The San Francisco call., 1897-01-29
MIKE HENNESSY'S
CLOSE FINISH
Beaten Out a Nose on
Bright Phebus by
Argentine.
-Schnitz at Odds of IS to I Led
His Field From Wire
to Wire.
Queen Nab 0utfooted the Two.Year.
0lds-Suisun Was Presented
With a Race.

The going was of the splashy sort at
ingleside yesterday, yet withal the nrst
choices Jared extremely well, three out OF
six breasting the tape in front Schnltz
evoked praises from his hackers ana
lamentations from the friends OF the nrst
and second choices by scamperlng away
with the second event on the card at the
spicy odds of Is TO 1. In the same race
Jack Martin was second at 100 to /, and
the didn't tell you" crowd Immediately
assumed a wiser look. The stormy con-
dition of the weather was not propitious
for good racing, still the same old crowd of
regulars were seen piping" the odds in
Fthe ring.
II Mike Hennessy should perchance re-
ceiYe an appointment as policeman, in
all probability the first one to feel the
strong grip of the law at his hands would
be Michael himself. The veteran knight
of the saddle had the mount on Bright
Phebus, the one-time winner of the rich
Realization stakes, which was one of the
four starters that faced the barrier in the
third race over one mile and furlong.
Trainer HUM had the big bay right up on
edge, and a swell plunge was made on
him, cutting his price from il TO 8 down
to 3 to 2. BenameIa opened a 6 to fa-
vorite, receding to twos. Argentina be.
cause she wouldn't do in the mud, and
Osler Joe for some other reason, were also
expected to- show some speed.
7. Sloan sat the back of Argentina which
1t was supposed couldn at step in Juicy 60
ing, and sat it real well. He sent her out
in front, and lolling over on her neck was
never observed to fall back among the
other three starters. Michael Hennessy
was aItern ately third, second, third,
four b, second, and when the wire was
passed Michael was still second, only by a
nose.
The veteran rider made the same error
that other riders before him have made.
A furIonp from the wire he was satisfied
that he had the race up his sleeve, which
he undou btedly did have. He forgot,
however, to allow for the mare slightly in
front of him having a pound or so in re-
serve, and when he began riding hard
from the paddock on, was beaten on the
best horse. The winner was to in the
ring.
1t must be that Will Wallace's colt
Flacon GOES not like a muddy track.
He opened an even-money favorite for the
three-furlong two-year-old scramble and
then receded to twos. Getting away
fairly we'll he could not contract himself,
finishing sixth. Queen Nab, which
coupled with silva, her stable com paniou,
time. won the dash in a drive from Free
Lady, to l shot silva was good
third.
Draw Scot was chosen as the most
eligible of the nine starters in the mile
run, and it proved very poor pick. The
old gray opened 2 to 1 favorite, went
back to 13 to and became entangled with
the mud over near the half pole. Schnitz,
with "Skeets" Martin up was in front
from the Jump and won at the end rather
cleverly from Jack Martin, 100 to shot,
piloted by Stevens.
Charley Sanders had the pleasure of
seeing his colors finish first again in the
fourth event, six-furlong spin. He
started Ransome for the first time this
season, and, starting equal choice in the
betting with Morven, made all the run
ming and turned up the easiest kind of a
winner, with Mike Rice in the place
length in front of Morven.
With Fly and Potentate scratched out OF
the six-furlong run that followed, Callente
opened up at evensin the ring. From the
manner in which he was ridden the odds
should have been100 to l. Sport McAllis-