The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-02
RACING BEGINS
At SACRAMENTO
Palita, the Daughter of Palo
Alto, Loses the Occi-
dent Stake.
BEATEN BY SWEET ROSE
The Fleet FiIly Found to Be
Suffering From Heart
Rupture.
BILLY G TAKES THE PACE
The 2:4o Trotting Purse Easily An
nexed by Twilight in Straight
Heats.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Sept. 1.-The
opening day of the State Fair racing meet
was attended by very light crowd, and
about all the five bookmakers in the bet
ting ring did was whittle and tell funny
stories to one another. However, opening
days at the fairs never were noticeable for
attracting big crowds, and everybody. pre-
diets success as the meeting ages. The
track management is perfect, and Super
intendent Joe Terry is entitled to great
credit for the splendid condition of the
park.
TR she Judges stand &ere 3. W. Wilson,
g. q. de long ENG ~. r.. &asshews, with
s. B. Stemler, Harry Agnev and F. p.
Lowell holding the CLOCKS" in the timers
stand. W. P. McNair started the trotters
and PAGERS, and his splendid woek with
the harness brigade was one og she feac
sures of the days sport.
Gassasa's big band of musicians, Who
Gre great favorites in the Capitol City an.
GigeneG the racing by popular selections
@Nd fuliY maintained IFS nigh reputation.
The racing vent off @ithoua &itcS OF
Geeak. The win&ine Ao4ses Weres Sweet
Rose in the Occi dent stake for three-year-
Odds: with gross value of $685.; Billy G
i
the laurels in the 2:4o trot.
The defeat of Pa lita, crack daughter of
the dead warrior PaIo Alto, was the sensa-
ton OF the day. The flly, which was en-
tered by the Palo Alto stock farm, gained
a record OF 2:16 as two-year-old, and the
big breeding establishments superintend-
ent, Frank Convey, confidently expected
to trot down near 2:10 to-day, which opin-
ion was shared by Drivers Dustin and
Phippen. A prohibitive favorite in the
pools. selling for $50 with the other two
starters, Don Roberto and Sweet Rose,
bringing but 81, she took the first two
heats from Don Roberto in 2:25L-2: 261<.
She captured the second heat with lit
tie to spare and the following heat
could do no better than finish third
In each of these heats the ribbons
had been held by 10 Phippen, but in
the fourth heat James Dustin sat in the
bike, her apparent distressed condition
being i8explicable to Manager Convey In
the fourth heat she again finished third in
slow time, and in the succeeding heat was
eased up over furlong from the wire and
logged in. The FLY was then allowed to
be drawn by the judges, and upon exami-
nation by two veterinary surgeons the
daughter OF Palo Alto was pronounced to
be suffering from rupture of the envelope
of the heart, and it was simply miracu-
lous that she did not fall dead on the
track.
1t is an i'll wind, though, that blows no.
body good. The last three heats were
taken off the reel in 2:30, 2:2834 and 2:341%
by Sweet Rose, owned and driven by the
veteran driver, tom" Smith. Smith is
not overburdeDed with this worlds goods,
and the victory OF his filly was a very pop
ular one, the gray-haired horseman being
the recipient of quite an ovation. Walter
Maben made bold bid for the rich stake
with Don Roberto, but the Sidney colts
recent illness prevented him from making
q very strong argument.
Driver Tommy Heating continued his
a!l-conquer1ng career with Billy G in the
2:25 pace. A field of seven "side-wind-
ers" lined up, with the Heating & Win
ship representative bringing $40, Nellie B
50 and the field 50. In the first heat Keat-
ing took the pole from Palatine with the
favorite after passing the half, and, never
pressed, won the heat with ease in 2:16.
Dictatus was second and Beachwood third
The first choice experienced no di fficultY
In taking the next two heats and race in
2:16H and 2:20. Nellie B was not on her
best behavior, breaking quite often, to her
hackers disgust.
The win of Twilight in the 40 trot was
another popular one. There were eight
starters, with the field selling favorite at
$40, Twilight going for IS and the field "a
Dennis Cannon held the relns over his
mare and placed the race to his credit in
straight heats the time for each heat be-
ing 2:2O13. In the first heat Colby was
the contending horse and in the following
two the sturdy little Peter Jackson gave
the winner hard rub.
The oceident trottlng races for foals 1893; heats
three in five; value 1895
Sweet Rose. ch: f., by Mambrino Chief
Don Roberto Blk c, by Sidney tMaben,2 81
Palita, CHI f., by Palo Alto (Phppen and
Time, 2:26is 2:261l = a:2s. $50 49, > or r
2:341a.