The San Francisco call., 1897-03-28
FAVORITES WON
BUT THREE RACES
Losing Tickets We're Lib
orally Strewn About
at Ingleside.
Mr.. Skinner Took the Gentle.
mems Race With Flashlight
in C'ever Style.
Thorpe, Astride Recreation, Downed
The Cheat, With Sloan Up, No,e
for the VI man Stakes.

The inclemency of the weather kent
many race-goers away from Ingleside
track yesterday. The card was a very
ordinary one, and this fact perhaps fig
ured extensively in Keeping many lovers
of racing indoors. OF the seven events
run favorites captured but three.
One of the features of the card was
race for gentlemen riders over a mile.
which served to display the superior sad
work OF Frank Skinner, who piloted
Flashlight, the 9 to 10 favorite, with the
skill of professional. Getting his mount
away from the post first, Mr.. Skinner
opened up several lengths Of daylight be-
tween himself and the other four starters.
winning with ridiculous ease from Atti.
Gus, ridden by Lieutenant Haines. The
latter rode very clever race, beating the
second choice, Yankee Doodle, with Mr.
Archibald in the saddle, by length for
the place, driving. To the rider of the
winning horse was presented very hand
some silver cup, offered by the association.
The Ullman stake for two-year-olds at
four and a half furlongs, with field of
seven starting, seemed to furnish one of
the prettiest finishes of the meeting be-
tween Recreation and The Cheat. The
former, ridden by Thorpe, was a to 2
choice in the betting, with 16 to offered
against The Cheat. The latter was away
first and it narrowed down to a duel
through the stretch. Thorpe, on Recrea-
ton, unfinished Sloan, gaining the ver-
dict by nose in the fast time of :55 Sir
William was an ordinary third.
mile purse event opened the after
moons sport. Morte Fonse closed a slight
choice over Marjorie and Adolph
Spreckels. Morte Fonse was away poorly
and failed to get inside the coin. In a
drive Adolph Spreckels beat Hazard out
half length in 1:43L Mamie Scott. a
Is 10 l shot, was third.
The erratic Peril landed the next race.
a six-furlong selling sprint starting an
even-monev choice. She made all the
running, winning at the end very cleverly
from Reel. Perhaps, the second choice.
was third.
Trainer Frank Brown was again in hard
luck with Yemen. Starting equal favorite
IN the betting on the third event, over six
furIongs with Applause, the aged sprinter
was headed ali the way by Cesarian and
beaten out less than a length in 1:14L.
The winner opened an to favorite, re-
ceding to to l.
Not at all surprising. the hurdle-race
over one AMI half miles resulted in the
crowd being dumped. Tuxedo was
heavily played to favorEte, but Arundel
made him quit early in the game The |
latter horse was in turn easily beaten at
the end by 0 c, ridden by Mcmahon, a
to l chance in the betting. Herman, the
"lobster" horse, was third
All calculations went astray in the sixth
event. seven-furlong purse run. The
Eastern crowd backed Satyr down from
10 to 6 to 5 for a Cood thiuu and he
failed altogether to connect. The IL to 5
second choice Vincitor was also unable to
negotiate the route, ending up in third
place. Taking the lead from Altivo when
half the distance had been covered George
Palmer led the rest of the way, finishing