the last
minute, Oakland. the to . favorite
Realization, who was well backed and
Lawyer. Ricardo, Nellie G, Alexis. San
Luis Rey and Carmel, outsiders in the
betting.
When the flag fell the horses disappeared
in the fog and were not seen again until
well into the stretch. when Charley
Weber's form on Enthusiast doomed up in
front. and he finished first in a yeritable
turkey trot hy two lengths from RAaliza-
ton, the favorte Oakland an Indifferent
third. Time, :331a.
SUMMARY.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. %. 1894
110 FIRST RA CE-Five and half furongs;
~. maidens; purse $500.
Ind. Horse, weight. Jockey st. IL Str. Fin.
100 Terra Nova, 81 e. Jones)..3 Il 10 u
125 May Mccarthy. 50 a. Hil)..2 % rs %
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