The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

Marcel, Assuredly the Fest,
Second Through Tardy
Riding.
Can't Dance, the Favorite, Was I'm.
placed-A Big Crowt Viewed the
Race-Three Choices Won.
The racing season at the local track was

The racing season at the local track was
brought to a close yesterday with the
Ingleside stake over distance of four
miles as the special attraction OF the card:
If the spirits of those departed turf he
roes-Thad Stevens, True Blue, Foster
and Hook Hocking-were lowering about
they must have found it difficult to re-
press q smile as they gazed at the five
entries lined up to 10 battle for the rich
$4,000 prize. They were thorough breds, TO
be sure, but what a mediocre lot. Little
Bob the winner, has in the past been run
ming in cheap selling races, entered 10 be
sold for song. Three parts of his COM
position is grit, the other portion horse.
He pulled up lame and bleeding slightly
at the mouth and probably won fortu-
nate race, for Marcel was undoubtedly the
best OF the starters, and but for an error
in judgment on the part OF her rider, Mike
Hennessy, would undoubtedly have car
ried the Spreckels red, white and blue to
the fore.
As in the past, the race had the effect of
drawing a big crowd to Ingleside. The
fair sex was we'll represented in the grand
stand as well as over the balconies of the
clubhouse, and the old-timers were mar
shaded IN full force. The big race was
down on the programme to be decided
fifth, but was run. off fourth. a strong
breeze was blowing over the course and
everybody was predicting slow time, and
were treated 10 surprise. :.
The preliminary warming up GALLONS
were anxiously- watched. Shortly after
betting began, in coming through the
stretch, Wawona. engaged in a heated
argument with harrow, and came out of
it with shoulder resem bling aquarter of
beef hanging IN front OF one OF the City
markets.
He was excused by the Judges and
twenty minutes allowed for a new book.
Can't Dance suited the critics eve. and
opening at to his price was soen cut to
3 to 2. Schiller, w hich opened to
favorite, receded to threes. Although the
stable did not fancy the chances of Mar
Gel, the crowd did, playing him down
from to AZ TO l.. Lucrezia Borgia with
little Woods up and 90 pounds, was
hammered from Y down. TO T.: Little
Bob was stationary in the betting at s
10 l. :s.-
,. There was NJ delay at the start. Woods
on 'Lucrezia Borgia at once went out in
front, trailed by Schiller and Little Bob,
which was the order of the leaders for the
hrst mile:
For, the next two miles Little Bob was
the"runner up. Passing the stand for the
last mile HucreZia was Ieadin Bob by over
length, with Schiller and Can't Dance
heads apart and Marcel galEopfng in last
g position, two lengths away. On nearly
equal Terms Little Bob faltered over three
furlongs from home and it looked as
though he had rendered his resign alton.
but he passed the Brutus fly in the
stretch, and on sheer gameness led the
tardy coming Marcel past the winning
line by three lengths in 7:2411, ten sec
'onds faster than the time made by Cad
mus when he defeated Pepper for the
same stake one year ago. Lucrezia Bor-
gIa was third, with the pumped-out favor
> lite fourth.
Little Clawson rode the winner to ex.
cellent advantage, and besides receiving
well-merlted ovation was presented with
an order for theater box from the judges
stand by the Eell-known minstrel and
sport admirer, William West
Three out of six 1avorites earned