The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-13
At BAY DISTRICT RACES,
Roma Fooled the Talent in the
Mile and a Sixteenth
Handicap.
LED FROM START TO FINISH.
Peculiar Betting in a Jumping Race
That Ended in an Outsider
Winning.

Epperson's ride on the Is to / shot, Nero, in
the steeplechase was very clever piece OF
horsemanship.
Starter John Merrell, plainly showing the
effects OF his recent illness, attended the races
for while yesterday merely as an onlooker.
Johns many friends wish him speedy return
to health.
Richard Brown received telegram from his
brother, 81. D. Brown, the starter, at present in
Chicago, notifying him to start for Kansas
City, where the latter viii WELD the flag at
60-day race meeting to be held at that place.
To-day is the last day the popular book
maker, George Rose, will be seen on the block
for some time at the meeting. Mr.. Rose leaves
for the East June Is, but in his absence will
leave one book in charge of one of his trusted
employees.
Nick Hall, who had q good bet down on
Longwell who ran so poorly in the steeple-
chase, felt very much disguised with the ami
NAL at the conclusion of the race, so leading
him down to the lower gate he removed bride
and blanket, told the horse to hunt other dig
gings. Daggie Smith happened along and
picked the outcast up and he is now member
of the Oakland stable. Nick says he wishes
him all sorts of luck
The betting was so cranky on the jumping
race that the judges finally thought it best to
find out the cause of it. Upon investigation
they found that W. Clancy, who had the mount
on Guadaloupe, had been, imbibing too freely
of some liquor other than cider. The jockey
persisted that he was in fit condition to ride,
but the judges could not be made to see it in
that light, not only refusing to let him ride
but also placing the ban of suspension over
him.
Cold, foggy and anything but an ideal
racing day. a thin gathering of horse-lovers
assembled at the track yesterday to do
battle with tickle Dame Fortune. The rae
ing, although little mixed at times, was,
taken as a whole, very good. Three out of
five favorites won, and that portion of the
assembled crowd known in turf parlance
as the "talent" Jared well.
The mile and sixteenth handicap was,
of course, the feature of the card, and the
odds showed plainly that spectators were
at sea as to the winner. When the horses
were called McLighr had a slight call in
the ring with tours about him, while Little
Cripple was but shade higher, backed
down from to AZ to l. Roma, Prix,
Flirtilla and Malo Diablo were all at SKIES
1t proved one of the Elmwood stock
farms surprise days, for when the flag fell
Chevalier took the lead with Roma and
she led the fl ED merry chase, galloping
in front from start to finish, finally passing
the wire length in front in :4SA. In a
hard drive G. Weber landed Little Cripple
in the place, neck in front of McLight
with Sloan up. The winner has proven
such an uncertain quantity that she was
but lightly backed.
After opening to favorite for the
opening race, seven-furlong run for
horses that have not won a race this year,
Jerome went back in the betting to to
/, but finally backed to s to at post time.
Edna M, whose price came down from to
Ii to 5, was the one expected to extinguish
the favorite' light but he won rather hand
lily at the end, length ahead of st. Elmo,
who had made all the running. Halifax
was fair third.
the way in the second race, five and
half furlong dash. winning about all out a
length and half in front of My Sweet
heart, away from the post poorly. Du-
range was an ordinary third.
The third race, at the same distance as
the race preceding, proved a puzzler to the
talent, Venus finally closing favorite at IL
to S. Oracle was heavily backed sec
ond choice with 5 to 2 against her.
Sport McAllister originally opened in the
betting to 1 chance, but around post
time 10 to was laid against him.
To good start Oracle went to the
front the first furlong, and, leading all the
way, she looked "moral" furlong from
home. Charley Weber got bit gay at
this stage of the game, and Chevaiier,
stealing up on him with Venus, beat him
out nearly two lengths cleverly. Han
ford, a IL to chance, finished an indiffer-
ent third.
There were some strange fluctuations in
the betting on the last event, a race for the
timber-toppers. When the opening odds
were quoted Guadalupe was an s to 5
choice, with North at fours. Then the
North money came in and he was made
Ito favorite, Guadalupe going back to
8 to S. At this point Cairns was substi-
tuted for Clancy on Guadalupe and he
once more ruled favorite as the horses went
to the post.
North and Guadalupe alternated in the
lead all the way, the latter finally entering
the stretch in front looking all over a win
ner. After taking the last Jump Epperson
on Nero, a 15 to 1 shot, came with a rush.
and passing both Guadalupe and North,
won the race by length and half
Guadalupe second, about three parts of a
length ahead of North. MULHoLLANp.