The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-08
RUINART SCARED
HIS SUPPORTERS
Away From the Post
Poorly, He Finally
Won Cleverly.
Dunboy Beat the Stake.Winner,
lamar II, in a Driving
Finish.
Summertime Showed Quality by
Downing 0Stler Joe in Hard
Drive.

The hackers of the crack brown colt
Ruinart, the even-money fayorite for the
third race, over a mile, at Ingleside yes
terday, had a serious attack of congestlve
chills for a while. "Skeets" Martin had
the leg up and got his mount away SO
poorly when the barrier went up that
stuffed groans were heard from many
quarters and the coin was considered
roasted then and there. "Skeets" took
after the field and when, after closing up
the big gap foot by foot Ruinart finally
won by half a length from Schiller the
crowd fell over one another yelling for
Martin. The colt, with 100 pounds up,
had assuredly the best of the weights, but
Martin is entitled to much credit for not
getting ratified.
The Eastern visitors took a second look
at the calendar TO make sure that it was
not June instead of December, so warm
and balmy was the weather. Stylish turn
outs by the score passed through the gates
and large crowd filed the betting ring
and stand. Scratches were quite numer-
Gus, but the different events all called for
the liveIiest sort of SPECULATION.
Sixteen bookmakers laid odds, and as
four of the five favorites got home in
front they disbursed considerable coin
among the glad TALENT
Quite little buzz of excitement was
stirred up over the defeat of lamar II,
the stake-winner of Saturday, in the FIVE
furlong handicap. Honig's 2-vear-old with
113 pounds in the saddle was considered
moral" and was backed down from IL to
10 20 8 to 10. He was slow to get into mo-
ton and in a grueling drive through the
stretch with the to l shot Dunboy was
beaten neck In :0134. The winner per-
Torrance with lis ounds in the saddle
stamps him as an improving sort of
youngsIer. Suisun led to the stretch but
appeared to be short" stopping badly at
the end. Altanera fell ten yards from
the win, giving I. Murphy bad shaking
up.
The Corrigan entry, Adolph Spreckels,
looked away and above the best of the
thirteen starters Tor the opening mile run,
selling, and was rightfully made to
choice. Back in the bunch the early part
OF the running, he came on when straight
ened for the wire, and after having the
race in hand, Murphy nearly allowed
Martin, on Last Chance, TO nip him out,
winning by but the shortest of heads.
Pollock, an outsider, was good third.
The conditions of the third event allowed
Ruinart to get in at 100 pounds, and on
his splendid showing in Saturdays race
he figured an ''airtight." The coin went
in on him in big wads, cutting his odds
from 10 TO evens. As usual, when the
barrier was lifted he was clumsy in get
ting away, and around the first turn was
six or seven lengths behind his field.
Gradually overtaking Libertlne and
Schiller, the leaders, he proved handy
winner at the stand with Schiller, % to
1 outsider. finishing in the place. length
ahead of Kamsin. The mile was covered
in Az.
The fourth event at six furlongs was run
with light weller weights up. On account
of his roguish antics at the post Lucky
Dog was barred in the betting, which
made Tampa, apparently the next best of
the com pany to favorite. The Dog
won in rom ping fashion by over length,
and Tampa secured the place quite as cas-
lily from Miss Cunningham.
Another hot favorite gave her support
ers a big scare in the final event on the
card, a seven-furlong selling affair.
Backed from 10 down to l to 2 in short
order, Summertime wanted to stay at the
post when the barrier was lifted and all
sorts OF bets were made that she would
not be i'll the money at the wire. How
ever, Slaughter sent her along, and reach
ing the stretch she had passed all but
Ostler Joe. The black horse from Mon
tana gave her very husky argument, but