The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29
Landed Wheel of Fortune a
Clever Winner for the
Burns Stake.
LOVDAL FINISHED SECOND
The Crack Crescendo Was Hot Favor
ite, but Faltered the Last Furlong.
Favorites Beaten.

The Burns stake, worth $4,000 to the win
| ming horse, was decided at the Bay Dis
trict Track yesterday, and resulted in one
of the prettiest contests of the season. OF
the ten starters the winner turned up in
| Joe Hervey's grand mare Wheel of For
tune, ridden by al Shaw. The event was
| formerly known as the Spreckels stake,
and over year ago was captured by the
black colt Lissak. with the horse owned by
the turfman after whom the stake was
| named finishing in the place. Yesterday
| Lovdal, owned bv the senior partner OF the
firm of Burns e. Waterhouse. also finished
in second place.
The opening betting favored Lovdal, who
opened to 5 favorite, but closed at twos.
The big plunge was made on Crescendo,
who was backed down from 212 to to 6 to
5. All of the other starters went back in
the betting, Wheel of Fortune being quoted
at Is as the horses were called. AT the
post the lower strand of webbing was twice
broken by over-anXicuS starters before the
field was sent away to fine start. Pass
ing the stand Service was first. followed in
close order by Silver State and Crescendo.
The pace set was a slow one, the old
horse still maintaining first position as the
stretch for home was reached, with Cres-
cendo and Lovdal at his side, fighting for
the lead. Naglee Burke's big chestnut
soon took command and looked to have
the race at his mercy furlong from the
wire, but he faltered percephbly nearing
the paddock, and Lovdal forged to the
front. All of this time Shaw on Wheel of
Fortune had been persevering, and the
mare, finishing with her accustomed
gameness, took the big prize by
long neck. The favorite was third
oIo NIa+
2:0914, was good, considering the condition
of the track, which was not Of the light
ming order.
The big event attracted far smaller
| crowd than on the occasion of its former
decision. 1t was large, though, compared
to the everyday attendance, and the fifteen
bookmakers did lively business.
The various events were all well con-
tested, the recent exposures of fraud evi-
IDENTIFY having as enervating effect on the
Jockeys At that it was a poor day for
first choices, but two of them getting to
the wire in front.
The opening race, cheap six-furlong
affair, was gathered IN very handily by
the to choice Mirambo, with Shaw up.
Veva, the second choice, was a close
second.
The four-iurlong scramble ended inI a
head finish between Caspar, Lumina and
Rev del TERRA, the former ruling a hot 8
to 20 favorite gaining the verdict
This was followed by another six-furlong
run for the selling-plater division. Palo-
macita, with Jones up, and 5 to 1 shot
in the betting, led the 8 to 5 favorite, Sera-
phin, from the start, winning easily by
three lengths.
The mile and furlong steeplechase
resulted disastrously for the talent. Three
Forks was heavily played, going to the
post to 5. After leading to the last jump,
Spence on Sir Reel brought the old sulker
up and, outfooting the first choice, home
won by neck. w. L. Munson was dis
tant third.
Sixth on the card was six-furlong spin,
with Ricardo, Sir Play, Kamsin and
Realization facing the issue. Sir Play was
pronounced to 10 choice, but after lead
ing to the stretch was easily beaten in the
run to the wire by Kamsin. The winner
opened at even money, receding to to s..