The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01
THE BAY DISTRICT RACES,
A Decision That Did Not Have
the Approval of a Majority
of BettOrS.

Nelson Gained the Verdict Over
Title s, and Don Cara Nosed
Out Heartsease.
Starter Ferguson, it is said, will soon return
to California.
Hinrichs is on the ground having been set
down for five days by Starter Merrill on
Wednesday.
C. H. Durkee, the Los Angeles bookmaker,
had good-sized bet down on Title S.
Johnny Coleman backed both Tillie s and
Miss Garyin.
Mike Kelly, the clever trainer, thought him
self in hard luck yesterday. Both Heartsease
and Title S, who were nosed out at the wire,
are in his charge.
When put up to be sold Nelson, who won the
opening race, was bid up $500 over his entered
selling price of $500, and the bidder, Thomas
Lundy, part-owner of Title S, who ran second,
got the one-eyed horse at that figure. 1t is
very doubtful whether he was much of a bar
gain.
Strangely enough Heartsease, owned by
Bookmaker Humphrey, and Senator Mahoney,
the property OF his cashier. met again in the
second race, and as luck would have it both
were entered to be sold at the same figure. 1t
was clever piece of handicapping on their
owners part, but public that is daily growing
wise were not so gullible as was supposed, for
nearly every bettor backed Heartsease, the
Senator being almost friendless. The latter
ran as though he had been driven from home,
and a delicious bit of sharp practice failed ut
terly. 1t is only another example of the fact
that bookmakers or persons connected with
the bookmaking business should be prohibited
from owning race horses, and the sooner the
Turf Congress passes q rule to this effect the
better it will be for the American turf.
Once more was hostile demonstration made
over the decision of the judges. In the first
race yesterday the favorite, Tillie S, and the
second choice, Nelson, passed the wire heads
apart, the first choice, from an outsiders view
OF the finish, having decidedly the best of it..
The judges in the stand, however, viewed it
differently and placed Nelson first At this
q large crowd of angry bettors gathered around
the stand making all sorts of angry gestures,
and had Judges Riley and Trevathan been sud-
denly cast down among them, their lives
would have been worth about as much as O.
good fat missionary luckless enough to meet a
group OF hungry Fiji Islanders. Whether or
not Tillie won. Nelson tickets were paid and
there the matter rests, food for chapters of
hard-luck stories.
Outside of the howl over the decision in
the first race everything passed off quietly
at the track yesterday. incidentally there
were three bad tumbles, all taken by the
talent, but carried into the betting ring on
bookmaker's bier, they revived SUI
ficiently to last the day out and jump on
the last two favorites, who helped them
out to great extent financially.
IL
handicap was a decidedly strong feature
from betting standpoint. Thelma was a
decidedly strong favorite, Z to being the
best that was ever laid against the brown
daughter of John Happy. Howard was
second choice at to 1, with Realization
pressing him close but half point higher.
Mantell showed plenty of speed in his
warming up gallop and the juicy odds of s
to against him caught not few.
To good start Thelma showed first,
but was passed almost Immediately by
Realization, who, with Gussie at his heels,
led the first half of the trip. Howard had
taken command tnrning into the stretch,
and he simply romped home, passing the
wire five lengths in front of Thelma in
1:2SA. Mante1 finished third length
further away.
Merrell had bad lot of horses to con-
tend with in the opening race, a five and a
half furlong dash, and they gave him SO
much trouble that fully forty minutes had
elapsed before he dropped his flag to a
rather struggling start. 1t narrowed down
to duel between the favorite Title S, and
Nelson, the second choice, the latter get
ting the decision by a nose. Linville was
a good third. Old patched-up Rinfax
backed down from 100 to Is to /,
finished back in the ruck.
The second race, a four and q half fur
long. spin for youngsters, resulted in
another nose-and-nose finish. The to 5
favorite, Heartsease, and Don Cara, to
/ chance. fought it out all the way, Shaw
landing Don Cara winner by couple of
inches Monitor was an ordinary third
Opening at 1 to for the mile selling race
Captain Rees went back in the betting to
7 to 10, when the money went in on him
and he closed at to in the majority OF
the books. The bookies seemed bit wary
of Rico, but nothing he showed in the race
justified this fear.
When the flag fell Captain Rees went to
the front, followed by Rear Guard, and
they finished in this order, the favorite
winning easily by three parts of a length.
Rico was an ordinary third, but head in
front of Charmer.
Morven struck his favorite game up and
down the hills in the last race, five-fur-
long gallop, and starting at 6 to led from
start to finish. beating Soledad two lengths
with ease. lnkerman was bang-up third.
MULHoLLAND.
SUMMARY.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 81, 1895.
OFT FIRST RACE-Five and a half furlongs;
ssoo selling 'hree-ysar0lds and upwards purse
Ind. Horse. weight. jockey. st. " Str. Fin.
945 Nelson, ITO (Hennessy)..-..-4 ~ ia 1ns
s sSs I IIllf s e 1os sgiivan) 81
962 Carmel, 104 (Shaw) .;-...--d l. ~ ~