The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-15

The win of Benham gave form-players Sc
we're shock. Some of them will learn to allow
for 'uncorkings.'
By the terms of contract signed yesterday
A. B. Spreckels secured the services of Joe Pig
gott, as lightweight jockey for his big string.
Z. II. Rollins now controls the running quail
ties OF imp. JOY, he having secured a lease OF
the mare from her owner. W. c. de B. Lopez.
Considerable Dumping and jostling occurred
in the Tim Murphy race, and the judges stated
that two or three of the boys would probably
have fine imposed on them.
Ali Bahia was worked out five furlongs in
1 :01 yesterday for the benefit of the young
millionaire, Walter Hobart, who is prospec-
tive buyer of the big son of Joe Daniels. The
price set upon him is said to be $4,000.
Red Dick ran yesterday like a hired man
that had sawed too many cords of wood before
breakfast With all of his speed, Shaw got cut
off with him. If Shaw had ticket for Chicago
tied around his neck and $4,000 in his left
bootleg he would probably be unfortunate
enough to get mixed up in railroad smashup
and lose that left leg. He has whole lot of
hard luck.
Three handicaps, maiden two-year-old
race and a selling dash furnished some
very good sport at the track yesterday, al
though judging by the attendance many
race-going patrons preferred backing the
bangtails in the poolrooms.
The seven-furlong handicap demon
strated the fact that Wheel of Fortune can
pack some weight and run pretty fair
sort OF a race as well as cracking records
with feather in the saddle. With los
pounds up she started Is to 20 favorite,
and after lying in third position until well
Strengthened out in the stretch, drew away
under the whip and won by length and a
half from Annette, the second choice, who
downed imp. Ivy for the place in drive.
Considering the rather poor start the ia
vorite got, the time, 1 :27A, was fast.
The opening race, four and half fur
long dash, for two-year-olGs, ended in a
rather hollow victory for Benham, backed
down from to 81 to l, who laid away Sec
ond to Bell Oak to the stretch, when he came
on and won easily by length. In drive
Bell Oak took second place from Don Pic
Pico.
Starting favorite once more Heartsease
was again beaten in the five-furlong handi-
cap for two-year-olds. She was heavily
backed at to 5, with Bloomsbury and
Virgie A, her most likely competitors, also
well supported.
w hen ferguson sent them away TO
pretty start Riot went to the front with q
fine burst of speed, the favorite at his head
Into the stretch for home Heartsease
showed ahead of Riot, with Bloomsbury
dangerously close. A sixteenth from the
wire the favorite was beaten and Blooms.
bury won rather easily by neck. Crafty
70 to chance, finished good third.
The third race, five-furlong selling
sprint, was only a gallop for the 4 to
favorite Red Bird. who had the race in
hand from the fall of the flag. In the
drive for second place Durango was given
the verdict over Johnny Capron, 100 to l
shot.
The fourth race drew six of the alleged
division of sprinters together in a ive-fur-
long handicap. Going back in the betting
from to to to 1 Tim Murphy, carrying
top weight, lis pounds, went out and made
his field look like common cattle, winning
under wrap two lengths in front of Gold
Bug, with McFarlane third, half q
length further away. MULHoLLAND.
SUMMARY.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. H. 1898.
1900 FIRST RACE-Four and half fur
IAOA. longs; maiden wo-yearolds: purse $3.50
Time, 66l5.
Ind Horse weight jockey st. "a Str. Fin.
1885 Benham, III ~ (Hennessey).-3 II 551a ia
1855 Don Pho Pico l04 (E. HilD..5 IN 81a 81,
1856 May Jones, l II (Dennison)..8 81 81 ~
Oilie NJ Inc fpfQ1ott. IN 81 Oh