The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-05
SHORT.EuDERS
Did NOT LAND
Nordeau, Meridian and
Butcher Boy Winners
at EmeryVille.
Meridian Experienced No Diff
Guilty in Beating the 2:l7
Glass PAGERS.
Dick Havey Drove Nordeau to Easy
Victory-The Butchers Race
Gift for Butcher Boy.

The third day OF the Pacific Coast Trot-
Of the fast ones OF the Eight harness bril-
| gade score up for the word, and in conse-
auence the sport was devoid of any vast
| amount of excitement. The three-year-
| old trot proved a gift. for Nordeau, the
| Palo Alto entry, and in the 2:17 pace
Meridian had several seconds up his sleeve
over the field. A butchers race was
| offered as special attraction, but Butcher
| Boy ouiclassed the other three entries so
| badly as to deprive it OF all interest.
| The day WIGS warm and pleasant and the
tract in superb shape, but these favorable
| climatic conditions failed to thaw out
| spectators and the betting market was
never feverish. The Paris mutual boxes
gained about all the play in sight.
| Driver Dick Havey had three very
pleasant rides around the elliptic behind
Nordeau in the three-year-old trot The
| FLY sold big fav> rite over the other two
| entries, Lynall and Cordray, at odds of 2
to /, and won in straight heats. taking a
| record in the opening heat of 2:25L
| Cordray fell from exhaustion just af,er
passing the wire in the frs. heat and was
| drawn.
| The fast mare Vlsalia, with a trotting
record of 2:i215 who has now been Sc, at
| pacing ruled Iavorite i'll opening pools
| sold on the 2:17 pace, but soon gave way
to Meridian, which brought $25. with vi
| saba fetching $14 and the field $40. Rose
| mon drew the pole for the opening heat,
| but lost that posiiion at the first turn.
| Esteile Wilkes, driven by Sam Casio.
showed the field the way into me straight
| for home, but was ortpaced 10 the wire by
! Ade e. which took the heat cleverly in
| 2:20A. Visalia was very unsteady, break
| ing repeatedly.
| The iavorite, Meridian, finished such
strong fourth after making a couple of
disastrous breaks, that he was as strong n
| favorite in the pools as ever, bringing $40
against S. for the entire field, and business
| slack at that. Estelle Wilkes was again
| the pacemaker to the stretch, where she
began iiring, and moving his field down,
Meridian captured the heat handily from
Sophie r by less than a length IN 2:19
fat.
Pool-sellng after this was very sluggish,
the short end money being sec rcer than
French dinners at Dawson City. The IA
vorite easily took the two heats nece> sary
to annex tn, long end of the 5000 purse.
The entry of A. Calleand in the butch
ers race. the sorrel gelding Butcher Boy,
was the hottest sort of favorite, bringing
SIS, with the field going begging at S..
The sorrel horse. a PAGER. easily disposed
of his three competitors In straight heats,
finally in the cone. uding heat distancing
the trio, finishing up the mile in 1927.
Trotting threeyear-olds purse $3OU-S in 5
heats.
Nordeau. by Norris Miss Naude (Havey)..1 l !
Lynali, by Lymont (Hogobo M ...........3 2
Cordrby, by oeur d A enc (Mack) .........2 DIR
Time, 2:2514-z:3i-2:32
Pacing 2:17 class, purse $69O-3 in heats.
Meridian, by semicoon-s lid ane Moor
Heau). L
Adele, b. Dexter Prince (Liezinger)....l 8 6
Sophie Il. by Rly likes (Stim son).....5 z 2
kosemon, by Belmont (Br ght) ..........3 2
Estel.e Wilkes, by Mambrno w likes
visaiia by iris (Perkins) .................7 I Z
Bess ii, by May Boy (Herspring) .......6 dis
Time, A-z:l9-2:zO1%-2:I1
Special butchers race, owners to drve-heats,
8 in 8.
Butcher Boy "a. Callieand). ................1
Flora IT, X Neiut) ...-.................---3 ZulS
lib 9TH On. M Slater ....................z dis
Bill Nye Or h Noyl ........................4 3ds
Time, 2:@912-2 3s1a-2:27