The record-union., 1897-05-26
Big CROWD At TIE TRACK
Three Thousand People Saw Yesterdays
Races.
Good Sport, With Surprise in the
Shape of a 100 to l Shot
Winner.

There must have been fully three
thousand persons at Agricultural Park
yesterday to witness the races run
under the management of the 'Capltal
City Driving Park Association, nearly
two hundred of whom came down on
the excursion train from Placerville ana
intermediate town villages. The grand
stand was pretty well filled, many being
ladies, and the space beneath also had
the appearance of a prosperous State
Fair day.
There were three bookmakers in the
betting ring, and the jingle of coin was
continuous throughout the afternoon.
The bookmen may not have taken IN
many heavy bets, but they were kept
busy handling money and passing out
tickets Their faces were smiling, and
they appeared to be happy.
j. w Wilson, Daniel Flint and James
Dupoister occupied the judges box. Van
Ness did the starting, but long delays
and the leaving of four horses at the
post in one race caused such dissatis-
faction that the club will to-day try
another starter. The position is try
ing one, and the fiag-man has much to
contend with that most people cannot
understand nor appreciate. 1t may not
have been Van Nesss fault yesterday
that the starting was so unsatisfactory.
but the judges think that perhaps some
one else might have better success.
There is one thing the club officers
should do, and that is to see that the
grand stand seats are busted off each
day just before the races. The ladies
complained loudly yesterday of the
dust. Many of the benches could not
be used on that account.
The days sport opened with half
mile dash for maiden two-year- -olds.
The starters were Cassandra 10S, San
Carlos Ill. May Boy III, Castake Ill,
Miss Dividend los, Desdemona JOS,
Midglen Ill. In the books the odds
We're: Cassandra 10 to /, San Carlos 8,
May Boy u, Castake ,. Miss Dividend
g to 10, Desdemona and Midglen each 10.
The youngsters acted badly, and af-
ter they had been about an hour at the
post the judges rang the bell as
warning that there had been sufficient
''monkeying'' by the Jockeys. The re-
suit was an Improvement in their meth
DDS, and minute later the flag fell. San
Carlos was left at the post. however. Miss
Dividend and Castake at once showed
in front, running nose and nose around
the turn and into the stretch. Here Miss
Dividend pulled away a couple of
lengths, but Castake's rider piled the
whip, and his colt made squirt and
closed most of the gap. Miss Dividend
won out, however, in 1912 by length,
Cassandra third.
The second race was for beaten maid
ems and winners in 96 and '91, 3
years old and upward, five furlongs. The
book odds were: Pansy 49, Il to 1;
Iron Jacket 122, 6 to 1; Gold Boy 119.
even money; Senator Mahoney 119. 6
to l Madrone 122. 3 to /; Dorsey 122, 6
TO l. Flora S. 1222, - to l; Red Bird 122,
4 to /.
The flag fell to a very pretty start and
without delay. Gold Boy led the bunch
for the first eighth, when Red Bird went
to the front, but had to give way again
to Gold Boy, who won by a couple of
lengths in 1:02A. Near the wire Pansy
shot out from the bunch and took third
place.
For the siX-furlong event, selling, for
three-year- -olds and upward, the start
els anu liit ppotlHSS IoOZtIlioiI
110. > to l. Howard 11S, to 1 Irma So,
30 to l. Miss Ruth 104, 80 to l McFar-
lane "a, 10 to i Mollie r. 101. 3 to 1;
Leon IS. 30 to /; Tortoise 9S, 20 to /;
Heartsease 102, to l Quicksilver 115,
q TO i.
For fully forty minutes the horses
We're at the post, and when they We're
finally given the flag four of the squad
We're left standing there. Several more
of them deserved the same fate. Before
the others rached the half Jim Boze-
mans Jockeys red jacket was to the
fore. Howard and Mollie crowded him
hard around the turn, and the run home
was driving one. 1t looked like Boze-
mans race twenty yards from the line,
but Howard managed to forge his head
TO the front, Mollie r. third and close
up. The six furlongs We're covered in
1:1434. Those who pinned their faith
to the favorite had a close call for their
money.
For the one mile event Rapido Sea
Spray. Marcia A, Lost Girl and Man
chester showed up. The bookmakers
laid 30 to l against Rapido, > Sea
Spray. even money on Lost Girl and
Manchester, and 100 to j on Marcia a.
The result was a ground-swell for the
few who put up their mites on Marcia
at 100 to l. for she led from start to fin
ish and landed the purse for her owner
1t was a pretty race all through. Sea
Spray held second place and Lost Girl
third. For most of the route daylight
was scarcely visible through the bunch
Marcia A. won by half-length from
Sea Spray in the good time of 1:413i
Lost Girl third Rapido fourth and
Manchester last.
The last race of the day was a five
furlong dash for beaten maidens in 90
and '91, three year-olds and upward