The San Francisco call., 1896-01-12
The Big Chestnut Romped Away
With the Baldwin Hotel
Stakes.
LIBERTINE WAS SECON,
Favorites Took Most Of the Events on
the Card at IngleSide Yes
terday.

All OF 5000 people attended the races at
Ingleside yesterday, and cheered Justify as
Crescendo, the spanking chestnut SON of
Flam beau. spreadeagled his field for the
rich Baldwin stakes, worth $500 to the
winner. The event, on which all interest
was centered, was third on the card, and
excitement was at fever heat as the race
was called. In the ring a scene of pande-
monium Teigned as the different we'll
known plungers piloted their way from
stand to stand, followed by an eager
crowd, anxious to see what horse each
was backing.
In the opening betting, Notwithstanding
the conditions of the stake, which allowed
Crescendo in at such sweet weight-99
pounds-the men on the block offered 6
TO against him, coupled with his speedy
half-brother Bellicoso. This tempting
price failed to draw out the coin, and to
was soon chalked against the pair, of
which odds the smaller bettors took ad-
vantage, 1t soon being apparent the big
coin was going in on some of the others.
Llbertine, carrying top weight, and imp.
Santa Bella both opened at tours, a steady
play soon cutting the odds against the
latter down TO 16 to 5. The FLY was par
ticularly heavily backed for the place.
Late IN the betting the odds against the
mile-record holder were forced down to
80 to l. Imp. Star Ruby and InStallator
both went back in the betting. The
Spreckels duo, Pat Murphy and Gallant,
were nibbled at by lovers of long shots,
the stable drifting back to 90 and 20 to in
the betting.
As the bugle sounded announcing the
time for the test, proud-stepping Libertine
headed the procession to the starting
point. After a slight delay Caldwell
haI tgv,r- - ~
struggling start. The order away from
the post was: BeIlicoso, imp. Santa Bella,
imp. Star Ruby, Pat Murphy, Crescendo
and Libertine.
The latter swas unfortunate in being
bumped by Crescendo soon after the flag
fell losing considerable ground. Bellicoso
set not CLIP, there being but slight
change in the positions away from the
post until nearing the bend for home. At
this point the half-brother TO Crescendo
was leading Santa Bella but a neck, with
Flambeaus big son third, and making
rapid strides TO the front. Once squared
away fCr the wire, CresCeDdO assumed the
lead and, eased up the last sixteenth of the
distance, rOmped past the stand in l :15L
the track record for the distance. Two
lengths away, in desperate drive, Liber-
tine took the place from imp. Star Ruby
by a nose. Earl Cochran on the winner
received a hearty ovation u1on returning
again given the leg up on the mount, and
took from the wire the silken bag contain
ing the prize.
The crowd met with great success
throughout the day in picking the win
ners. Four well-backed first choices fin
lshed in front, while the winners of the
other two events were heavily played.
The finish to the mile dash, when Fer
rier, Pepper and Ed hearney passed the
wire noses apart, was the greatest seen
IN many moons. George Miller put up one
OF his ol4-time rides on Ferrier and gained
the verdict.
Barney Schreiber's Yemen was an IL 20
8 choice for the opening dash at five fur
longs with eleven starters, but failed to
show. ShielGbearer, at odds of and to
l, won handily from Empress OF Norfolk,
with Repeater finishing in the show.
The speedy Yankee Doodle was an even
money chance for the following race over
six furlongs, and after Perhaps and Ferris
Hartman had showed the way unul a
furlong from the wire, he came through
between the pair and won easily by
short length, with Perhaps in the place
The mile and three-sixteenths handicap
hurdle event resulted in a very clever win
for the 3 TO l favorite, Burmah. Mara took
the lead with him after taking the first
jump, and never extended, won by two