The San Francisco call., 1897-09-28
HARNESS SPORT
AT BERKELEY
Lynhood. Iora and Flora
cita Winners the
Opening Day.
Pacific Coast Trotting-Horse
Breeders Meeting Sue
cessfully Launched
Baokers of Prince Ansel Disappointed
to See Their Favorite Distanoed.
Ladies Day" Wednesday.

The first days racing of the Pacific
Coast Troiting-horse Breeders Associa-
tion's fall meet, which openei at the Cali
fornia Jockey Clubs Berkeley track yes
terday, while not extensively patroniZed
by the general public, saw early all the
harness horse enthusiasts OF San Fran
cisco and vicinity in attendance. There
was nothing particularly attractive about
the card, bat the betting was good, and
the management are we'll satisfied with
the outlook for The week sport.
Wednesday, the day on which the 2:13
trot and the 2:13 pace, the star events of
the entire programme, are down for de-
cision. will be ''ladies' day" and on the
occasion the gate will be free to the fair
sex. The as ociation Is striving assidu-
ousy TO furnish high class racing ana is
deserving of all success.
If form can be followed with any degree
Of certainty among harness horses, those
who played the winners yesterday on their
recent past performance gathered in the
coin-with one exception possibly. Lyn-
h ood captured the PLlo Alto stake for two
year-old trotters. lora, plainly looking
the best of the four starters, got the big
end of the purse for 2:27 class trotters,
and Floracita, which has been chasing out
the black hurricane, Joe Wheeler, won
the 2:30 pace. In the last TWO events the
heats were chopped up somewhat, but
Lynhood shuff1ed off two heats like saw
ing wood
The judging was done by W. H. Cohen
of Alameda and J. c.. Kirkpatrick Of San
Francisco The distance flag was handled
by Z. P. Heald, president OF the associa-
ton. Frank Covey occupied his usual
81 md md ro1 in
rare form, sending the fields away with
very littlo scoring.
The two-year old contestants for the
Palo Alto stake we're The frs. to score up
for the word. There were five starters and
before the first heat Lynhood. Valentine
and Corinne Diliman, selling in the fed
broug Il $25, Prince Ansel SIS and DR..
Frasse $S The Prince showed unmistak-
able signs OF lameness and it seemed folly
10 start him as he was distanced in the
opening heat, which was taken in Jog
by Lynhood after drawing the pole posi-
ton and leading from the word. DR..
Frasse was second in the heat.
This settled the betting proposition,
and Lynhood took the heat following
without effort in 2:33 Valentine this time
beating DR.. Frnsse for the place, thus
dividing secon and third money with
the equine medicine man.
With Claudius, Pasonte and May B to
beat, the 2:27 trot looket exceeding
bright for the chances of Iora, and in the
opening pools sold the Hum boldt mare
was to 1 choice over her field. She
dropped the first one to Claudius in
rather tight fit at :he wire, but it id not
change the complexion of affairs, for an
average pool before the second heat was
Iora $40, the field So. The mare responded
by taking the second heat with Driver
Noble easing up, Pasonte leading Claudius
out for second position.
With pool-selling at stsndstill, the
favorite broke on the back tretch in the
third heat ana in a hard drive Claudius
scored one more by beating out Pasonte
scant head in 2:l6X.
1t now looked as though there was a
chance the main choice might be amiss,
ard previous to the horses being called
for the fourth heat the field sold even up
against the Humbold mare. 1t proved
deiusion, though, for she took the two
heats succeeding off the reel, Claudius
and Driver Bunch being the contenders
in each.
DR. yer Tommy Keaiing has been seen
behind so many winners that doubtless
| were he to drive three-legged horse in
race the animal would be accorded sup
! port. And so 1t happened in the 2:30
pace When pooling first began Keating' S
entry, Alto Genoa, brought $50, Floracita
$40 and the field, consisting of Betonica
| Blue Bells, Senator and Dave Ryan. $6.
| 1t later shifted about with Foracita first
at $50 and the field going for SIG
Alto Genoa has speed to burn, but a
weak heart, 1t is said. However, Keating
! manaeed to land the first heat with him,
| bus he ceased TO become prominent in Is
! tory thereafter. Selling nearly equal up
! in the pools, with the heat winner and
! the field fetching 81 Floracita took the
next three heats, the fastest being the
record covered III 2;14. In The last two
! paced, Sullivan. holding the reins over the
sluggish Dave Ryan. made bold bid, bu-
| was outiooted the last furlong. In the
! opening heat, wnlle leading her company
at the head of the stretch, Blue Bell.
| broke one of her bopples and was dis
tanceI.
| SUMMARY.
First race, Palo Alto axe, two-year-old trot
| ters: heats 2 in s.
Lynhood b. g., by Lynmont-Knigh;hood (Ho-
goboom) l
/ Nafa nv lilo nd .