The San Francisco call., 1897-01-02
LUCKY DOC TOOK
THE SHREVE CUP
2
Fully $4,000 People Saw
Him Spread Eagle His
Field.
ST. Lee Finished in Second Place
and the Favorite Aquinas
Third.
A.Gala Day at 1agIeside Track-Five
Winning Favorites GIaddened the
Hearts Of the Big Crowd.

The largest 'concourse of people gath
cred together on racecourse in this sec
tion of. the country in years saw the
ShFeve & Co. cup run for at Ingleside yes.
terday. 1t was estimated. that. 1900
lovers of the horse passed through the
~turnstiles. A.more charming day tor rae
ing purposes would be hard to imagine,
and the grand stand was crowded with
beautiful women resplendent in their lat
est holiday finery. Society was well rep
resented on the balconies of the club
house and four-in-hand coaches with their
gorgeous liYeried attendants drawn up IN
the in1eld added to the gayety of the oc-
casion. Itwas merry holiday crowd out
for day of outing and pleasure, and in
cidenially to land on winneror two. :.
So dense. was the: crowd in the big bet
ting ring that it looked like monster
political ratification. Every horse that
started in the. different events received
more or less backing. 1t didn't matter
whether he was z to or 20C0 to l, and to
reach the saddIing paddock required as
skiliful navigating as. it does to nescend
the Colorado River IN bark cauoe.'
Every favorite,. With the exception Of
Aqninas, finished in front of their fields,
and the regulars left for home fully satfs-
fed that a change for the better had taken
place in .their'luck. -.
The ShreEe & Co. cup. a handicap at
. mile worth 500 to the winning horse and
the beautiful silver cup valued. at $3.50,
donated by the big iewelry establishment
of Shreve~ & Co., was the feature Of the
afternoons. sport. There were nine
starters and one finished. This one was
Lucky Dog, the giant son OF imp. Darebin,
who simply sPread-eagled his field and
won pulling up. The handicapper who
allotted the weights should be given one
more chance and then be presented with a
ploW:and a brand-new set of copper.riveted.
blue. overalls. In. the betting Aquinas
With ,1O2 pounds up was backed down from
twos to 8 to. 8 favoritism. Lucky Dog in
at 102 and his stable mate St. Lee with ITO
in the saddle were next in demand at
threes, though at: one stage of the game
- 4 to 1 was obtained. Scattering support
was accorded Mount McGregor II. carry
ing top weight, Ruirart, L0bengula and
the others at varying. odds.
Without much delay the field was dis
patched to.a good start. McGregor was
bumped as the barrier few up, losing a
length or two. H. Martin went out with
Lucky Dog, and opening up gap of be-
tween eight and ten lengths fairly romped
home SIX lengths. before his stable COM
panion, which colt in drive downed
Aquinas half length for the place. The
winner stepped off the first half mile in
-4S1I seconds, and this over slow track.
The first favorite to start the ball in mo-
tion was Lbertine. Gaien Browns big
sprinter started an eleven TO ten choice
for the opening six furlong run and won
easily from Yankee Doodle. Lady Di-
mond. the second choice. was fair third.
Then Perseus went to the post at evens
for the. mile dash that followed, and TAX
ing the lead from Earl Cochran swinging
into the stretch, nosed out Peter the Sec