The San Francisco call., 1896-05-24
Candor Was a Warm Tip and
Beat the Favorite Flash.
light Out.
A ROUGH DAY FOR FAVORITEs
The Win of Peru Startling Reversal
of Form-Hymn Downed His Field
Like Breaking Sticks.

Razors were temporarily laid away on
the shelf, and the Darktown Derby run
at the Bay District Track yesterday. Nine
husky colored gem men whose average
weights ranged from 145 to Isl pounds,
mounted en- good and bad nags, gave an
exhibition. Some few OF the riders in the
years gone by were shining lights of the
saddle, but were compelled by increasing
avo1rdupois to follow other vocations, such
as 'rubbers," cooks" and "crap-shoot-
ers." The distance was mile and a six
teenth over the inside course. Flashlight,
with L. Jackson up, opened warm 6-to-5
favorlte In the betting, but the colored
aristocracy considered that he was just a
trifie too warm, and the order was given to
unload On c. Browns mount, Candor. who
was straightaway backed down from to 2.
Monroe Johnson said he would upset the
good thing" with Huntsman, ana a.
though Monroe rode good race, he had 20
be content with third place.
When sent away, Brown on Candor sent
his mount out in front and tried TO lose
his field. At one time eight lengths in the
lead, the black mare finally won by neck
from Flashlight, who might have won had
the reins been rubber instead of leather.
There were one or two slight casualties at
tendant on the affair. In q false breaka-
way, Cabin Jack" Wilkins, who had the
mount on Malo Diablo, was thrown, but
alighting on his head suffered no injury.
After pulling up, Mr.. Spencer discovered
that the legs of his riding pants had
agreed 10 separate, and was Obliged to lin
ger in the weighing-room under the
judges stand until his valet brought him
flour barrel.
The attendance was good and the
slaughter of the favorites awful and COM
plete. Hymn was the solitary winning
one, and he was of the unpronounced
order. Cadenza, imp. Fullerton Lass,
Peru and Veragua all won at lengthy
prices. fairly well backed. This is espe-
cially true in the case of Peru, who was
pounded down from 10 to to l.
The acrobatic performances of this latter
horse are truly remarkable, and his owner
is fortunate in racing on track that will
tolerate almost anything. On Monday
last the Gano colt started In a seYen-furlong
run, finishing fourth, behind Red Glen.
Ruinart and Walter j being beaten seven
lengths. On that occasion he receded in
the betting. Yesterday, backed down from
long odds, he made such a good horse in
heavy going as All Over look like a dog.
beating him out at the wire as he pleased
Walter j was in the race, and, after leading
TO the stretch, finished third behind All
Over, VINO was a 10 3 favorite
Cadenza proved the good thing in the
opening six-furlong run, backed down
from 10 to l. Johnson had him IN front
the entire way and ridden out he beat the
3 to l choice Arno length at the wire in
lis. Jerome was good third
The second race over mile, decided un-
der selling conditions, saw another favorite
bowled over. Scimetar opened an s to 5
choice, but receded 10 IL to 5, while Little
Cripple was hammered down from threes
10 to 8. Hermanita went back in the bet.
ting point or two. Scimetar, Hermanita
and Little Cripple went out in the lead and
down the back stretch and around the back
turn the trio raced with little advantage
on either side. AS the stretch was reached
Cripple was showing the way by half a
length, with Hermanita, Scimetar and
Fullerton Lass following in the order
med, the latter looming up dangerous
ACTOR The favorite soon had the bunc h
beaten, with the exception of Fullerton
Lass. In a drive the last furlong Snlder
got the outsider past the wire winner by a
neck in :46H. Sclnetar was q fair third.
1t looks very much as though Abb p
never would win another race. She was
backed down from threes to to 5 in the
betting on the fourth event, a six-furlong
spin with a field of eleven starting. but
could finish no better than third under