The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
THREE FAVORITES. FIRST,
Wheel of Fortune. Won the
Opening Race in an Elk
citing Drive. !.
GRIFFIN WOULD NOT RIDE
The Lark Won the Hurdle Race;
Clipping a Fraction OFF
the. Record : -.
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GRIFFIN WOULD NOT RIDE.

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The. crowd that strolled out to the Bay
District yesterday was larger. numerically
and seemed. to, be much more bonntifu4ly
supplied with. cash. than the Mondays
gathering. The: twelve. bookmakers that
were; in the sent yesterday were pleas
antly surprised by thevolunle of the play:
Among the new names that. appeared on
the bookmakers, boards was that of n S.
Hall, the: jumping horse man, and Nick S
carnline WHISPERS had great effect in dis.
polling the gloom that has enshrouded the
betting ring sincethe plungers, departure.
Favorites and outsiders broke even, three
OF each winning. :. -:
. Although he had accepted a mount in
every race. but the steep1echase, Harry
Griffin was not seen IN the saddle yester-
day: The young Jockey considered that
the:S250 fine imposed on him Monday by
Starter Ferguson; was exorbitant and re
F.. fusedsto ride, and i think his action per-
fectly justitiable Riding ITO 10favorite,
Contribution, he was naturAllveeager to get
as good start as possible and could not
be. blamed. On theother hand Had he ac-
copied the worst of the start and finished
where he did, second, the. "croakers"
would have said he tried to take the worst
of it. Griffin has been a.weH- behaved boy
at the post, and.it seems strange that after
weeks of work. in the .saddle:.he should
have a fine the amount of this one ina
posed on him two weeks before his depar-
ture: for. the East. 2. 1t is unjust, and Griffin
does right when he stays on the ground.
Backed down from .threes to 7 to- s.. Joe
&c
proved the proper. thing. in the first race.
Venus was a strong second choice at II: to
5,:and Capt. Coster al. 5.to:2 was by@no
means overloo ked, with Carr up. ~, : ::
!: When the flag fell AGc1Auliffe<: beat the
: flag "a couple OF lengths with. Terra Nova
and: LED the field TO the; stretch: Dying
away, Hartford and. the Duchess of: Mil
pitas apparently had. the. race. to them
selves, when -Isom slipped through on the
inside with. the fayorite and won cleyerly
by a length, The Duchess: second a length
in front Of Hanford: -: -: ~. :: :: =
= Nephew clearly outclassed his field in the
second race, but In hisworGouts. has. been
obliged to use cFutches, which made. bet:
tors a trifle.shy Starting: at even money,
he won by a neck from. Nellie g. : with
Fleet wood. a good third. s:.: +:
Had GIoyeri's: :abilitysin the saddle been
as good as his intentions, Booklnaker
Humphreys geldingi Joe Cotton. might
have won the light. welter-Meig gil t. race at
five furlongs, the third race. on the card
but Carr on Mobile r, the second choice;
landed her first. by "a length tRrough.sd-
perior Jockey Joe Cotton was second,
a head in front of Fly, who. had been
backed down from 10 TO { to L. and: led
until well down the stretch, Opening at
eeyen money; Cotton: reeede in the betting
to.S to 8. when. he was backed down 10 6
to.5. II. =. :
OF the original twenty-five en- tries for
the. fourth race. a. six-furloflg race for
horses thathad: not won two races. al: the
NEE ting, seven were. scratched, leaving
fifteen to GO to the. post. From: twos Sera@
phin was quickly. backed down to: Z ito s.:
OF the Others, Boreasr Centurion, Arctic
and. Hiram Argo received: the most sup
port. .:' i. 8. =:
After some delay: the tfagf fell with the:
favorite away. second. She led. intothe
stretch by aIength,. with Boreas, .who had
made fine run from. sixth place, second:
Bookmaker Roses horse proved too: strong
finisher for the fayorite and beat herout
a length. Warrago, a 80: to: 1 chance, fin fin
ished in third place .>.; =: 80
After opening an even: money. fayoritef
and going back to 3:to 1.-The Lark won
fheInile and half hurdle race: runnifl u
the distance in 2:4615, knocking: a quarter
of'aasecond off the coast record: Red Pat;
who. opened. at.>threes, and was, backed
down, ran an excellent race, and looked a
winner: up to the. last jump. when The
Lark collared and passed. him.: He finished
asecond, half a. length: IN front of April. =:
Royal Flush and Captain Rees Iookedsto
have the last race, a seven :furlong run ,#be-:
tween Them and they: finished: one, tw O..
Royal: Flush started an: even money favor
lite, while 8 to 5.was obtainable againstthe
Captain. .f.,::.. - ::
May Day, 100 te,1 shot, went out. in
front when the flag fell. and set a@hum-
ming pace, he and. Captain .Rees3 entering
Sloane. rode the betterraee on. Royal Flush,
Diminishing Flynn, and landed him first, a
head in front of Captain Rees.: -. s
BARNEY SchreibeTY acc ompanied by his
two clerks, Phil McKinn* an d Louis Tayofi ,
left for st. Louis last. evening, where, after
a short rest, he will proceed to. Memphis to
snake book" Barney did not: have a
very pleasant trip, this last one to the
Golden West that is, financially, for, not
withstanding the many purses won: by
horses of his string and his steady. book
making venture, he left a heavy loser on
the meeting. This is TO be: regretted, for
men of his character as to. honesty and. in
tegrity are getting decidedly scarce IN the
turf world and the genial German deserved
better success al. the hands of Dame. For
tune. 8 MULHoLLAND. :
SUMMARY. -.
san Francisco. April 2, 1895.
no6 FIRST RACE=Five and a half futIongs;
OOO. selling; three-year- oldsi purse $780,:
Ind. Horses, weights Jockey; st. II Str. Fin.
(64S)Wheel of Fortune, 80 e.:
Isem) -. 4 on 81 IA
$40 Duchess Of Milpitas; SO "a: :.
ess H amor s8 CIinricisi..*..S ~
664- Terra Nova 103 AulIffe). 1g II IN. AZ:
679e Captain Coster, ITO fF. Carr)>5 81 81 50
654 Venus, 105 lCheyalier1...:..: IN 6 g..
Poor start. Won driving. Time, 1:0SJl.: Win
ner. CHI f., by Csano-Jennie b..
Betting: Wheel of Fortune 7 TO 81 Duchess OF
Mi lpitas % to /, Hanford so toll, Terra Nova 15
to l. Captain Cos er 5 TO 2, Venus II 10 3;
cor SECOND RACE-six. .fariongs; selling;
DOL. three year-olds and upward purse $780,.
Ind. Horse. weight. Jockey: - St. :1s str, Fin.
Nephew; 1i2 Soanl. 2 % III III.
6Sl Nellie g, lO2 IN Hill -: 3 AZ 81. 81
6S1 Fleetwood; 93 Or. Isonie -: 4 In ~ 80
651 Bobolink, 100 (Hennessy).:.;.5 .6h So AZ
651 Adelante; 100 w. Flynn. / 3h Al 81
$50 Bone Doctor 104 (HihrichsG 8 .5h 6b GIG