The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
ST, LEE OUTFOOTED
MT, M|cGREGOR /
The Bay Colt Captured the
Stake Event at
Oakland.
H. Martin on Little Cripple Out.
rode Sloan on Major
Cook.
Judge Denny Was First in the Nile
and Halt Ruc-Enthus1asts
Braved Driving Rain.

It was just trife damp and nasty
and only the more enthusiastic -goers,
snugly enveloped in mackintoshes and
carrying umbrellas, dared the elements
and ventured the trip across the bay. 1t
was shoe-string bank-roll day, and the one
Gay cut IN saw twenty-three bookmakers'
stands on the lire. The rain which tell in
torrents at stated intervals throughout
the alterno con kept the "innocenr' coin at
home and many of these embryo pencil
ers experienced q chilly frost.
The track on the other side kept up it's
record Tor slaughtering favorites, Cola
and Judge Denny and this pair of worthies
not of the pronounced order being
the only ones to splash in first. Tod Sloan
sported silk again, but did nothing to en-
title him TO any extended press notices.
OF the riding talent Eddie Jones and H.
Martin carried off the honors, each riding
two winners.
Handicapper Brooks wore a disguised
look when the Baldwin Hotel handicap,
over a mile, was called, and had the
prophet who flew the wet weather signals
appeared on the scene there would in all
proba bility have been trouble. OF the
original entries to the $15C0 stake, of
which amount the winner was entitled 10
$1100, but five faced the starter. Mount
McGregor II, with top weight-l15
pounds-up, was chalked up an even
money choice at the opening OF the bet
ting. Before the starters We're called II
to D was laid against him. Undoubtedly
the heaviest and steadiest play was on Sir
Pay, ridden by Sam Doggett and carry
ing los pounds. From tours Green Nor
rls' horse was backed down to 81 to /.
and he displayed about as much speed as
a broken-down carhorse.
Mount McGregor II showed in front to
the head OF the stretch when st. Lee, well
backed by his stable at and to l. gradu-
ally over auled him and won handily bv
a couple OF lengths in :43, very clever
performance. The fayorlte finished Sec
oad. nearly ten lengths ahead of Ruinart.
ridden by Sloan. The latter horse had
been aiIing, end was in no condition for a
nard race. The winner was excelIently
ridden by "Skeets" Martin.
J. Nagee Burks' Coda, which opened a
7 TO choice for the opening six-furIong
run, receded to to s. and then won easily
from Blue Bell the last fifty yards. The
latter mare was heavily backed to win at
odds of TO l. Don Cara, with Coady up,
was fair third. Coaoy rides some very
peculiar races these days.
Ei Purser who runs his horses under
the name OF the Cambridge stable, books
under the nom de plume OF. Wallace & Co
and has his racers trained by William
hurry, started Draught in the five and a
half furlong dash for two-year-olds. Open-
ing at to the youngster receded TO threes,
and he didn't show. In drive D. J.
Tobin, to l chance, beat Sweet William
a head after the latter had struck the
stretch four lengths in the lead.
In the event following, seven and a
half furlong jaunt, T. Sloan mad the leg
up on Major Cook, the I 10 choice, ana
II. Martin had the pleas ure of beating the
celebrated pride of New York neck with
Little Cripple, against which to l was
laid.
The Major and Palmerston raced their
heads off, and Martin, using rare good