The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-30
THE BAY DISTRICT RACES,
MaIO Diablo Beats Commission
by a Nose in a Driving
Finish.
THE USUAL sTEEPLECHAsE.
Heartsease Again Had No Trouble
Defeating Her Field In
Handicap.

H. Forsland's three-year-old gelding Grotto,
by imp. Cyrus-Griselda, died at the track yes
terday of lung fever.
Had Commission won the Brooklyn Club
would have kept all of the money. They ia
vored him throughout the betting.
| The horses OF the Westehester stable, ten in
number, the names of which have been given,
were expected at the track last evening.
L. C. White, the owner of Catch EN-. Miss
Fletcher and Others returned from the East on
Friday, and reports a very discouraging out
look for the bangtails in the vicinity of Chicago
| heavy play on Monterey, just before post
| time, sent the Van Ness colt to the front equal
favorite with Bobolink in the last race. His
| poor showing plainly shows that he has not re-
covered from his recent illness.
| Charlie Quinn cleaned up $4,000 over the vic
| tory of Malo Diablo in the handicap. Phil
Archibald posted 10 and 4 against the Winters
entry at the start off and was nailed $50 each
way by the young man from the East
| The official ban of suspension has been re-
moved from Stewart, the steeplechase jockey,
| and he will again try his hand over the jumps.
| Stewart had been doing some good work in the
saddle before he rode the heavy-headed Quad
| aloupe.
| The win of Lodi in the second race was a
! very popular one in more ways than one. The
aged gelding is the only support of the widow
| of the late Lodi" Smith, the well-known
| horseman. He was trained gratis by Billy APP
pleby, and Jockey Cheyalier informed the
widow that if he won he would expect no re-
| Enumeration, so the purse was turned over to
her intact.
| There was decided Improvement both
in attendance and in the betting at the
track yesterday, although none of that
| feverish excitement was depicted on the
faces of the expectant throng. It was an
every day go-as-you-please up-against-a-
hard-game crowd that jostled and pushed
each other good natnredly in an endeavor
to get their bet down at the top price, and
then quietly sat down in some command
ing spot and awaited developments.
While no fast time was made in any OF
the events. the racing was very fair. A
number of ''good things" were uncorKed,
| but with one or two exceptions they met
with reverses. The first choices split the
card with the outsiders, three of them
ending up in front.
The only exciting finish of the day oc-
! CURED in the mile and a sixteenth handi-
cap:
There was field of six starters and Nick
Halls Tar and Tartar opened to IA
vorite in the betting. The brown gelding
did not meet with great favor in the bet
ting publlc's eyes, and around post time
his price had receded to to 1. From
| tours Commission was backed down to 21l
to l, closing fayorite. The ight-weighted
Malo Diablo's price was gradually ham,
mered down from 10 to 81 to l. At one
stage in the betting there was tremen-
dous rush to get aboard Del Norte, his
i price being cut from to to / in short or
der. Little Cripple and Thornhiu were
the rank outsiders.
After tiresome delay at the post the
flag sent them away well lined up. Pass
ing the stand Tar and Tartar showed in
front of Commission, followed by Malo
Diablo, with the others close up. There
was slight change in the positions until
the half was reached, where Commission
had poked his head in front of Halls
horse. Around the turn Jones had taken
the lead with Malo Diablo, turning into
the stretch with commanding lead of a
length, Commission about the same dis
lance in front of Tar and Tartar, with
Little Cripple looming up a good fourth.
The two leaders had the race to themselves
down the stretch, Malo Diablo just beating
| Commission nose on the win. Little
| Cripple's chance for third money was
spoiled by Tar and Tartar, who swerved in
forty yards from the wire, cutting him off.
TWAS only fair run, 1:4s34.
That good youngster Rebellion was
asked to give away too much weight in
the six-furlong handicap for two-year-
olds, and although he put up fine race,
rather injudiciously ridden by Peters, was
beaten out by Heartsease, who started equal
favorite with him at to 5. Rebellion was
at one time quoted at 8 to l in the betting,
but he warmed up so full of run that his
odds were quickly cut. Of the other three
starters Her Majesty was the most favored.
Her Majesty was the first away when the
flag fell. leading her field into the stretch,
with Tberius and Heartsease close up.
She tired perceptibly in the last furlong
and Heartsease romped in an easy winner,
three lengths in front of Wacott. The
daughter of True Briton was third, about
the same distance further away.
A five-furlong dash for horses that have
played in hard luck opened the days
sport, and proved a cakewalx for the
Roman-nosed Reno, backed from Az to
3 to l. The to favorite Dolly Nj was sec
ond and Amigo third.
The knowing ones all had Lodi for a
pipe" in the second run, short SIX
furlong sprint, backing him heavily at s
to- 2. OF the others, Outright, Barcaldine
and Little Tough were fancied in the order
named.
Away favorably to struggling start
Lodi took the lead and was never headed
|
of Little Tough, who downed Outright a
nose for the place.
The advance guard from the consulta-
ton chambers of the Steeplechase Associa-
ton pounded the opening odds of 2H to /
against The Lark down to to S, and then
stood to one side looking wise. Very soon
another division came along with the
fright thing" and down came the to /
against ancestor to II to 5. Things were
now getting somewhat complicated, and it
was evidently resolved that all should try,
with the exception of Nero, The Lark and
Mestor. Esp france was the other starter.
Hewon, Mestor second, Nero third. Time
3:27X. The record is 3:19.
Starting one of the favorites at II to s
Bobolink won the last race on the card, a
short six-furlong run, pulling up from Sill.
| yer State, the third choice. Monterey
heavily backed at the last minute, was q
poor third. MULHoLLAND.
SUMMARY.
1 SAN FRANCISCO. June 30, 1895.
1110G FIRST RACE-Five furongs: selling
/ IIOO. three-yearolds and upward; purse $3.50
| Ind. Horse. weight. Jockey. st. ~ Str. Fin
| lUSl Keno, 30 lCoady). ..........4 % 312 ~
1857 Dolly NJ, 90 tChevalier) .......6 61z 81. %