The San Francisco call., 1897-11-03
FAVORITES DO
MUCH BETTER
Finish First in Four Of the
Six Races at Ingle-
side.
Lucky Dog and Lady Hurst
Furnished the Surprises
of the Day.
Johnny Woods Scored His Initial Win
With Fashion Plate-Installator
Won in Drive.

There can be no gainsaying the fact,
the card a Ingleside track yesterday was
a ve-y commonplace one, and this TACT
coupled with the rather frigid condition
of the weather did not prove healthy
drawing feature. Then, too, the gentle
men with the corpulent bank rolls held
aloof, anc the bookies were not troubled
with handling much big money.
Six races were decided, OF which num-
ber favorites captured four. The fourth
event was announced to be off on account
of liberal use OF scratching blanks, but
later the secretary discovered that there
were four entries left in and the race was
run as originally carded. The substituted
race was then made No. 6 on the pro-
gramme. Lucky Dog at II and Lady
Hurst with s 10 against her chances were
the long priced winners.
A seven furlong run for two-year-olds,
decided under selling conditions, was the
curtain-raiser. Soscol and Don Luis each
opened at to .. Wise money cut the
price OF the latter down to to s. and he
won easily, Away from the post sixth
Pigg OFT took nj alters easy until the stretch
was reached. when he shook his mount
up and led Master Mariner past the wire
by two open lengths.
Alb Stemler's unlucky mare, Summer
time, was favorite in the early betting In
the next event, a siX-furlong spin, with
the weights raised twenty pounds above
the scale. She receded to 8 10 5, when a
heavy play forced the price against Mont
gomery down from twos TO 10 D. Wine
Martin had the mount on the later and
when the barrier was released the chest
! nut refused 10 break ana was practically
left. Lucky Dog gos running start, and
| galloping the entire route won easily from
Mainstay, with Summertime finishing in
i the show.
Lady Hurst, he greatly improved
! daughter OF 'Martinhurst, furnished the
surprise in the mile and furlong selling
run. Drifting back in the betting from
| to s, she laid away third in the big
| bunch 10 the far turn, when Mcdonald
! forced her to the front, and from there
home the mare held her company safe
! and passed the wire over two lengths be-
J fore Del Paso ii, the iukewarm fovorite.
! Personne backed from 10 down 10 Z 10
/ was good thing.
Installator was looked upon as moral
to down Los Prietor, Fonsavanna a h
and El Puerto and the books felt they
were giving away something when they
chalked up 9 10 20 against the Brutus
horse. He won but the two-year-oid L1-
Prletos gave him strong argument
Hanging at the older horses saddle glrth
| all way and having the Ion er route
to travel, the youngster finally had to sue
cumb by length in a hard drive. Fonsa
vannah, astride which Clawson hugged
| the rail. nearly proved the joker, finishing
| but nose behind Los Prietos.
/ If Gus Wilson, Who had the mount or
| Lena, had mol been gazing at the be auti
| full sunset when the barrier arose the
! mare AGAINST which II to | was laid mig h
| have been returned winner. AS it was
! Wilson managed 10 get away last, and il
a fierce drive was downed but head by
the 4 to chance, Colonel Wheeler
piloted by Nike Henaessy. Adam An
| drew was a good third.
In the added race Fashion Plate, backeC
from 20 3 to to 10, was considered M uc