The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-07
THEY KNEW A
TRICK OR TWO
Gentlemen Drivers Get
Mixed Up With Racing
Judges.
One Race That Failed to Go
Through According to
Programme.
Fred Wilkes Was Obliged to Win.
Iora a Mare Of Good Quality.
Ladies' Day at the Races.

Breeders card at Emeryville yesterday
was gentlemen's race for members OF the
Golden Gate Park Driving Club, but it
proved the most ungentleman ly affair of
the afternoon, for little sharp practice
was attempted. The Job was nipped in
the bud through the intervention of
veteran turfman and writer and not by
any foresight of the judges. There were
six starters in the event, with Our Joe
pronounced choice in the pools, bringing
$40 against So for the field. E. Aigeltinger,
the driver OF the favorite, made no effort
in the first heat, the PAGER Fred Wilkes
winning jogging in 1921 from The first
choice. Wilkes now opened strong
favorite in the pools, when these repre-
sentative gentlemen riders loosened their
sack and Our Joe was soon hot favorite
again.
On the occasion OF the second heat E.
Cerciat, behind Fred Wilkes, relapsed
into reverie after sending his horse to
break at the first turn, ard Our Joe logged
around in 2:28K Fred Wilkes failed to
get in side the flag, and was distanced. A
wall went up from the f1eeced ones. and
after some deliberation the judges con-
cluded to waive the distance clause and
order Fred Wilkes out again, with another
reinsman in the bike. The pipochle
crowd III on the job fell on their knee, and
gave vent to u great howl of agony, but
without avail. With his new driver to do
the plotting, the Wilkes horse overhauled
Our Joe in the homest-etch and secured
the third and deciding heat by less than
length in 2:26H According 10 the rule
Mr.. Chester, the driver CT the winner, was
awarded half of first money, and for
his doubtful handling of his horse IN the
second heat Owner Cerciat was fined the
other half of the purse, which found its
way into the treasury of the National
Trotting Association. The judges also
declared off all mutual tickets sold ON the
third heat. 1t was a just rebuke to men
who wish to be styled gentlemen reins-
men, but who by petty iobbery and con-
nivance bring the trotting turf into disre-
pute,
A train was held up in Southern Cali
fornia some years ago, and while looting
the passengers one of the desperadoes
told them to 'get wlggle on" or IN
other words to act more hurriedly. This
same expression might be used in giving
the officials in the stand at Emeryville
some advice. They are about as rapid as
one-legged man packing one years pro-
vision outfit over Chilcoot Pass. w hen three
races with small fields cannot be trotted
or paced off and race-goers landed on this
side the bay before o'clock, sidewheel
events will never become popular. As it
was ''ladies' day." the fair sex was we'll
represented in the stand, though the ma
jority of them departed ere the sport was
over-presumably from hunger.
The 2:24 trot furnished the best con-
tested event of the meeting, six heats be-
ing ruled off before the winner was re-
turned to his stall for slum Der snd rest.
The betting was feverish from the outser.
In the opening pools the field brought $40,
Iora $l2 and Daisy Wood So.
Daisy Wood took the first heat from
Claudius in 2:16I, out it did not materi-
ally change the complexion OF the bet
ting. In the second heat Dick Havey
stepped out with Peko and won the heat
without much effort in 2:l7K. Iora fin
lshed second and Claudius tnird. Peko
now sold for $40 and the field 81 and took
another heat, this time 2:19 being hung
out. With the pools all favoring Peko, the
Hum boldt mare, Iora, which seemed to
have just warmed up to her work, went
out ard took the three following heats in
2:16L-2:17H-2:17H
The third event was another gentle
mems race and was captured by the ia
vorite, Ada r, after Done had taken the
first heat.
Gentlemen's race for mem bers of the Golden Gate
Park DRIVING Club. Heats in 3.
Fred Wilkes by Nutwood Wilkes, by
Albert w (Cerciat and Chester) ...l dis 1
Our Joe, by sidney "a gelungerl. ..-....2 Q
Lady Van Ness, by Antevolo (Johnson). 2 dis
tortect by Direct (Richardson) 49,. 3 dis
Belle, by California Nutwood (schwartz) dis
Headlight (Stewart) .................dis
Time, 2:32Ha-2:2s15-2:2612
Trotting. 2:24 class, purse $500. Heats In 5.
Iora, by Ira Daisy Hayward (Nc-
re Sie, BY llectioneer lHaveyj:.s
Daisy Wood by Silkwood (Maben).l Q 2 2 3
Emma Abbott by a pboisford
(Delviso). Observation-Disclosures 4 5Eo
Helen ], by Corrector (Donaihon).7 z 5 4ro
Dollican, by Mambriuo Chief
(Smith) ..........................6 6 8 dis
CaCuius, by Nutwood Wilkes
lime 2:1614-2:l71a-2ls -2:l614 -2:171s-
2:171a.
Gentemen's race, for members of the Golden
Gate Park Driving Club. Heats in 8.
Ada r, by Adirondack Belle (Stewart). - /
Dione, by Dawn (Ricbardson) .............1 2 8
Peanuts, by Sidney (OKaDel..............3 2
Maud, by Anteo (Newman). .............4 4 dis
Time, 2:26-2:241a-2:21h
Notes.
The parade of fast stock was one of the