The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13
THE BAY DISTRICT RACES,
Potentate an Overwhelming
Choice Made a Miserable
Showing.
AMERICA SECOND AT 800 TO 1.
Shaw on Perhaps Put Up a Great
Finish and Gained the Decision
Over Morven.

Three bookmaking firms. Hugh Jones, San
Francisco Club and P. Howell, found the road
too rocky and did not cut in yesterday. This
left nine to hang up odds.
Some of the peucilers took undue liberties
with the odds about America, laying as high
as SO to l place against the speedy mare. and
after the race had the pleasure of cashing
them.
After long, careful nursing under the watch
full eye of Dan Halliday the Australian strom-
boil made his temperance in the last race.
He did not cut much of figure in the run
ming, but pulled up well, and if he does not go
wrong will be heard from later on in some of
the distance events
Shaw put up two splendid rides on Perhaps
and Hymn He has also put ND some very
poor rides in the past that do not in the least
resound to his credit. In a hard-driving finish
Shaw has not an equal at the track.
With any sort of fair break there would
have been no doubt as to whether or not Three
Forks won the third race. He was away
badly, running in last position down the back
stretch, and showed fine burst of speed at
the finish he is greatly improved horse of
late.
Turning to the index containing the
names of this varied assortment of Jockeys.
Trainer Jimmy Mccormick, who handles
the horses of the Burns and Waterhouse
string concluded to put "Chip" FLYNN I'D
on Potentate, the x-Walbaum sprinter. in
the last race yesterday. 1t was five and
half furlong spin, and Potentate was an
odds on favorite, going to the post 1 to 2.
On November the Eastern horse was
backed off the boards to win a five-furlong
race in the slushy going, and was beaten a
head by Yemen after desperate drive in
the very fast time of l :02. In Yesterdays
race he exhibited about as much speed as a
tramp does when looking for work. The
second choice, Thelma. backed from 81 to
1 down to 8 to 5, took the event easilv.
with the favorite even outfooted by the
800 to / shot, America, who beat him out a
head for the place. The winner covered
the distance in the very ordinary time of
LOS 1t is a wellknown fact that Poten-
tate is a demon in the mud, but no one
ever thought him such dog" on good
track.
The GOODNESS of the atmosphere was not
without its effect on some of the other
favorites, for the first choices experienced
a rather frosty day Mt Roy and Hymn
managed to land purses, but in the other
events the favored ones in the betting
were downed. The attendance was good
and the betting fair.
In the opening race at five furlongs
Claude Burlingame struck a soft spot with
his Hawaiian mare, Lolokulani, and the
knowing ones kicked her down from to
to 1. Getting away among the rear ones
in the bunch when the flag fell, the black
mare from the land of poi and hula-hula
dances gradually found her way to the
front and won handily q half length in
front of Sam Marcus
The next event, also a fiye-furlonp dash
was taken by the favorite, Mt. Roy, backed
from to 5 to to 10, who led nearly the
entire route and finished four lengths in
front of Irene E. Irma, carefully handled,
was third.
The third race on the card over the short
slx-furlong course, with light welter-
weights up, resulted in one of the prettiest
and most exciting finishes seen at the
track In some time. Morven was heavily
backed s to favorite, with the two-vear-
old Perhaps occupying second d-choice hon
ors in the betting. The Judge and Three
Forks also had quite a following. When
the flag fell Shaw on Perhaps went to the
ven, Turning the bend for home,
heads apart, the two INDUCED in
rafting drive all the way down
the stretch, both turning wide, one
nn1shlng next the outside fence. Some
humping was INDUCED in, which did not
help Morven's chances for he was beaten
out head. While Morven and PERHAPS
we're having their nip and tuck battle
Chevalier, on Three Forks, who was away
next to last when the flag fell came like a
streak on the inside and certainly looked
to be the winner, but was placed third.
The fourth race at five and half fur
longs went to the 2 to l favorite, HYMN.
who won cleverly by a length from Sir
Richard. Fly, who had 20 to 1 posted
against him in the ring, led up to within a
sixteenth from the wire, when he grew
weary and finished fourth.
Forty-ffth day. Tuesday, November 12
Weather fine. Track good.
900 FIRST RACE-Five furlongs. selling:
AoU. purse $3.50. Time, 1:O214.
Ind. Horse weight, jockey. ST. Ia Str Fin
226 Imp Lolokulani, l03 CBur-
lingame) ................ g 81 2f l1h
220 San Marcus "a (E. Jones) 2 l1s IL %
203 Judge Tamm, 101 (Coady) SO 3Ia
5s 20s De q Gr9at ,ot 19S Sn3eiiy) 25 s7
203 Canvasback, 81 Geneva
lier) r).........-............ 8 81
2U3 Pert Child, % (H Brown s 81 79
1862 Flair, 1O7 (Shaw) ......... 3 Al z Sc
219 Imp. Lady Splendor, 1O5
(Anderson) ..............10 10 10 Oh
22O Guess, SO (Steele) )........... 712 10
Good start. Won handy. Winner r. Ballen-
tines blk. M, by Shenandoah, by Lady Norfolk.
OO1 SECOND RACE-Five furlongs; selling:
LOl. purse 1880 Time. 1902.
Ind. Horse. weight iOckeV. IL Fin