The San Francisco call., 1895-11-01
THE BAY DISTRICT RACES,
Sleeping Child Cantered Around
the Ring at 40 to I in
the Books.
VERY BADLY MIXED RACING.
The Talent Pulled Out on the Day by
Backing Leonville, Ridden by
Tod Sloane.

Abb P, the winner of the second race, entered
to be sold for 5000, was bid up $500, her owner
retaining her with the usual $5.
Cash Sloane made his California debut on the
back of Sir Richard, an odds on favorite. He
finished second, but the winner had to.run
in almost coast record time to win.
To the qualification of racegoers Tod Sloane
was reinstated and rode Leonville to victory
in the last race, his only mount of the day.
Tod is by long odds the best lightweight rider
at the track, and his absence from the saddle
is greatly missed.
Starter Ferguson had considerable difficulty
getting the field in the third race away, the
horses being at the post thirty-five minutes.
During the .breakaways Corriente ran away
with her boy on three occasions, the flag fin
ally dropping without her.
Donnelly, who had the mount on Mt. Roy,
who finished second to Vivace in the opening
race, claimed the latter horse fouled him
shortly before the wire was reached. Vivace
did swerve in, hut it was purely unintentional
and the judges wisely disailowed it.
Good-sized fields and well-contested
events were the rule at the track yesterday.
Outsiders in the betting blossomed forth
IN profuslon. Several recent imp0rtations
in the thoroughbred line showed unmis-
taxable signs of becoming acclimated to
our climate, and taken altogether it was
difficult to tell at the close which had the
better of sadly mixed days racing
talent or bookies. The Montana horse,
Sleeping Child, was the hit of the enter
tainment, walking in with 40 to chalked
against him in the betting on the fourth
race. mile dash, carrying 103 pounds and
M. Fell. Morven also surprised his own
ers as well as the public by winning the
fifth race of the day in fast time, neglected
at Is to l.
OF the six favorites three managed to get
to the wire in front,
Viyace, who has been showing some
good trials in private and was backed
down from to to IA to 5, took the first
race by length from Mt. Roy, the second
choice, after the latter had led the field
until within seventy yards of the wire.
Mosby fl nished in third place.
Starting to 5 favorite Abb P expe-
rienced no difficulty in capturing the next
race at five furlongs from the very ordi-
Kathleen, the second choice, in the stretch
and won easily by half a length in O111z +.
! Harry Lewis finished fair third.
There was a long tedious delay at the
post in tue third race, fve-furlong dash
for two-year-olds. When the flag finally
fell Encino, to 1 chance in the betting,
showed first, and maintaining the lead ali
the way, won in a drive by neck from
the to 2 favorite Claude Hill. Little
Flush filly, a 100 to l shot, nosed out the
second choice, Zeta, for third place.
| Favory was considered such a good
thing for the fourth event, over a mile,
! that his opening odds of 8 to 10 were
! quickly pounded down to Z to 10. After
leading the field to the stretch he was
passed by the outsider Sleeping Child and
beaten out easily two lengths in the an
nounced time of 1:41A. Sooladain, the
Well-backed second choice, was an ordi-
nary third.
! The six and half furlong run was
looked upon as moral" by many for Sir
Richard, the to 10 favorite, while Detec-
tive had almost as many friends and was
handlly booked at 3 to 2. Schnitz and
Morven were the other starters There was
nothing to the race but Morven. He went
out in front and leading throughout, beat
the favorite out good length in the fast
time of 1:20, very close to the coast record.
Detective was third, a length farther away.
| Leonville, the to 3 favorite for the last
race, mile selling dash, with Tod Sloane
up, led all the way and Won easily from
Navy Blue, the third choice, in :42A.