The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
WINNERS WERE
HARD TO PICK
The Racing Season Ended
Yesterday at Emery
Vile.
Sea Spray, a 40 10 1 Shot, Fur
nished the One Big
Surprise.
Salabar D. feated His Field in Com.
manding Sty'e-Cres cendo Was
Beaten Out By "Skate."

Nothing unusual disturbed the calm,
cool, sweet serenity OF the racing the last
day of the regular racing season at Emery
vile, unless it was the win OF Sea Spray
in the concluding chapter at odds OF 40
to l. The gelding has been beaten nearly
all winter by ''crabs," but he came out
yesterday and saddened the hackers OF
Montaliade by winning in hard drive,
sending the constituents of that horse
home full of emotion, but empty OF
pocket. The ferry boats carried hundreds
of people to the track and the sixteen
bookm akers must have thought cyclone
had paid visitation to the little town
across the water. Two, just two, favorites
won, but if one or two other well-backed
onea had been kept away far from the
odor of the deadly embalming fluid, the
tale might have been different one. Old
timers, though, are familiar with getaway
days, and no complaints were heard.
After long retirement, Crescendo came
out in the opening tive and half furlong
BILE, pitted against field OF cheap
ones. and was the most pronounced sort
of favorite. Pocketed to the turn, he
was far from being the Crescendo of old.
and despite Marty Bergens desperate
4,
outsider Santuzza, with Clawson up.
Tom Kilev's good Salvador colt, Salabar,
proved the best of the seven two-year-
olds which started in the six-furong
scramble. Backed down to to favorit-
ism, he came on from fourth position in
the stretch, and Bergen landed him win
ner over a length In front of Elsmor
with Torsida flushing in the show. Els
more was disqualified for fouling the lat
ter tilly.
Owner Mat Storm put Piggott up on
Horatio, and he proved big improve
ment over some of the other talent that
had piloted the chestnut colt. He was an
8 to l chance around post time in the bet
ting on the twelve starters IN the six-furlong
purse event next decided, and alter racing
with Peixotto to the stretch pulled away
and won cleverly from Fortunate. another
outsider. Flashight, which with Peix-
otto were the favored ones in the betting,
finished in the show.
The mile dash for three-year-old was
very open betting affair, Sly. George
Palmer Nebula and Lost Girl all being
well supported in the order named. Hem
messy on Lost Girl, which receded in the
betting from to to 1, waited on Nebula
and Sly to the stretch, whore he played
tooth ball tactics, and taking the lead, won
very easily from George Palmer. Nebula,
rather weakly ridden by Stevens, was
third, beaten but nose for the place.
George Snider put mp a superb ride on
Judge Denny, the even-money favorte
for the mile and a quarter run, getting
him home half length in advance of
Collins. Walter J, tho muchly touted.
made the running to the stretch, where,
when it came to finish. he quit. Snider
then took command with Denny, and at
the wire led Collins out half a length In
2:08Z.
In the betting on the final seven fur
long selling sprint Midas and Mon;allade
both went to the post at odds OF 10 l. In
a hard drive Macklin on Sea Spray. a 40