The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07
ROWENA WON
CROKER STAKE
Hard Pressed at the End
She Beat Aluminium
a Length.
The Handicap Gathered In Very
Handily by Corrigan's
Can't Dance.
Good Times Adds Another to His List
of Wins-David Took His Race
Pulled Up to Walk.

With gale blowing from the SOU west
that would cut an aged imburger cheese in
sections of four, and raindrops pattering
on the roofs and window panes as large as
Sandow's dumbbells, it would seem that
nothing short of the Iron Cross, ticket
for free lunch in racetrack restaurant,
where doughnut or "ham and over" is
as expensive as United States senator
ship, a Seeley dinner or a picture of
Grover Cleveland frozen in a cake of ice,
would tempt people to attend the races
yesterday. Still, under all of these IN
pleasant climatic conditions yesterday,
the popularity of Ingleside was again at
tested by very liberal gathering of rae
ing enthusiasts. on the occasion of the
closing day of the semi-monthly meeting.
The cal1ber of the sport was excellent,
even if the special mile dash, with Mag
net, David, Damien and Libertine, did
lot take place, owing to the condition of
the track. Favorites proved successful on
i've different occasions, and a second
choice and an outsider, Palmerston,
backed down from 15 to g. captured the
other two events decided.
The special feature of the card was the
Crocker selling stake for 2-year-olds at
four furlongs, worth about $500 to the
winner. Eight embryo racers tried for
the prize with the Burns and Waterhouse
pair, Miss Rowena and Duckling, ruling
overwhelming favorites in the betting at
odds of 13 to 20. OF the other starters
Estro Aluminium and Queen Nab COM
manded the most respect from the talent.
Without much delay Rayey sent them
away to one of his prettiest starts. Eddie
Jones on Miss Rowena was quickest TO get
under way and showed first before the
Vrac roopbo6 Tba ohaatpnt a nuh htor
of Imp Midlothian found the distance q
trif1e lengthy before the wire was reached.
but hung on gamely, defeating Aluml-
mum scant length in 511l seconds. The
latter a shapely but rather underszed
son OF imp. Idalium and Glitter, made q
gallant effort to oYertake the leader and
had the distance been further her game
ness might have proven successfully. Estro
was a close third.
The opening event was a siX-furlong
spin with weights raised ten pounds above
the scale. Good Times with 119 uD, was
a 7 to 10 favorite, and catching. George
Miller at the paddock, he beat the Texas
Rindoo" a head in 1:184 Roy Carruthers,
at odds of 100 to l, finished third.
The Corrigan entry Soniro was chalked
UP favorite in the betting on the mile SELL
ing run that followed. but failed to land
the coin. Encino showed first as the
bunch swung into the stretch, but soon
DEVELOPED his usual quitting tendency.
Two Cheers the second choice, wended
his way around the bunch and finished
first by two lengths with considerable to
spare. The favorite took the place in
hard drive from Encino.
There were but four starters in the mile
handicap, Can't Dance SO, Palom acita SO.
Lincoln II 90 and Grey hurst with "a pounds
up. The weights looked to favor Can't
Dance, and he was backed down from to
to evens. Gieyhurst, which opened at
even money, receded to 20 5. Tod Sloan
took the favorite out in front and, never
extended, the Longfellow colt won gallop-
ing from Lincoln. Greyh apparently
a trihe stale, was an Indifferent third.
Ed Corrigan's good jumper, Reddington,
found easy game in the mile-and-a-qRarter