The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-11
LUMPY RACING AS USUAL,
The Talent Met With but Fair
Success in Picking
Winners.
GILEAD RUNS A FINE RACE
The Top Heavy Favorite Don
Fulano Beaten Out by
Realization.

Notwithstanding the fairly good card
offered race-goers yesterday feeling OF
dreariness and lassitude seems to have
settled DER the crowd of late, and even a
close and exciting finish fails to cause q
ripple of enthusiasm. The majority of the
horsemen are all short of funds, and the
man that goes down the line in the betting.
ring these days is instantly suspected Of
being a train-robber who has lately turned
a trick. If the meeting continues until
July 4 the Jockey Club will have to be more
liberal with plimentary tickets, for by
that time one of Uncle Sans dollars will
look larger to race-goers than a sulky-
wheel without pneumatic tire.
There was no bidding up in selling races
yesterday, but there was still smoldering
smudge from Tuesdays war. Sam Hill
dreth, who lost his horse, The Lark, in the
steeplechase Tuesday, claimed that Al
Stanford, the owner and rider of Hay
market, who ran second in the race, and
was benefited to the extent of $3.50 by the
run-up, offered to save the run-up money
with him. This Stanford denies, and the
two owners had a hot dispute over the
matter.
Hildreth went to Secretary Milroy and
entered protest against his paying the
coin over to Stanford, and yesterday when
the latter went to collect his money he
was informed that its payment had been
protested. If Mr.. Milroy will refer to the
number of the page and the line that en-
ables him to withhold this money he will
confer great favor on race-goers that have
raced on many tracks and have yet to find
this rule.
To me it looks like a personal matter,
one that the secretary of a racetrack should
not NEEDLE with, and the sooner it dawns
on him that his position is not one of uni
versal arbitrator the better satisfied horse
men will be.
The racing was about as lumpy as usual
of late-some of the favorites won, others
did not.
Starter Ferguson aged himself consider
ably by keeping the field of "goats" that
started in the first race, light welter-
weight event for maidens, nearly half an
hour at the post.
When the flag finally fell, Mountain Air, a
20 to 1 shot, went out in front and staid there,
winning handily from Prince Devine.
Fleetwood finished third. Eva II geld
ing, slight fayorite over Prince Devine,
finished back with the riff-raff.
Opening at to Del Norte went TO the
post an even money favorite for the second
race a seven furlong affair, and won hand
lily from Sir Walter, who was backed down
from skies to 8 to l. Nellie G was poor
third on which Nate Hill seemed to have
plenty of leisure time.
Well, he had worked half so fast that
one morning his trainer, with scared look
on his face, slipped his watch into his
pocket, afraid to believe his own eyes until
he had eaten breakfast. Yet there it was,
40 seconds fiat. 1t was the imp. Fun colt,
a giant in conformation, shaped very much
like lager beer keg with the middle hoop
broken set on sawhorse, that had made
the eyes of the rail birds bulge out of their
sockets.
All kinds of money went in on him yes
terday at odds of to 1. Imp. Miss Brum-
mel, the opening favorite, went back to
to 1, when her owners money brought
her price down to to l.
At the post the imp. Fun colt didn't
know how to break, and shortly after the
flag fell he was whipper-in. Marionette,
an to chance, after getting away first,
fell back TO third place and again came on
and won driving by neck from Mermaid,
a 10 to l shot. Imp. Miss Brummel was
third
The mile and a sixteenth handicap was
taken by the to favorite, Gilead after
made all the running. Mr.. Jingle was an
ordinary third. Genette Edwards opened
equal favorite with Gilead, but receded in
the betting to threes and finished last with
Griffin up. Thornhill, evidently not a
favorite with the Handicapped, Judging by
his impost, finished fourth.
Don Fulano was real live Gre yester-
day, and opening at to tor the fifth
race was backed down to to 5. It was a
five and half furlong spin with but four
starters. Brodhead opened favorite, but
receded in the betting when the ''edu-
Gated" money began pouring in.
The Don was full of run, but Brodhead
and he raced themselves to death the first
part of it, and when Bob Isom came at the
Don with Realization he could not
respond and was beaten out neck.
Brodhead was poor third.
The last race was a rafting good one.
At the same distance as the race pre-
ceeding, the talent landed on Joe Cotton,
and from to he went to the post to TO-
The company proved too fast for the old
Splinter, for he was beaten entering the
stretch. In the hottest kind of drive
Lloyd landed Quarterstaff winner by a
nose from the 90 to | shot Banjo, who must
have been fitted with new set of strings,
for he showed great improvement.
Clacquer was third, but neck away
Bookmakers would inspire more conf
dence in their horses if they would hold
them out in their books, which is very
seldom the case. Johnny Humphrey, who
owns Joe Cotton, handled a little too
much money on the gelding to suit great
many bettors. MULHoLLAND.
SUMMARY.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 10, 1895.
100 FIRST RACE-About six furlongs; sell
40. ing; light welter-weights; maidens; three
year-olds and upward; purse $500.
Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. st. ~ Str. Fin.
TIT Mountain Air, 127 (Cairns). 11a 1s 1s
Ut Prince Devine 1913 &c. Mfller) a sig Al %
7l7 Fleetwood, 122 "a. Coving-
7o4 t oG, lie 0iiover,. @ g q q
692 Eva II gelding, 119 (Grif-
es2 sidney 1888 (seaman). g. e s.
40l Halifax, l1s e. Carr ......1 IN 81 z
us Pronto 40 ct. Smith, ......left
Fair start. Won easily. Time, 1:1434. Win
ner. b. g.. by imp. Brutus- Young Jute.
BETTING Mountain Air 20 to 1, Prince Devine 8
to 5, Fleetwood to l, Eva S II gelding to 500
10 to l. Halifax to /, Sidney 60 TO l. Pronto 80 to l.
100 SECOND RACE-Seven furlongs; selling;