The San Francisco call., 1897-08-08
DONATION HAD
A GREAT DAY
The Veteran Reinsman
Drove Two Winners at
Berkeley.
DR.. Leek Captured the 2;40
Trot in Straight
Heats.
Col. Benton Lowered the Colors of
Our Boy-Dave Ryan Proved
Slayer.

The light meeting of the Pacific
Coast Trotting- horse Breeders Associa-
ton meeting was brought to a termina-
tion at Emeryville track yesterday. The
attendance was coed for meeting of his
sort and the racing good. In all four
events were decided and seventeen events
were trotted Or paced.
After somewhat protracted sojourn
with the runners Billy Donation maize his
Temperance in the bike and made the
hlt OF the season. The veteran can easily
give the balance OF the teamsters cards
and spades and bat them to the wire.
He captured til. 2:40 trot with DR.. Leek
through superior driving qualities. took
the 2:l0 pace with Colonel Benton, giving
the kld-glove brigade q chill. and con-
cluded the afternoons proceedings by
hauling down third money in the 2:O
pace with Teddy the Roam, rank and
despised outsider.
Although the card was lengthy one a
little more ginger was infused in things,
and the gathered trotting folk present ar
rived on this side in time 10 see The cur
tain rise on the first act at the theater.
The 2:40 trot attracted field of twelve.
fore the first heat the field sold for $20
Pasonte brought $40, Sable Francis $1U and
the Jaspine $40 DR.. Leek, a son of Sid
ney, took the first and two succeeding
heats, mainly through Donathon,s supe-
rior reinsmanship. Time, 2:20-2:19M-
2:18. Eureka, second in the TWO last h eats
trotted, earned second money.
The 2:l0 pace was considered mat
ural' tor Our Boy and in the opening
nools sold he brought SIS and the field
$40. Mr.. Bunch, the favorite's driver,
showed what a shitty breaker his horse
was in the opening heat, aud Birdrowe, a
tramp won the heat in 2:17%. Our
Boy was still favorite after this, and
took the next two heats. Meanwhile
"Billy" Donation, behind Colonel Benton,
had been studying his horse up, and he
made Our Boy look ike 'yaller dog in
the fourth and fifth heats For The sixth
and deciding heat the Colonel was a
slight fdvorite over Our Bow, and he Sc
cured The heat without effort in 2:1413
am id great cheering.
The last race of the day was the 2:20
pace, eventually won by Dave Ryan after
q somewhat stormy passage. The field
was big one-twelve scoring up for the
word in the opening heat. Dave Ryan
was warm IT'D, and when the field
brought $40 before the first heat, Dawes 8
friends bid So and the Flcraine neopIe 81.
+ w took the first heat in 2:l6A, but 1t
caused no material change in the betting.
Dave Ryan then took the next two heats,
and the gambling was dead. T w came
TO life again III the fourth heat and
downed Dave Ryan easily in 2:l8H.
Now, this sudden eXpiosion mad it's
results. The hackers of Ryan ali wanted
ticket on + W. and for the final heat, he
sold a sli -. ht favorite over Ryan. Jimmy
Sullivan, the silent man from Willows,
driver of Dave Ryan, won the race At
the paddock, f w with lead OF four
lengths, had the heat won easily, when
his driver, Gordon, grew anxious and
became unsteady. L W broke, but again
settled down just in time to be beaten q
short head.
spe cial for 2:3O class, purse $75 heats in 3.
Pilot Mcclellan, by Pilot Prince Bessie Young
(Sulllvan)
Joe, by Pilot Prince (Maben):. 2