The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-29

crack Crescendo, will arrive in California
about the first week in November. The crack
riders, Fred Taral, Griffin and Lonnie Clayton,
viii arrive about the same time.
Among the boys that will be seen in the sad
die at Sacramento is q young lightweight
named Donahue, now in the employ of Burns
& Waterhouse. The lad was formerly in the
employ of Billy Mccormick and was con-
sidered promising rider.
Preparations are being made for gala pro-
gramme on Saturday previous to the Sacre-
mento exodus. There will be seven races on
the card, the feature of the day being Dark
town derby once around the steeplechase course
without the jumps. The first race will be
called at o'clock.
Benham was again cut loose yesterday. The
orders given the boy were evidently just the
opposite of those given Piggott when he came
in for considerable adverse criticism in his
preceding race. Yesterday he was sent to the
front and died there, while Piggott was told to
take him back and then come on in the
stretch.
The officials in the stand are evidently
prone to take mild view of affairs in
general at the track this week, and
are passing over some sudden revers-
ais offorp, that would have come in for in
vestigation earlier in the meeting. There
is horse at the track called Mount Air,
running in the name of w. B. Dodd-
On Tuesday he ran last in field of four
in a seven-furlong dash run in 1:28.
Yesterday, with three pounds less weight
up, he was apparently shod with pneu-
matte shoes. The race in question was
seven-furIone handicap, with McLight
2 to favorite and Flirtilla strong second
choice.
McFa rlane, Roma and Title were also
starters in the race. There was but one
horse in it from the 1ag-fall. and that was
Mount Air. He went to the front at once,
and galloping all the way, won by three
lengths from McFarlane in :2734. Roma
was good third. The winner was backed
down in the betting from II to to 1.
Another surprise party occurred in the
opening race, a half-mile dash for maiden
two-year-olds. Ollie M was backed from
8 to down to 6 to 5, but later went back
again to to from the force of stiff play
that was made on Cheripe, who appeared
to be CHERRY ripe" and closed equal fav-
orite with Ollie. The latter was INDUCED,
with the lead until furlong from homee
when Cheripe came up and in wild driv
won cleverly by head in :49A.
heQ LICK was OaCkeU uOWli HON 4 TO
to to in the next race, a five-furlong
dash, and after leading all the way won
ridden out two lengths in front of War
rago, who was away from the post poorly
and made fine run through the stretch.
Soon Enough was bang-up third, with 20
to against him in the betting.
The fve-furlong handicap furnished
sort of listless favorite in that rustling
youngs.er Charlie Boots. Shaw had the
mount on him, and after opening at 6 to 5
there was plenty of s to at post time.
Benham was after the money yesterday,
being backed down from 10 8. Crafty,
the 2 to l second choice, had very easy
game. Benham headed him for all eighth,
when he took the lead and gslloped home
in 00H.
There was great rush to get aboard
Sport McAllister when 2 to l was posted
against him in the opening betting on the
fourth race, a five-furlong handicap, and
the boards soon showed even money. The
other entries went begging. Fly, as usual,
led until well into the stretch, when the
favorite passed him and won easily by a
short length in 1:00H.
The Duchess of Milpitas was backed
down in the betting on the last race from
3 to so persistently that the race looked
all over. She never got near the front,
however, for Monarch, 10 to chance, got
away in front, and leading all the way won
in a drive by head from Normandie,
with O'Bee close third. The five furlongs
was run in 02L. MULHoLLAND.