The San Francisco call., 1895-07-19
iHE BAY DISTRICT RACES,
The Steeplechase Furnished
the Sensational Feature
of the Day.
BETS WERE DECLARED OFF
Clancy's Ride on Mendocino DID
Not Suit the Judges, Hence
the Decision.

White and Clark hope to run out their string
Of ill-luck ere long. Commission broke down
In his race yesterday and will have to be
IhelVed for time.
Pop Weaver, the veteran knight of the
pigskin, in whose name Ichi Ban runs, had q
swell bet down on the gelding yesterday at the
sherry-ripe odds of $50 TO l. Had he landed
the bet Pop threatened to again come out with
; shining silk tile and tight-ftting breeches
and again resume the position he once occu-
pied when he was known as the Berry Wall of
Denver.
Phil Archibald stood to make a small clean
up over the victory of o C and naturally was
very wrathy over the judges decision. Phil
and Owner Van Ness we're consolng each other
in the betting ring at the conclusion of the
races. The owner OF Morello was at a loss to
understand the decision when his horse so
clearly outclassed the field.
After four races had been run off yester-
day with nothing particularly eventful
transpiring, the steeplechase furnished the
sensation of the day. There were six
starters IN the event and when the first
odds were quoted in the ring o c, Dick
O'Malley and Mendocino all opened at IL
10 5 in most of the books. Dick O'Malley
receded to 21& to at post time and Men
docino to threes, while q stiff play on J
o C gradually cut his price to to 5.
Yangedene, Vulcan and Joe Frank all
went back in the betting.
There was nothing in the race from the
Aagfall but 0 c. He went out in front
opening up a gap of daylight fully eight
lengths in front of his field, which at one
stage might have been twelve, and finally
won, pulling up, six lengths in front OF
Yangedene, with Mendocino good third.
The Judges did not like the ride w.
Clancy put up on Mendocino and after
some deliberations declared all bets of
and suspended Cla ncy indefinitely. The
decision was received alike with cheering
and kicking in the ring, the hackers of
o c being very wrathy over the judges
edict.
-Four of the FIVE favorites won, and but
for the defeat of Road Runner through
Shaw's poor jud gment the talent would
have Jared we'll on the day!
The to favorite Auteuil took the
opening dash of five and half furlongs
although only through hard scratching
Ganzales Maid led until nearing the
stretch, when Josie G, the second choice
took up the running, and was only beater
nose in hard drive by the favorite, with
Coady UP.
Walter J. Jockey Hinrichs' latest acqui
sition, backed from to to even money
had no trouble in disposing of his field il
the second race, q four and half furlone
dash for two-Year-olds, winning by three
lengths Belle Boyd, daughter of El Rie
Rey, downed Prince Hooker for the place
Seraphin's stable connections backed he
to win the third event at mile, Will,
Road Runner, the s to 5 favorite, anc
Claudius, the second choice, carried the
general publie's money. Seraphin was
allowed to go out and make her own run
ming, and, although Road Runner closed
up heap OF ground in the stretch, finished
length behind the Emperor Of Norfoll
FLY in :42H. Claudius dropped from thu
clouds and finished third, but length
further away.
The fourth race, also mile dash, woulC
only be a cake-walk for Commission pittet
against Miss Buckley and Carmel, so tn
bookies grew generous and laid 8 to j
against him. He won the cake, but had t,
walk his prettiest. for after leading all tn
way Jones on Miss Buckley hooked u
with him when Strengthened in the stretch
and a sixteenth from home looked to hav
him beaten. Nearer on toward the wir
sulking Carmel joined the party, and th
three horses passed the finishing pos
heads apart in a most exciting finish
Commission gained the verdict by head
Miss Buckley beating Carmel out the SAM
distance for the place. The race was mad,
in 1:4l3<. MULHOLLAND,