The San Francisco call., 1897-01-29
NOTES.

George E. Smith (Pittsburg Phll), the
gentlemanly Eastern plunger, arrived
here Wednesday night and was a visitor
at the track yesterday. Mr.. Smith is the
nossessor of quite select string OF horses
himself about the best of which Is Belmar.
RilIv McGrance's two-y year-old tilly Free
LADY stood a chance OF beating queen
Nab had she not run out on swinging
into the stretch. She is daughter of
Free Knight and Fauna III.
KENNEL is another youngster that made
a very good showing in the two-year-old
scram bic. She is a haIf-s1ster to Chart
reuse II.
There was q warm tip out on Sir VIII
liam, q colt by Fitzjames, to win the baby
race. and it was not suc1 wild one either,
for he ran f1atteringly, and was well up at
the end, although falling to get piece OF
the coin.
The number of bookmakers chalking up
days cut-in. Barney Schreiber and Harvey
Harris were back on the block.
Johnny Coleman took a hard fall out OF
Caliente, the favorite, for the fifth race,
laying the top price OF to against him.
Slaughters ride on Braw Scot in the sec
ond race was about as picturesque as the
one he furnished astride Kowaisky. at
Oakland some days ago. Either would oe
g credit to schooIboy.
The price laid against Jack Martin was
certainly false one. Muddy going is the
gelding's strong iorte, he being OF little
use as a money-earner on fast track. Inc
tempting place and show odds offered
caught many OF the small bettors.
The field books were hit hard over the
victory of Schnitz, the lines back of the
stands after the race resembling those al
country town postoffice on a Saturday
night. Jack Martins second also reduced
the bank rolls.
The win of Argentina in the third event
gives that race at Oakland one day last
| week decidedly spicy flavor and Just q
few are presumptuous TO presume that g
| colored gentleman removed big lat tur-
| key from the coop some time IN the even
| ing when he guessed no one was looking
It's strange what deal OF gossip the Bald
! win stable furnishes the turf and what ex
ecrable and mex plicabe performances its
horses have furnished. On the day OF the
mares bad race over the Oakland track
on January 21, she warmed up like wlio
| horse in the preliminary gallop, attel
seeing which a number of bettors pro-
ceeded to get aboard. The mare steadily
receded in the betting and the right ones
were given the tip to hedge out. That
race was passed with too light an inquiry
! Dy the luu9eSs yesterday CHe maEe CotAeS
out and downs such notorious high class
mudlark SIS Bright Ph9bus.
II is proba bly, fortunate for some boy
with a rather shady reputation for
honesty that he did not sit on the back Of
Caliente and put up the ride Eddie Jones
did or he might be seen at a downtown
employment Office this morning. Lying
away back in the ruck the first part of the
race with his mount, he made late run,
and finished second to the ''good thing, u
Kowalsky, on clearly the best horse.
| Moreno, full sister to the good mud
performer. Sam Leake, was well played
to get a place or show in the last race,
and made ridiculous showing. A glance
at the form book will show that she must
have slipped her muzzle and robbed some
hay and feed barn.
Races should be so conditioned as to pre-
vent such high-cla performers as Suisun
falling into races with a band of cheap
selling:platers such as opposed her in the
final race of the day.
Following are the entries for this after
Moons programme of running events: