The morning call., 1894-02-25
ONLY ONE FAVORlTE WINS.
Kitty Scot Takes the Baldwin
Hotel Stakes.
JOCKEY BROWN HEAVILY FINED.
Ravine, Francesca, Wild Oats and
Lonnie B Complete the List of
Yesterdays Winners.

The excellent programme, though the
fields ruled small, provided by the Callfor-
mia Jockey Club yesterday attracted a very
large crowd TO the Bay District track,
who must have been more than satisfied
with the sport it yielded.
The talent Jared badly. winding up the
weeks accounts very decidedly on the
wrong side of the ledger. Only one favorite
won for them, and that at odds that were
prohibtive to the general run OF bettors
who patroniZe the races in this town.
There was an irritating delay In connec-
tion with the last race caused by the care
lessness of the clerk of the course in ap-
Forthcoming the wrong weight to Joe Muir
ply. Tue mistake was only discovered
when the horses were in the hands of the
starters, but in time TO have them recalled
for the necessary correction to be made,
all bets declared off and twenty minutes
given for new book. The trouble. bother
and delay involved in this proceeding most
materially affected the volume of specula-
lation, the penciers, as the race resulted,
being considerable sufferers over it. The
continual occurrence of errors Of this char
acter has given rise to much talk, and
greater care in the compilation of the over
night entry card and in the programme is
highly desirable.
The track, under the present favorable
climatic conditions, is RAPIDLY improving,
and was at least two seconds faster than
on Friday.
For malicious and cOwardly assault on
Stanford, who was riding special in the
steeplechase, during the progress of that
race Jockey Brown was fined $500 by the
board OF stewards, one of whom was an
eyewitness of the occurrence. Brown hit
Sanford in the eye with his whip as they
were breasting the hill, blow that all but
cost Stanford the loss of his sight.
Starter Ferguson pretty nearly eXcelled
himself In the manner IN which ne dis
patched the field of twO-year-olds in the
stake Tace-the Baldwin Hotel stakes.
They were sent off in an absolutely perfect
line. Kitty Scot again showed her superb
GRITTY over all of the other youngsters at
the track by winning as she pleased by
three lengths from Diggs, who looks as if
he were justly entitled 30 be considered
the second best one of his age. He is a
gOod-lOoking powerful colt, but hard to
get to going. Kitty Scot opened up a hot
favorite at TO 5 and closed at the same
price. Dlggs was played steadily ali
through, opening at twos and going to the
post at the veriest shade longer odds.
Venus and Zephyr were not without
friends. not only on account of their run
ming the other day but because of their
riders. MOllie K was out in the cold at
her home third, a head in front of Venus,
upon whom Morris went to sleep.
The first race. a handicap for three-year-
olds over the Futurity course, saw Romu-
lus installed first choice at to 5, which
price he was played right through to post
time. Semele rated at somewhere be-
tween threes and fours, while Artist re-
cedsd from fours TO skies. Ravne, with
Chevalier up, was not very strongly sup
ported and went back from tens to ff-
teens, finally closing at tweves. He did
not long leave the result of the race ia
doubt, however, as taking the lead at the
end of the first furlong he soon put day
light between him and his nearest attend
ant and won easily by three lengths from
Artist, who had been second almost the
whole of the journey. ROmulus finished
poor third.
E1he second race was a mile handicap in
which there were only four starters of
whom TyrO was made favorite at TO 5,
and backed down to even money and to
8. Comrade. who opened at twos, re-
coded to tbrees. which was the price
about Royal Flush nearly the whole time.
Francesca was first quoted at Fights, and
being left alone went to tens, when the
inside clever division began to get their
money on and she went to the post
at Fights. She won from her full