The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-12
bUCKWA MADE A
new TRACK RECORD
With Sloan Up He Beat
The I to q Choice, Mt.
McGregor IL.
Tully Coulter's FLY California
Took the Stake Event
Very Easily.
Reopening Day at oakland Track.
Two First Choices Managed to
Sque, re Through.

T. Sloan, Jockey, and Ed Pursers bay
gelding Buckwa were quite the sensation
of the hour reopening day at Oakland
| track. The preeocious young saddle
artist, whose various dazzling habiliments
require an experience valet and an index
book of greater thickness than the City
directory to keep cases on, and which
would have caused E. Berry Wall in his
palmiest days to have turned a beastly
wretched sallow color, was real good yes
terday. He rode two winners, and even
if he was unfinished by Charley Thorpe
il the fifth race, it was no disgrace, for
Charley was high mogul of the bush
jockeys when Tod was making hot-air
balloon escapes. At any rate. as was men,
toned before, the win of Buckwa was the
gossip of the track. The cause OF it all
was the fourth race of the day, a mile dash
with three starters-Cabrilo, Mount Nc
Oregon II and the aforesaid gelding.
Mount McGregor was to 4chance. but
Tod rushed Buckwa away in the lead and
keeping him there led the odds on favor
lite out by half a length at the wire in the
remarkably iast time of 1891. His ex-
cellent ride was enthusiastically applauded
by the crowd many of which got abroad
at odds of 4 to /. The time is q track
record.
The sport throughout was very good
and the attendance was large. the track
was as hard as an asphaltum pavement
and fast time was the rule. Favorites
Jared about as well as they usually do
under the soothing influence of the balmy
air of Emeryville, scoring on but two
occasions.
The Berkeley lightweight handicap,
worth 500 TO the winner, over six fur
g L r ~ Il
Burns 81 Waterhouse entry, with Lie
pounds up, was slight favorite at odds of
IL to over California. After tiresome
delay at the post Caspar got away in front
and led to the stretch, where California
passed him, and galloped in an easy win
ner by three lengths in 1:1434. Scarf Pin
took the place in hard drive from Fer
rier, which latter horse ran a magnificent
race. carrying 40 pounds.
Drifting back in the betting from to 5
to to Meadow Lark got away from the
post poorly, and then downed the poor
lot opposed 10 him in the opening six
furlong ramble, finally beating the $50 to
| shot Detective length. Monitor was
| third.
| With but four going to the post for the
mile and furlong race under selling con-
ditions McLight and Lovdal both closed
| at TO after the former had opened up
| 6 to chance. Lovdal made the running
to the stretch, when Doggett shook Nc
Light up and in a mild drive beat the
Burns g. Waterhouse entry less than a
length in 1:54A. Peter II led Little Grip
| pie out for the show.
| By a pretty piece of riding Charley
| Thorpe got Osric II, second choice for the
seven furlong spin Tor three-year-olds,
home a nose in front of Gene Leigh's
Arrezzo, the to favorite.
The pair alternated in making the pace
! throughout, but when it came TO the final
| pinch Thorpe attested his superiority by
| kicking his mount over the tape a nose
| to the good in l :281z. Imp. Sain awoke
| from reverie and was third at more than
| pleasing odds.
The concluding race of the day, six
| furlong sprint, was captured by Mont.
gomery, which opened q to favorite
and receded to threes. Quicksilver, as
usual, made his run out in front and quit