The San Francisco call., 1897-10-02
JUST PICKED
Up A STAKE.
Searchlight-. logged Around
for the Pacific at Oak
land.
Pasonte Captured the 2;l7 Trot
After Giving Her Backers
.... a Scare.
The Palace Hotel Stake Proved a
Cake Walk for Lyn-
all. .-<.s.. l.. :.

Had it not been for the 2:17 trot, what a
really dull day spectators would have
spent at the Oakland track yesterday.
This furnished the only semblance of q
contest of the entire three events started.
The two starters for the Pacific stake for
three-year- old PAGERS = Telephone and
Searchlight-couid not have been more
aptIy named. At the finish of each heat
Bennett, behind Telephone would have
had. to have "rung up centrap' had he de-
sired to have conversed with Heating,
holding the reins over the bay pacing
wonder, so lar was the latter in front.
The Palace Hotel stake, too, was tame
beyond conception, Lynall .trottinr around
three heats with never q ''scrape." With
Dick Havey and Pasonte it was different.
The PaIo Alto mare won the. opening
heat of the 2:l7trot easily enough, but
. was -unste ady> In the one following, caus
= ing. quite a.lush 10 the poolnox.
The track showed but slight trace of
Thursdays shower. Showing scarcely a
wrinkle on its even surface. The crowd
was not in very good betting humor, evil
IDENTIFY Withholding: its surplus cash for
the meeting between Anaconda and Joe
Wheeler to-day. =: .".9.:
=: :. a right smart horse of the. lateral gait
might have made itlnteFesIlng for Search
light in the Pacific stake, for he was ap-
4 arently,:a little: sour and: not up to a
..brtlsing struggle: No one. though, could
muster. up courage enough To- invest. a
postage stamp against 3 double eagle on
- til e. chance of Telephone to beat him. an d
.a..fhere. was no betting Searchlight Won in
straight heats. and did not have no go
better than 2:23 His record is 2:O9Jl.
- The crowd picked Keating,s black N are
:,Antrims TO win. the. -2:17 frot, and made a
.mista ke, for the daughter of Antrim was
unsteady, and early eytnc ced desire to
= + ln rather than*trot.. Opening pools sold /:
! AntTI ma $I0,- Margaret Worth $4 and the
.aeld ST. Jeffe, with his nigh fore leg well
bandaged. drew the pace, and led the field
'#to:the paddock gate, where au :untiuIely
. break cost him The heat. Pasonte then
:: won easily from Aitrfma in 2:17II.
=. Notwithstanding therPsult OF the heat
"A ntrima sold at$lo to $4 choice over; the
field The heat following saw Margaret
:. Worth ;show the way to the; stretch for
home, followed by :: Jeffe and -:Antri1na a.
Marchand behind Clay now brought the
=:brg bay up, and he. took# the. heat easily
" from Jeffe >In:2;19. Pasonte broke at the
= first turn, and =-ior*a while it looked as
: though she would be distanced, but
:. Havey hnishe d in sixth" position with her.
The betting was. now $40 for Antrim a
; and $40 for the field. Later the black
mares stock dropped to 81. BY this4irne'
HaVey-:. had: ;RaSonte Steadled down, and,
>: captured thetwo heats necessary annex
the purse In: easy. fashion. AntTima was
second in each. Of the last two heats trot-
!: ted ~. =: -. - -. "
:: The Palace a oteI stake for. three year
':old trotlers. valued at $500 was a eakewalk
:; for LynalI, which defeated Uncle J am es
: and Frauiein* Dexter in. three straig bit
2 heats IT here was no betting on; n;;.this
! event. :*.i@...,.: :. =.
FL st race, Pacific STAKES for three.year old
!: PAGERS, heats, Tin 5, value $500 -:
: .oearchItghI n c. by Dark. Knight Terror
= IKeatiDgl. j J.
3" Telephone, bfkfs byGeorge Dexter lBenneGt) ~
= Time, 2i27-=2s241 -. .s.'... *.
Second race. trOttIng, Alt class, heats, g In s.
Pasone, D. "a, by Palo Alto-sontag Dixie. . =: =
- & lay, b s.: by Grover Clay Siarc hand s. z
Anrrima biz Insi by a ntrt TX cal g) 2 22
Jeffe b. 81 by Abbetsford (EafTeTtYJ:. T.
<At afgaret worth pF. m, by. alex. Button:
la1raZ bT Biitioni EiogGbaog; i :
Letter Il b. by " Wara B " BOZ eEen) IS 75
Bopner B. b. s., by:Daly (ori on) z . 8
llne, 2sl714-2:l9-2: zig 12-42 .20I4& - =. =
Third race Faiace Hotel: stakes for three-year:
: old trolters, yA3ne $500 -
: :LynaHt CHI: ~, by Isynmont- Balance: Ali fIIo%
y nc Ja5alesi. br G. by James. II aaison. :
:Franklitl ioe1eer: s. by gorge Dexter
-: lime, Z;32-2 :3l-2:273z.