The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-12
The BAY DISTRICT RACES.
Favorites Succeeded in Cap
turing Three of the Events
Yesterday.
SPEEDY SPORT MALLIsTER
The 3 to 5 Choice Commission Dis
posed of His Field Very
ImpressiVely.

Johnny Coleman made few mild bets on
Raphael. The big chestnut could not raise a
gallop.
Thomas n. Williams Jr. leaves for the East
Saturday on business sppertaining to the COM
ing winter meeting of the California Jockey
Club.
Ali Baba is now set down as coming Flood
more. He certainly showed well for begin
ner, and may fulfill his admirers high ex-
pectations.
Young Mcintyre, who had the mount on
Clara Johnson in the two year old race,
scraped his foot against the inside fence, and
now Mac has couple of sore toes.
Chevalier was twice in front yesterday, and
finished second on the Gladette gelding in the
two-yesr-old event, and in the same position
with Claudius in the mile-and-seventy-yard
run. The clever colored boy made combina-
ton with all of his mounts for place, and
after the fourth race cashed his ticket calling
for $500 against SO.
If the people that assembled at the Bay
District track yesterday expected to see
Little Cripple and Commission fight the
mile and seventy-yard run out in a life and
death struggle, they were disappointed.
There were but four entries in the race,
and the two horses named opened at Z to 5
each. The coin that was in waiting to be
PLAYED ON the White and Clarke entry
nearly swamped the bookies, his price
speedily being cut to to 5, and Little
Cripple's receding until 4 to was offered
against him, going to the post. Then the
cry went up from those that got their
money in too soon, Cripple IS dead
one"
He ran, however, like an animal that
was very much alive, and to have won yes
terday he would had to have shown better
form than he has ever yet shown during
his racing career, for Commission was a
race horse yesterday, and no mistake. He
allowed Normandie to make the running
to the stretch, where he assumed the lead,
and won in a big gallop in 1 :46. Claudius
came with a surprising burst of speed the
last forty yards and beat the hard-rldden
Little Cripple out a half length for the
place The talent were fairly successful
during the day, three favorites, a second
and third choice getting the coin. The
jumpers were out again in full force, seven
going to the post in the steeplechase.
Josie G was thought 10 be ''castiron"
for the opening fve-furlong scramble,
going to the post to 5, but after Leading
until q sixteenth from home quit, and
Mount Carlos, the third choice, won in a
drive by q length from Auteuil, who had
second call in the betting, in 1902.
What failings Alto Milo had as a race
horse he is endeavoring to atone for in the
stud. His son, Charlie Boots, starting Z
to choice, gathered in the half-mile dash
for maiden two-year-olds very impress
sively, winning as he pleased from
Gadette gelding, an to chance, in
:49M. Miss Cunningham, a paddock tip,
was poor third.
Sport McAllister doomed up like a stake
horse among the three "dubs" that were
pitted against him in the fve-furlong dash
that was third on the card. He was
backed from IL to 20 to to and won with
his head in his riders lap. Two lengths
away Red Dick and Dolly NJ fought it out
for second place, the former gaining the
verdict by nose. The winners time was
1:0113.
Two jumpers and FIVE that were sup
posed to be jumpers started in the steeple-
chase. Ali Baba who was to make his
debut over the sticks, had first call in the
betting, with to 5 against him when the
odds were posted, but gave way to Mendo-
cino, whose price was cut from to 5 to Is
to 10. Ali Babas odds finally reached to
l, when he was backed down again to 3 2.
The debutante won very handily at the
finish, and after being well up IN front all
through the running. Mendocino. the
favorite, finished second, a length and a
half in front of Yangedene. J o c, who
doomed up most pro3misingly and who un;
doubtedly would have captured second
money, stumbled after taking the last
jump, throwing his rider. MULHoLLAND.
SUMMARY.
SAN FRANCISCO. July IL, 1885,
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