The San Francisco call., 1896-07-01
Outpaced a Large Field of Green
Ones and Took a Low
Mark.
DRIVER ALBERTsoN IN TROUBLE
After Losing One Heat the Three
Year-0ld Event Proved Easy
Game for Claudius.

The attendance at Ingleside track yes
terday to witness the second days trotting
and pacing events decided under the
auspices ot the Pacific Coast Trotting-
horse Breeders Association was fair, and
the character of the sport furnished war
ranted a much larger crowd. The card
was not lengthy one, a 2:4O pace and
stake for three-year-olds making up the
programme; but so stubbornly contested
was the pacing event that night was draw
ing nigh as the crowd left the course.
Ladies' day on Saturday proved Sc popu-
lar that the association decided yesterday
to allow the fair sex to pass through the
turnstile without charge during the bal
ance of the week
The strong breeze from the ocean again
proved q great detriment to fast time.
While the horses went down the back
stretch as though speeding down a tobog-
gan slide. they tired perceptibIy as they
made the tack into the homestretch and
had the wind against them.
| The bell tapped the ten starters in the
2:40 pace out first and in Strathmont, who
| finally proved the victor, about as good
| green horse as has been seen around in
! this section for some time, was uncovered.
A horse with no record that can step a
| heat In 2:1612 on a track considered at least
| four seconds slow to the mile would GER
| talnly do to go bushwhacking with. The
| Fresno County horses party made a sad
! mess OF the whole affair, however, and as
a consequence Driver j. r. Albertson finds
himself ruled off the turf for period of
| two years.
| So strongly touted was Strathmont that
| II the opening pools sold he brought $40
| against S6 for Kate Fl and So for the field.
| a disastrous break at the first turn ruined
/ chanPn nd ha
| finished up eighth. Meridian, agains1
which the books laid Is to l. logged in
very comfortably in 2:20, with Adele sec
| ond and Floraline third. The closing
| pools on the second heat were: Meridian
! $40, Strathmont $40 and the field So.
Again the Fresno horse finished eighth,
Meridian placing another heat to his
credit in 2:233z, with Kate II, who came
| like streak, second, neck away. Pools
now sold: Meridian $40, the field 81. The
! judges apparently did not fancy Albert
sons efforts in the sulky behind Strath-
mont, and when the horses came out to
score he was removed and Jim Dustin SUBJ
! stituted.
The change worked wonders. Dustin
gained the pole at the first turn with his
horse and he kicked dust in the faces of
the field the balance of the journey, pass
| ing the stand two lengths in advance of
Kate II in 2:16%. Meridian, outpaced
from the Jump. finished fifth. There was
now another shit in the betting, Strath-
mont bringing $40. with the field going at
| IS. The iavorite went in the air turning
| into the back stretch and lost several
lengths. When finally settled down to
work he MADE up a deal of lost ground,
| but could not catch Kate II, who won the
heat by five lengths in 2:25. There was no
! pronounced change in the betting, and the
fifth heat found Strathmont himself again.
/ Securing the pole at the first turn. he
paced the mile without skip. finishing
| five lengths before the game Kate II in
2:24. All now went to the stable but
Strathmont, Kate H and Meridian. having
! failed to take heat OF the five decided.
There was no betting and Stra thmont,
never pressed, took the heat and ran as he
pleased, leading Kate II out two lengths
! in 9 2:233I.
/ The trotting stake for three-year-olds
was something in the nature of gift
for Claudius after the Palo Afro stock
farm entry, Hunyadi, had taken the first
heat. In the auction betting Claudius
went for $40, with Hunyadi bringing S8
and the field So. Don Roberto and the
! first choice both broke at the first turn in
the opening heat, and Hunyadi, who ap-
| peared to be very leve7-headed sort of
| youngster, placed the heat to his credit in
| 2:26L. Claudius, who was second, hn-
ished so strong that after the heat he was
| hotter choice than ever. The following
! three heats went to him without effort in
2:2S. 2:2s24 and 2:29. Second money went
to Huny adj, who finished second in the
deciding heat
INeLEsIDE TRACK, June SO.-Purse $1,000; 2:4O
class pacing:
| Strathmont, h. e., by Strathway-by
| Altamont (Albertson and Dustin). ...S 8 p
| Meridian br s. by Semcolon-by Sid
| Kate II, br. M, by Albino Lill (Lafferty)6 2
| Adele, b. M. by Dexter Prince-by An
teros (Sanders) 4 5dr
| Cora s b. M, by Alexander Button-by
| Brigadier (Hogoboom) ..-..............5 Sdr
| Flcraiine, bl. m. by Memo-by Manu-
Wilkes (Rogers). ........-.3 8 8 CDR
Jim Budd b. a., by Dexter Prince-by
I-lector (McDonaidl. l....................4S dis
| Madcap, b. M by Seinway-by Robt.
McGregor (Cheboya} -. ..........-...77 dis
| May Nutford. S. f., by n Nutford-by
| shamrock (Hodges) s).........-.-.---....dis
! Ben L, b. g., by Bob Mason Mack. -. dis
ime, 2:20-2:23s4-2:161a 61a-2:25-2:24-2:23s
Trottng stake for three-vear olds: value $500.
| Claudius, b. g, by Nutwood Wilkes-by
Menlo (Bunch).. Observation-Disclosures.
! Hunyadi, b. g., by Hugo = by Piedmont
DUSTIN ..,..... .....-. l 3 2
Derby Lass. blk +, by Charles Derby--by
| Copperbot:om (Cheboya) .................. dis.
Fanadma, br. f., b. Eros-by Elmo Crank
NM Time, 2:2el4-a:2s. 2s.3:2sN-2:as. us