The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10
HAVE NO KICK COMING,
The Selling Race War Goes
.Merrily On at the Dis
triCt Track.
DowRY TO THE JOCKEY CLUB
The Winning of The Lark Proved an
Improbable One for His
Owners.


President Williams Of the Jockey Club
smoked several cigarettes more than usual
yesterday and his face was beaming with
smiles. And why not2 Six hundred and
fifty dollars coming in from an unlocked
for source would have tendency to make
almost any one smile-even the president
of jockey club. The dowry to the
Jockey Club, of which President Will
liams is guardian, came in the form of
bid-up money from the selling races and
no doubt was highly acceptable.
The first donation came in the second
race, when Charley Baldwin of the upper
ten, one of the Bhngum boys, just for a
lark, doncher know, entered his horse
trondeur in selling race against some
goats owned among the lower five. En-
tered for 500 he was bid up to $500, so the
deuced funny joke cost Charley $780, but
as the young society man had a swell bet
down on his horse it probably stood him
nothing. The second run-up occurred in
the steeplechase event, when j. Talbot
Clifton, the Earl of ''Blingum, had The
Lark entered to be sold for 500 up to
$1,000, and secured him at the latter price.
Mr.. Clifton felt somewhat fatigued after
the trying ordeal, but not nearly so much
so as Sam Hildreth, for he refused four or
five times that amount for his horse a
couple of days ago. Rightly named, the
Jumper should cut wide swath at Bur-
lingamt and viii no doubt be a prominent
factor in the many other larks held at the
San MateO County "Paree."
-Four of the six favoriteS won, and the
talent had very good day of it.
Ed Sachs rather startled the ring by
pulling off the first race with Tillie s, who
has been shelved for some time. Blizzard
at even money and Nelson, the one-eyed
demon, at % to l, were the played horses
IN the race, but entering the stretch third
TO them, Tillie S came on and won handily
from Nelson, with Blizzard a fair third.
Starting at to in the second race, a
six-furlong affair, Frondeur won in drive
from Grotto, who, had he not been jostled
and cut off at the half, would certainly
have won. Tobey, with 20 to l against
him, finished third.
The purse hung up for the third race,
five and half furlongs, for light welter-
weights, might Just as well have been paid
over TO John Robbins beforehand, for start
ing to 10 favorite, Mollie R won gailop-
ing from the Julia Martin FLY. The Le-
dette FLY came fast, finishing a close third
Before Barney Schneider left for the
East, he forgot to tell his friends that Jack
Richelieu could run good mile; but they
discovered the fact Tor themselves yeSter-
day. Opening at to 1, he receded to 5 to
!, and was pounded down to twos at post
time, starting equal favorite with Wheel Of
Fortune. Rear Guard receded In the bet
ting as we'll as the balance of the starters
There was never any doubt about who
would win, for Jack Richelieu galloped in
front all the way and won with ridiculous
ease, running the mile in An. Wheel
OF Fortune made a good run in the stretch,
beating Murietta length for the place.
The Lark made a show of his field IN the
steepIechase, starting a 9 20 10 favorite and
won pulling up from Haymarket. Relam-
pagO was third
:: The last race on the card was reserved
for the uncorkings. Nephew, who started
On four legs and finished on two borrowed
from another horse in the race, opened a
that went in on Fly and Examiner, he
closed at TO 1 in the betting.
Fly took the lead soon after the flag fell
and il looked at one time as though he
would walk in but when Nephew came at
him in the stretch he passed it over and
finished second, three lengths in front OF
Alaric, another good thing in the race.
The winner, Nephew, very game horse,
pulled up in very sorry plight. In fact
he was so lame that were poor hucksteT
to drive down one of the prominent thor
oughfares with horse in the same condi-
ton he would be working off Police Court
fines for six months to come. Gameness is
admired in all thoroughbreds, but when a
poor crippled brute is sent to the post and
only runs because goaded on by whip and
spur racing ceases to be a sport and loses
the respect OF all humane people.
MULHoLLAND.
SUMMARY.