The San Francisco call., 1897-02-18
THE SHELL MOUND
WENT To CASPAR
Burns and Waterhouse's
Colt Won in a
Canter.
At Odds On, Schiller Only Beat
Morte Fonse in a Hard
Drive.
Favorites Swept the Card, Taking
All Six Events-Hermoso
Promising Young Star.

Outside of the sweeping OF the deck by
the six favorites at Emeryville track yes
terday, the special attraction of the days
racing was the capture OF the Shell
Mound handicap at seven furlongs by
Casper, the Burns & Waterhouse entry.
The colt looked very pleasantly situ-
ated with lis pounds on his back, and
with Scarf Pin scratched on account of
her impost, he was a pronounced 3 10 5
favorite in the betting. Away well, he
led throughout, winning easily from Tor
pedo, a 20 to l shot. The rank outsider,
Roselle, against which as high as 800 to
was laid finished in the show. The Rose
stable, Tea Rose and Hannetta, second
choices in the betting coupled. finished
back in the ruck, evidently through poor
stable orders.
The attendance was about the best of
the week, and some lively wagering was
INDUCED in by the crowd. The track was
muddy, which was evidently to the liking
of the favored ones in the betting, for one
fter another they led their fields first past
t he Judges, and the talent left for home
with "all colors."
In the match race over two miles be-
tween Morte Fonse and Schiller the
crowd came v cry nearly being treated to q
| surprise. Both horses were carrying equal
weights Q06 poundsl and Barney Schrei-
| ber's colt was dished up as the hottest
sort OF a to 10 favorite, with 13 to c
against Morte Fonse. Slaughter on the
favorite cut out the pace for one and aqusr-
ter miles, when Thorpe sent the Fonsc
| horse along, and it took the hardest sort
= - NIL, ~,
q head. The first mile was covered in
1:5 5 u, the whole distance in 3:442<
Slaughter furnished fumbling exhibi-
tion astride the winner.
Hermoso, a handsome looking chestnut
| colt by Sir Modred from Fidelity, was
backed to q standstill by Dave Gideon and
all the wise ones, going to the post TO l
favorite over the other ten two-year-olds
| in the opening three and q half furlong
| scram bic. The youngster beat the barrier,
| and leading the bunch into the stretch by
ten or fifteen lengths won easing up from
Roxey Murphy IN 45 seconds. Rosa,
owned by Tom Kiley, was close third.
A fair field went to the post in the next
event, a SIX furlong purse affair, of which
Arrezzo and The Sinner looked 10 have the
most class. The stable money went in on
Arrezzo, sending him to the post a slight
favorite over Mr.. HInn's gelding. Most
of the others went back in the betting.
After some delay at the post. caused by
the unruly actions Of the favorite, the
field was sent away well punched. The
sinner led to the stretch, where he began
stopping badly and was headed by Arrezzo
and Lost Girl, the former winning handily
by three parts of length in 1:19Z. In a
hard drive Nine Ninety Nine secured the
show.
A mile selling dash that was fourth on
the card went TO the to choice, Moylan,
ridden by Tod Sloan. Two Cheers and
Walter led the bunch until passing the
far turn, when the favorite forged to the
front, and at the wire won handily by
over length in 1:47N. The hot tip
Thornhill was second, III front of Two
Cheers.
Ed Corrigan's jumper, Reddington,
proved the best of the iumpers in the hur-
ole handicap at one mile and three eight
He was a consistent TO 5 favorite In the
betting and downed Hello without notice
able effort, doing The distance in 2:42
ZaragoZa was distant third, with the
others strung out in professional order.