The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-06
THE BAY DISTRICT RACES,
Five Very Ordinary Events
Make Up To-day's Rae
ing Card.
Suro the Joker VIII Be Given An
other Chance to Fool His
RackerS.

Matters in general around the racetrack
are very dull at present, the majority of
owners possessing any sort of fairish
racer giving their horses a let-up prepare
tory to the Sacramento race meeting,
where some very tempting inducements
are offered owners.
Joe Mccarthy, the popular young trainer
of the Pleasanton stable, will shortly take
up some two-year-olds that he thinks will
take their place in the crackajack division.
Dick Ledgett was out driving at the
beach Sunday in cart behind Favor Jr.,
horse belonging to Nick Halls string.
He showed up well in his work but went
wrong, and was thrown out of training.
Lovdal and the other recent purchases
at the Haggin sale belonging to Burns and
Waterhouse will soon be on their way to
California under charge of Jimmie McCor-
mick, the firms new trainer. Lovdal was
sent to Chicago to win the Ullman handi-
cap, but judging by his performances in
the far East he would have cut but small
figure in the classic Western event. The
colonel, it is said, has his eye on some
handicap horses in the East and may bring
a couple along with him to race in the
Burns and Warehouse colors at the COM
ing winter meeting.
The big Mariner gelding Suro is receiv-
| ing course of instructions over the sticks.
Not many moons ago Suro was one of
| those "real good things" of which the turf
| furnishes so many. To the rail-birds he
had been known for some time back as Little
| Willie and they had not overlooked his fast
workouts. Little Willie was hardly an
appropriate name for the gelding, for in
| proportions he is little smaller than a
| farmers barn. Although keyed up under
| al fo1I N;olv
Hall was understood to be his owner. On
the suspicious day Little Willie came up
| in a sprlnting dash under the name of Suro
and after the usual "end stall confabs"
those let in on the dark secret hammered
! his price down in the books from 10 to to
l. The common rabble was wondering
who Suro was.
Could it be that mountain of bone and
horsehide, with the blanket on and
punches on his legs resembling baseball
| catcher's hands, that had warmed through
the stretch in about minute tanned
OUT? Surely he wouldn't do. Well, that
might have been Suro, but 1t wasn't. Suro
was warmed up out on one of the by
| streets. and was receiving his finishing
touches in his stable while the counterfeit
| Suro was beguiling the public. 1t was a
| piece of strategy worthy the brain of a
Napoleon. 1t went, through; at least the
race did. But Surol he was numbered
| among the also rams, and turf history re-
cords another 'good thing" that crawled.
Racing will be resumed to-day with five
very ordinary events. The entries are as
follows:
First race, fve-eighths of q mile, selling
Red Will 100, Royal Spirit 100, Favory loo,
Red Dick 104, Morgan G 81, Little Pete 90,
Lee Stanley 106, Model 100, Addie NJ 90, Claire
105, Monarch 81, Josie G 102, John Capron 81
Second race, five-eighths of a mile, selling
for two-year-olds-Charles Boots liz, Encino
102, Irene 81, Dancing Girl 81, Sir Collier
95, Josephine 80, Cheripe "a.
Third race, ABOUT three-quarters of a mile
| selling-Vernon 81, Sir Richard 107, Bernardo
90, Ricardo 90, Mamie Scott 80, Greenback il
81.
Fourth race, seven-eighths of q mile-Thorn.
hill 10S, Royal Flush ia, Ali Baba 100
Charmion 80, Howard 100.
Fifth race, one mile, selling-Charmer 101
| Bell Ringer JOG, Miss Garvin 80, Harold Lewis
101, Bobolink 104, Ike L 80.