The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25
THE BAY DISTRICT RACES,
Hymn Proved a Surprise PARTY
in the Six Furlong
Handicap.
HER MAJESTY TO THE FRONT,
After a Hard Drive With McLirht
Shaw Landed Nephew VIM
ner by Head.
Few pencilers weighed in yesterday.

Few pencilers weighed in yesterday.
Johnny Coleman thought the overnight
rest would be beneficial to CURT, and backed
her.
The win of Her Majesty, who runs s'as 'ow
she loikes," proved rather costly to owner Van
Ness. She was bid up $40O over her entered
selling price by L. A. Legg.
Quite the contrary with genial George
Beardsley, trainer for White & Clarke, who
now owns Morven, for George, looking as fresh
as basket of ripe melon peaches, always has
a ticket or two on his Splinter, whom he thinks
good enough to give Dr.. Hasbrouek rub if
"r1ght."
Zeke Abrahams, so his friends say, refuses to
watch race in which Morven runs, but busies
himself studying up the pedigree of Senator
Mahoney, his speedy two-year-old. Zeke for
merly owned the once-erratic son of imp.
Cheviot, but sold him for $3.50 and guarantee
that he would be held blameless in case the
horse killed any one.
At the conclusion of the third race, won by
Hymn, the judges questioned Weber and Lloyd
in regard to the sudden reversal of form shown
by their horse. They could not account for it,
as they backed him in his preceding race, but
Johnny Weber stated that he did not bet a cent
on him yesterday. The horse once suffered in
jury in a railway accident and cripples are not
always relia BILE. 1t was certainly sudden re-
versal of form, but there have been many of
late that have passed unnoticed. AS in all
other things, the golden twenties of the upper
ten held precedence over the copper pennies of
the lower five.
After the first race yesterday luck was
with the talent, and they kept the bookies
tiptoeing to keep on the right side of the
sheet. Two of the finishes were exciting
enough to cause temporary suspension
of breath, and the card throughout was
above the average. Three first choices and
two outsiders were successful in pulling
down purses.
The six-furlong handicap was one of the
best betting races of the day, and termin-
ated in big surprise. With SO pounds up
Annette was considered "moral," and
was heavily backed at 6 to and even
money. Quirt, who has shown signs of
being stale of late, received her usual sub
stantial backing at threes. Hymns last
race was poor one, but the price against
him, Z to 1, looked tempting, and he was
by no means friendless. Many clubbing
bets were also made on the Australian
mare Joy.
Quirt followed by Hymn was the order
away when the flag fell, but Annette.
quickly running up from last place, took
Hymns place, and she and Quirt raced
into the stretch heads apart. Lloyd now
began moving up with LYNN, and, passing
Quirt, soon had Jones hard at work on the
favorite. Fifty yards from the wire he
headed her, and passed the wire winner by
a neck. Quirt finished third. The six
furlongs were run in TIA.
The opening race, tive-and-a-half-
furlong dash, was taken easily by Rose
Clark, to chance. who led all the way
drive the second choice, Nelson, beat the
s to favorite. Venus, out length for
place. This was poor betting affair, the
talent evidently being at sea for winner.
The inconsistent running of Her
Majesty of late caused the very good price
win the two-year-old race at four and a
half furlongs. The heavy money went in
on Monitor, who was backed down from
to to to 2 at post time. The Gypsette
gelding with an apprentice in the saddle
receded in the betting to Is and 20 to /.
Edgemount was fairly well backed at fours,
and Yeva carried much stable money for
the place.
There was nothing in the race but the
favorite, for, getting away third, she
scampered to the front, and leading all the
way won by two lengths. Veva, well rid
den by Peters, downed Monitor length
for the place.
There was no pronounced favorite in
the fourth race, a mile selling event. very
liberal quotations being offered against
any of the starters. When the bell rung
the horses out McLight and Nephew had
slight call in the books, both having
threes chalked against them. Tar and
Tartar and Rico were almost as well backed
at slightly higher price.
When Newell dropped his flag Shaw
went out in front with Nephew, with Rico
and Gussie hot after him. This was the
order at the half, but as they turned into
the stretch Weber managed to get Nc
Light into second position and Don Cesar
was third. What at one time looked an
easy thing for Nephew proved quite the
contrary, for although Weber had con-
mount so vigorously that opposite the
drawgate Nephew looked beaten. He
managed to last just long enough, how
ever, to win by short head. Don Cesar
was close third, about length away.
The time was but ordinary, LAP.
Morven, the 10 5 favorite, proved the
best Of the lot in the last race, a fiye-fur-
long sprint over the inside toboggan-slide
course, winning handily by two lengths
from the second choice, McFarlane. Sole
dad, who ran an excellent race, finished
good third, with 60 to l against him.
MULHoLLAND.
SUMMARY.
SAN FRANCISCO, May "a 1898.
OK FIRST RACE-Five and half furlopes.
OfO. selling: threeyear-olds and upward; purse
$500. fN-'e
Ind. Horse. weight. jockey. st. "a Str Fin.
fs5IRess CLARK ~ mn5iSh
931 Venus 80 (Chevalier)..... 3 AZ 80 31h
93l MY Sweetheart, 81 (Piggott).s IN 81 d"
900 Annie Moore 103 q. Loyd).4 5h 5lh 81
(906)Dara, SO &c. jones'. sc ~ n
1913 San Luis Rey, SO CIV. Flynn).9 8 $40
9Sl Outright e5 (Glenn).........7 81 81 8
Good start. Won easily. Time, LOS. Winner,
Oh. M. by Prince OF Norfolk-Etta w.
Betting. Rose Clark to /, Nelson 8 to l. Venus
to 5, G Nj 10 TO l, My Sweetheart to Dara 25 to
l. Annie Moore 20 to /, San Luis Rey 20 to l. Out
right 100 tn - - Nv