The San Francisco call., 1897-03-20
MISS RUTH AGAIN
At LONG ODDS
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Pat Reidy Landed Her First
at Odds of 100
to I.
The Crowd at Emeryville Suf.
fered Several Reverses
Yesterday.
May R Led Her Field Out in the
Opening Dash at 20 to Road.
warmer First at 20 to I.

Tie fifth event on the card at Emery
Vile yesterday was mile run under SELL
ing conditions, with small field of four
from which to pick a winner. Among
the entries was the mare Miss Ruth, which
won on Tuesday at odds OF 25 to i 1t
looked as though she had as much chance
OF beating Benamela and Salisbury as
mosquito has of tanning an elephant to
sleep with rlght-hand cross counter, and
the ring finally boosted her odds to 100
70 L. Small 81 and $5 bets were then
passed up to the bookmakers, which they
dropped into the take" boxes as cigar
money, though they did eventually rub
the price 10 go to l.
\ The talent were down on Benamela at
Hdds OF to 8 and to 10, with stable
money cutting the odds against SALISBURY
from. II TO 3 to TO 5.
How the despised outsider won will al
ways remain one of those unfathomable
8 Conundrums OF racing. The quartet ran
punched until nearing the bend for the
wire, where Miss Ruth pulled away and
actually won easing up from the odds-on
choice IN the slow time of :43. Frank
Jaubert stook the show from the faint
hearted Salisbury. With few exec ptions
nearly every book in the ring lost to the
race.
OF the five events decided first choices
succeeded IN getting away with three.
Inc attendance was augmented by quite
mum Der OF returning sports from Car
son and the betting was about the best OF
the week. The track, while good, was
not favorable to fast time.
Burns Il Waterhouse pressed the limit
by entering the good colt Osric II in the
second race six-furlong selling sprint,
for $500 and suffered a boost in conse-
quence.
On March II Osric was easily disposed
of by Eta H anu Lost Girl, but yesterday
starting equal choice in the betting with
Eta II he came from the far rear and
beat that mare cleyerly after she had
killed off the sky-rocket. Scotch Rose.
Cash Sloan had the mount on the F'lam-
beau mare yesterday, and he had good
bet down on her chances as well, while on
March II he backed Osric. Cash did not
relish this invigorating and exhilarating
improvement ii form and bid Osric up to
$780, the stable retaining him with the
customary So bid.
Among the other long-priced winners
0 were May r, which captured the opening
event backed down from 20 to 1. and
Roadwarmer, winner of the closing scram-
bic, also as good as 20 to l in the betting.
The fourteen selling platers gave Starter
Ferguson considerable trouble at the bar
rier in the opening five and half furlong
scram bic. Scarborough was to l IA
vorite with strong play, cutting the
oddssagainst May E, with but SO pounds
up, down from 20 to 10. Chappie, away
well, raced Zoolein off his feet and looked
a winner into the stretch. Little Wood
then got up with May R and in close
finish got the verdict by very short head.
The favorife was away poorly and never
had chance.
Burns g. Waterhouse captured the four
furlong dash for two-year- olds with their
dapper-looking Salvador colt, Colonel Dan,
which opened 10 choice. A warm tip
on Estro brought his price down from IL