The San Francisco call., 1897-02-25
MOTIFS.

Jockey Spencer was fined $25 by Starter
Harvey for breaking through the barrier
with Irritator while the field was at the
post in the third race. The boys had pre-
viously been warned in the weighing-room
10 pay strict attention to the starters in
structions.
Willie Sims is once more in good stand
ing with the IngIeside officials. Mondays
ruling, which virtually banished him from
the track as far as appearing in the saddle
went, was modified yesterday TO a fine of
5000 and suspension for the balance of the
IN Getting. Jockey Bil'' also apologized
to the officials for his ungentlemanly con-
duct in the scalesroom.
Several OF the get of Morello have been
seen in public ol late. but Morana is the
first to earn brackets. She beat a very in
ferior lot yesterday and gave slight inn
preston OF any stake form.
Fusil, rather racy looking tilly by Ell
Ravo which started in the opening dash,
is haf-sister to Fly. being from Fusi-
ladels Last. Jockey Williams had the leg
up, anu she looks as though she might be
possessed of more speed than was distrib-
uted about yesterday.
There was an underground tip out on
imp. Disparity TO win the second event.
The black Australian mare is a daughter
of Frying Pan and the coin bet slipped
out into the fire, for she failed to get
mark.
S.nce the beginning of the meeting Mr..
Harvey's starting has been excellent and
yesterday was no exception. In the open
ing event the twelve two-year-olds were
dispatched in almost perfect alignment
withouI perceptibIe delay.
Formal would have had merry old
time beating Ferrier yesterday. Mr..
Hunn's big chestnut horse retired very
early on Tuesday evening after partaking
of very light supper. which perhaps
accounted for the additional amount of
speed developed. Again, he is not much
OF weight-packer, never having been
asked in the East to carry over I40 pounds,
and the six pounds up from the Formal
race worked up an exhilarating feeling
not unlike irewater in the stomach of a
Sioux Indian.
'Os,ler Joe must have received sad news
from Montana previous TO the handicap,
for after travelling half mile be became
thoroughly disgusted with racing.
+ What a funny sort of straw berry
headed little Jockey j. Shields, The son OF
Alex Shields, the owner of Logan, is. He
seems TO thoroughly understand the tenn
perament of the horse Frank Jaubert and
in turn Frank seems on very good terms
with his owner's son. One day Jaubert
will line up at the barrier, Jockey Shields
will peat his field away and get in line.
Another day, Frank Jaubert comes out,
warns up good, the barrier fires UP, little
straw berry headed Shields appears in
some sort of stupor, does a hua-hula
dance on the horses back, moves up to see
how good the third morse is, falls back to
say something to the jockey on the third
horse and just about that time the wire
slips around and Shields finds himself
fourth. The story is a touching one of a
fathers devotion to teach his boy to be-
come jockey.
When Formal, owned by II. HUM, win
ner of the sixth,race, was put mp to be sold,
Sam Doggett raised him $500 over his
entered selling price of $780, Mr.. HUM
responded with a So bid ana Just to give
the owner scare, President a. B. Spreck-
els said $810. Another $5 bid sent the
horse back TO his sta BILE.
Greyhurst was up to one of his old tricks