Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-29
LONG SHOT TOOK THE DIG MONEY.
wheel OF Fortune Mt Twenty to One
AAins 1hn Rich nurns nnndicnn

wheel OF Fortune at Twenty to One
wins the Rich burns Handicap.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2S.-There was
n regular derby crowd in attendance today
at Bay District track to witness the great
event of the interwinter season, the Burns
handicap, with it's $500 added money, the
weather being perfect, 1t was a foregonc
conclusion that the stake would be won by
q California horse, for outside of Pat
Dunne's colt Pepper, the east was practl-
cally without a suitable representative. AL
though these predictions were verified, the
race. resulted In an overthrow. the winner
turning up in a 20 to 1 shot. Burns & Water
houses Lovedal, with Griffin UP, opened up
favorlte at I to s, with Crescendo, Tod S,oan
tremendous plunge on the latter horse,
Lovedal receded in the betting, Crescendo
being the virtual favorite at post time. The
Australian machine sent the field away in
perfect alignment. The starters were Pep
per. Lovedal, Service, Thornehill, Wheel of
FORTUNE, Imp. Miss Brummel, Crescsndo,
Silver State, Vinctor and Installation. Serv-
ice and Imp. Miss Brummel alternated in
the lead for the first part of the %jorney, with
and running easily: This order was main
tanned with but slight change until the
closely followed by Lovedal; A furlong
from home Lovedal took to the whip and
cries of "'Crescendo wins, rose above the
ing each other Wheel of Fortune, with Shaw
up, came from nowhere with a wonderful
lied, this horse flashed by the wire, winning
by a short head from Lovedal, who Just
beat Crescendo for the place by a head.
heavy ondltion of the track. The winner
is a 4-year-old by Ganno.Jennie B., and is
owned by Joe Harvey, He has won some
good races here, being considered one of
the best .ong distance horses on the coast.
He was well played at Is and 20 to l. Shaw
was presented with $1,000 by Joe Harvey
for his admirable riding. Summaries:
First race, six furlongs, selling; Mirambo,
1Oi CShaw), I to 5, won; Neva, "a (Garner),
: 20 to : s tib TsGona rim little IS, TOng Mon ITO SA% 1ss Z 70
Tuberose, Wild Rose, Resale, Harry Lewis,
Esperance. Cochita and Moran also ran;
d. Grimm, 2 to s, won; Lumina. i63 ((Pig-
gotD, 5 to l, second; Rey del TERRA, liz
Cochran, 10 to l. third. Time: o49%. St.
Third race, six f~urlongs. selling: Palo-
macita, "a QB. Jones), A to /, won; Seraphin,
1o5 Shaw, 9 to 8, second; Rapido, 1872 tsni-
Daylight, Arno, Articus, Hanford. Raphael
Nellie G. Virgie A and Rome Harris also
stakes. handicap, value 1880: Wheel of
Fortune, 100 SHAW, y to l, won: Lovedal,
1 1Gs q. sioan5' 8 to to s! s. tb bfsHnd I, Grssf s:osH,
Installation; Service, Silver State, Imp. Miss
Brummel, Pepper, Vinctor and Thornehill
Fifth race, about one mile and an eighth.
steep:echase. handicap: Sir Reel, 1888
{sSpence), s to 2. won; Three Forks, lSS
{ GssiifffpS'' 6 > to TO T. T. t 5siG9nd' Time I'M L. s M9Rs0n Hello lIo
and Swlftsure also ran.
= Sixth race, six furlongs, selling: Kamsin,
% ec9chrranS. 7 to s, won; Sir Play iS q.
ner), is to l, third. Time: LIS. Realization
also ran.
(shields). s to s, won. scimitar, 10I Goch-
ram. % to l, s%econd: Imp. Santa Bella. IS
(Garner),. / to 2, third. Time: 1:42k. Good