The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
Race-GOers at Oakland
INDUCED in Careful
Wagering.
Three Choices and Three More
Lengthy Priced Horses
Won Purses.
Personne Reversed Things by Win
ninq in a Common Canter From
Rey del TERRA.

The racing programme at Oakland
yesterday wore a careworn look and
no extensive plunging was INDUCED
in by the spectators. Three faYOrites
made the tour in safety, but three
others entrusted with the greater bulk
of the coin bet finished leagues behind
the coin.
The track was fast, as usual, but
the class of horses starting allowed of
no record breaking.
Many who picked Miss Alice to win
the opening six furlong sprint for
maiden two year olds were scared off
by seeing the filly recede in the bet
ting from to to to 2. A plunge
on Flanders cut his odds to the same
notch and Brambella also closed at
21a. Jones on Miss Alice soor showed
first, and though she had no speed to
loan at the end the filly beat Gardiner
Ga 10 to l ShOO out by two lengths.
Snipsey, another outsider, was third.
Midas opened favorite for the seven
furlong selling event next decided, but
there was no demand for him
and Alma was backed down 10 to >
favoritism. Thorpe, astride the latter,
got a flying start, but sne tired badly
the last furlong, and in a hard drive
vas led out by OFleta, a to l shot
with Piggott in the saddle Coda,
about the best of the assortment,
sIouchily ridden by Jones, came very
fast at the end. being beaten but
neck by the two leaders.
The second division of the maiden
two year old sprint proved an easy
thing for the 4 to choice, DR.. Marks,
with II. Martin up. Mainbar played
down from skies by the wise set, beat
the barrier, but longed for refresh
ments in the stretch, and the favorite
won extremely handily. BY hard urg-
ing Mike Hennessy landed The Dipper
in third place, head in advance of
Moringa. Glenower, backed for quite
a killing" ran disappOintingly.
Ezell's colt Personne could not beat a
big fat dog last time out, but he was
a brilliantly Illuminated Christmas
tree in the mile race yesterday, for
which Break o. Day was a 9 to 10 fav-
orite. Opening at and Z he was backed
down to to 2. Rey del TERRA, open
ing up at to 2, went back to to L,
and after cutting out the pace to the
stretch, closely attended by the fav-
orite, suddenly grew leg weary, and
Jones slipping along next the rail
horse in a common canter Little
Singer, on which there was quite a
plunge at long odds, was a fair third.
Break O. Day seems to find six fur
longs far enough, for after travelling
that far she quit and brought up in
the rear.
Quite in fashion, the hurdle affair
over one mile and = half, resulted in
a Waterloo for the crowd. Captain
Rees was extensively backed at the
short price of to 5, but was at a loss
for speed during the early stage of the
running and could do no better than
finish third Gold Dust, we'll played
at to l. was kent in front all the way
by Stanford, downing MestOr at the
wire with ease by a couple of lengths.
Governor Budd was prominent to the
last jump, where he had enough, fall
ing back.
Away poorly TO a struggling start
the to 20 favorite, Martha II, had all
she could do to beat out Yule in the
final six furlOng dash. Hermoso cut
out the running to the stretch, where
he was passed by Yule. By dint of
hard riding Thorpe got up the last few
yards with Martha and got the deci-
sion by head. Marplot was second