The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-25

| The well-known and popular jockey George
| Miller is down to weight and will be seen in
the saddle at the Sacramento meeting. He
lately tipped the scales at lib pounds.
| Chevalier, Lloyd, Sloane, Reidy, Piggott and
| Madison were the successful jockeys yesterday.
Reidy apparently improves at each mount.
! He fairly unfinished Cheyalier on Installator,
J with Crafty.
| 1t was feared that Swift who rode Mestor,
was badly injured; but the physicians in the
| hospital to which he was removed state that
| beyond a severe shaking up bis injuries are
| not dangerous.
| George Rose must have had his hopes CEN
| tered on the two.year-old Crafty, for he
chalked to against Installator and took the
coin until the crowd around his box grew
tired holding up their hands.
Joe Piggott will not be seen in the saddle
this coming week. He leaves for Sacramento
tomorrow, where the finishing touches are
being administered to the horses belonging to
bis new employer, A. B. Spreckels.
shaw's ability as a rider is either greatly
misjudged or else he is not web judged by the
officials in the stand. A boy that cannot keep
out of pocket with but three horses in the
| race should be taken to a kindergarten and
given some lessons on hobby-horse.
v. Davis, who was originally carded to ride
Alexis, supposed it necessary to take on some
false courage and imbibed so freely of red
liquor that by the time the steeplechase was
called he was ready to take any sort OF a chance
from riding the brake-beam of freight car to
taking trip to the north pole in balloon.
He had to be replaced by Maynard.
The way some of the poor nags running at
the track are chopped up by the steels is dis
graceful; and were driver to SO abuse his
horse on one of the downtown streets he would
be in danger of working out big fine in jail.
When Gold Bug pulled up he locked very
much as though he had run against barb
wire fence. livery often happens that when the
thought enters boys mind that he is on
"dead one" he ceases trying to win, but de-
votes his entire attention to cutting to ribbons
the poor brute upon which he is mounted.
And thus suffers the racer for the faults of his
owner.
That speedy son of Imp. Brntus, the
Milpitas whirlwind, Installator, seems fated
to keep the talent at the Bay District in
hot water For while he was lauded to
the skies as a second Domino, then he, went
amiss and was classed as DOG. OF late
approaching good form has restored him
in the talents good graces, and yesterday
they plunged on him. He emerged from
the paddock to 20 chance for the fourth
race, six-furlong dash, with but two
opponents, the two-year-old Crafty and
the gray horse Sir Richard. The young
ster had second call in the betting with
tours about him, with Sir Richard the out
slider at skies.
Starter Ferguson experienced nearly as
much trouble getting the three horses
away as Pettingill did starting the Worlds
Fair derby. Nearly twenty minutes were
consumed before the flag finally fell. The
race was a tale OF woe told in one chapter.
Crafty went to the front and stayed there.
| The favorite came fast at the end and had
| little Reidy to the bat, but succumbed by
| head in 1:13Z. Sir Richard, under
Shaw's enigmatical riding, finished a
| couple of lengths further away.
| Barring this one race it was great day
for the first choices. the other five sweep
| ing the board. They were all heavily
| backed, and the crowd had "money to
| burn" when they left the track.
| For exciting incidents the hurdle race,
| which ended the days sport, undoubtedly
| held precedence over the other events on
| the card. Two bad tumbles, finally ending
with victory for the favorite, tended to
keep the spirits of the crown keyed up to
| high pitch of excitement
JOG, the Elkton stable entry, went to
| the post a to choice, with Madison up,
and won handily at the end from Carmel,
| the to l second choice. At the third
| Jump in front of the stand Mestor, with
| Swift in the saddle, made mistake and
fell heavily on his rider. who was carried
| from the track unconscious. AT the next
| jump, while running in the lead, Gold Dust
| made botch of it and gave Cairns q bad
| fall, breaking his collar-bone. Altogether
| it was fitting end to a days racing at
| tended with many spicy details.
| The big Mariner geIding, Suro, made
| short work of the five maidens opposed to
him in the opening event, five and a half
| furlong dash. Coming out 8 to 10 favor
lite he won hands down from DR.. Gardner,
who secured the place from Ladameo
through Piggott's good riding.
Everybody wanted to back Tim Murphy
| in the next run at five furlongs, aud from
twos his price was quickly cut to to 5.
| Away none too well to miserable start,
he plowed his way through the bunch,
| and, outgaming Realization, who had been
showing the way up to the last sixteenth,
| won by neck in 1:01. Greenback Jr., q
100 to shot, finished in third place, about
three lengths away.
And now, nothing would do but Grady
in the two-year-old handicap, over the
short six furlong course. The money
poured into the books on him at even
money. At post time Joe K and Lucretia
Borgia We'd with each other in contest
for second-choice honors, each being quoted
at threes. Virgie A and Clara johnson
were the other starters.
Joe K set merry clip to the stretch,
leading the favorite slightly, but at this
juncture Sloane let out link and the
Three Cheers youngster drew away and
won handily at the wire by half length,
with Lucretia Borgia third, Tapped on
Joe K.
The fifth race, cheap five and a half
furlong dash, contained another "harum
scarum" collection of dogs. Detective
ruled favorite in the betting at to 5. The
hackers of the favored one in this race re-
ceived bad scare, for when the flag fell
Rayo, rs to chance, sailed out in front
with great show of speed, but died away
in the stretch, and the favorite won by
length from Yreka, who apparently fell out
of balloon st some place along the latter
part of the journey. MULHoLLAND.
SUMMARY.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. %, 1895.
1904 FIRST RACE-Five and half fur
lOLf. longs; selling; three-year-olds and up
ward: purse $3.50. Time, l:09M.