The record-union., 1897-09-12
NOT A DAY FOR FAV0RITES.
RESULTS OF YESTERDAYS
RUNNING EVENTS.
A Good Attendance at the Park to
Witness an Excellent
Programme.

| "A large crowd witnessed the nVe rum
ming races at the Park yesterday The
grand stands occupants were chiefly of
the fair sex, and it is safe to say that a
| finer assemblage of womanly beauty
would be difficult to find in a tour of
all the cities in the Union. Strangers
| frequently so express themselves at
Sacramento assemblages, and it must
be so. OF course, there are others, al
ways, to be classed with the has
beens" and the "also rans,'' but these
do not count as against the great ma
| jority.
The racing was good-except for
those who failed to guess the winners,
| and there were plenty of them. But
| the man who runs the spindle game
| down under the reporters stand had
| more fun than all the winners in the
| betting ring, with the bookmakers
thrown in. He must have left the track
firmly convinced that the wave of
| prosperity had struck the Pacific Coast.
| If he did not then he is certainly hard
to convince.
| But as to the races. There was not
an unlucky thirteen on the card yester-
| day, but there came very near being
one. A fieud of twelve handsome two
year-olds faced the gate in the first
! event. Burns & Warehouses; entry,
ElsmOre, was the favorite at s to ), but
the victory fell to Tiny P. g to y, Els
more second and Yule GO to u third.
Alb. StemleJ's speedy Scotch Rose
carried the bulk of the money in the
second race for three-year olds, six
furlongs, but she, too, fell before For
tunate Q5 to y, though she got the
place, February (3115 to u third
The great horse Vinctor frightened
off all intended competitors for the
VinctOr stake, one mile for which the
son of Brutus and MOllie H. gaIloped
over the course.
Phil Siebenthaler's Sea Spray was
the choice of the talent in the seven
furlongs race for three-year- -olds and
upward, at 212 to L, but dropped into
second place. first going to Decision at
to 1. Lady Hurst 6 to y was third
In the mile race for four -year-olds
and upward Grady (215 to u landed the
money, with Masoero 90 to u second,
and Meadow Lark (215 to y third.
In the last race a new aspirant for
turf honors, George X Rider of Sacra-
mento, had the winner in The Gossip.
1t was a six furlongs race for maiden
-year-olds, and The Gossip was
favor1te at even money. A mare with
the awful name of Gibbertifibbit 12
to u got the place. and Minta Owen 6
to y third
Directors Wilson, Chase and Covey
were in the Judges stand. and F. c.
DeLong and H. F. Agnew in the Tim
ers' box. The weather was superb and
ha fac 1on
in view of the fact that it has to be
prepared for trotters and PAGERS one
day and runners the next.
THE RACES.
First on the card was a six furlongs
selling race for two-year-olds, the
starters, their weights and odds being:
Los Prietos 107, 3 to 1; Duke of York
II. 116, TO-; Be Happy So, u; Louise
Hooker 101, 10; Pongo 81, 6; Maqueda
115, u; Magnus 9S, u; Tiny P. 1O7,
3; Yule 9S, 20; FL Moro 100 20; Els
more 107, s to 3; Oneko Maid 101, s to
l.
Tiny P. landed the money, Elsmore
(the prime favorite) second and Yule
third Tiny got away in front and led
all the way, winning by a length in
1:16. Magnus was in second place up
to the three-quarters, but was left in
the stretch by EIsmore, Los Prietos
and Yule. Yule was given third, though
in the stand it looked as if Los Prietos
had it.
For the second race, six furlongs, for
three -year-olds, the starters were Lost
Girl 105 s to 1; Dunboy 102, Is; For
tunate 102, -; February 40, 312
Eta H. 105, 8; Scotch Rose 104, to
;.
Scotch Rose cut out tie running, as
usual and at the half was four lengths
in front of Fortunate, Eta H third.
Rounding the turn February came up
and with Fortunate and Eta ran nose
and nose to the three-quarters and
gradually closing the gap opened up by
Scotch Rose. In the stretch the latter
was overhauled by Fortunate which
beat her out by neck in Liz, Feb
ruary third by a length.
Del Paso II, Salisbury II. and Vino
tor We're on the card to go for the Vino
tor stake, one mile, but only Vinctor
showed up. He galloped over the course
and his owner took the purse.
The starters in the seven furlongs
selling race were Decision 105, to 1;
Two Cheers Jos, 10: Principle 102, 10;
Hazard 112, 311a; Rapido 10S, 10; Zeune
105, 20; Lady Hurst %. 8: Florimel
90. 6, and Sea Spray Jos, 21b.
Decision was first away. with Sea
Spray and Rapido following. These
three led the way in this order up the |
back stretch and around the turn. De- |
cision leading into the stretch by two |
lengths. Sea Spray made hard eff |
fort to beat him out, and though she |
gained rapidly in the last furlong De- |
cision won by a neck in 1:2S1L, Lady |
Hurst third several lengths behind.
Those that faced the gate in the fifth |
race were Arno 105, 10 to 1: Masero |
105. 10; Coda 102, 3: San Marco 107, |
,; Daylight 105. 6: Meadow Lark, 107, |
215 and Grady 100, 212.
Masero was first away, and up to the |
seven-enghths pole it looked like his |
race. Coda was second up to the last |
turn, where Grady pulled up to second |
place. Masero led by three lengths |
into the stretch, but Grady beat him |
out a length in 1:4311A. Meadow Lark
third.
The last race of the day was for /
maiden three-year-olds, six furlongs. |