The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-11
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RUBIC0N RAN WITHOUT PLACE
WHEEL OF FORTUNE DoWNED
UNFORTUNATE MORELLITo.
Piggott and Rutter Divided the Sad
die Honors-The Favorites Were,
With One Exception,
Successful.

The unwatchful said Moringa was out
| classed. so the Sobrante gelding disap-
proved of the theory by capturing the
Naglee selling stake at seven furlongs and
valued at Sl250 from quite a select field at
Oakland yesterday. On his back was
Devin and "a pounds, a weight quite to
his taste, and his admirers obtained the
luxurious price of 10 and u to l about
him.
There was little connected with the
early stages of the race, unless 1t was
Ferguson's bad start, resulting in Rosin-
ante being left standing. When well
away, Devin, on Moringa, slowed
himself away In the third hole, allowing
Rutter, with La Goleta, to kill off Rubi-
con. The latter was a top-heavy choice,
and when the stretch was reached began
to falter La Goleta then forged to the
front, but at the paddock was growing
dizzy. Devfn then picked up the running,
and though hailed by Woods, with the
leg over Recreation, led that mare past
the wire less than length in 1:26%, a re-
markably good performance, as the track
had been narrowed up and was fully
second slow. Satsuma was a starter, but
got poor Send-off.
The crowd was large. but a trified la
6ored In It's betting operations. The rid
ing talent continues rusty, and the bet
ting Will not assume larger dimensions
until Turner, Spencer and Martin arrive.
The favorites all attended the exercises
and four of the five were awarded diplo-
mas for getting to the stand in front
Piggott was given the mount on Col.
Dan, backed down the smoldering favor
itism IN the betting on the opening mile
selling affair, and his good riding landed
the purse. Prompto cut quite swath
into the stretch and then he weight an
chored him Don Luis took UP. the rum
ming. but in q hard drive was beaten a
good head by the Colonel. Fleming once
again finished third at long odds.
Wa cfz zli hot =
choice for the five and half furlong
sprint, and it was not until the last fur
long lon that he Put a stretch of daylight
won by over two lengths. In fumbling
drive Gus Wilson, with Eta H, captured
the place from Peixotto.
The handicap over one mile and quar-
ter fell to Wheel of Fortune simply be-
cause Garrigan made such a frightful
botch of it astride MorefIito. Harvey's
colt, While Shasta Water was in the
lead cutting out the pace Garrigan, on
Mdorellit9. was busy finding pockets. At
Wheel, drew his whip and sneaked away
Garrigan was so surprised that he ex-
dicament only to find himself next the
rail, and got to the wire just length be-
hind the favorite. He has much to learn
Shasta Water was third
Piggott and Rutter again FLASHED in the
mile and seventy yards run, last on the
card. The former was away in front
Will the o 10 l CDdHCSs DSlidiHSld, anu leu
to the paddock gate, where he was chal-
lenged by Piggott, on Mistral II, and in a
furious drive downed by a head. The
winner was equal choice in the betting
with Bernardillo, which ran third.
Turf Notes.
Seventeen books cut in yesterday.
Riley Grammar and Barney Schneider
were the new faces seen the block.
Barney started off with a losing day,
but there's an old saying that a bad
beginning results in a good ending"
Frank Taylor met with his usual
straak of ill-lnck when Yernen took the