The San Francisco call., 1898-10-07
CLOSE TO THE COAST RECORD
COVERS THE MILE AND A HALF
 IN 2:32 1-2.
The 2:15 Trot a Terrific Contest, in Which osito, the Favorite, Is Beaten by
 Thompson.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6.-Even if the card to-day did wear haggard look 1t furnished some rare sport, which was witnessed by a good-sized crowd.
 The 2:15 trot was a terrific contest, final ly resulting in a victory for Thompson. the Vendome stock farm representative, driven by Charles Bunch. but not until seven stubbornly fought heats had been ground off
 Grady upheld the glory of the runners by taking the Citrus Belt selling stakes from Marplot, covering the mile and half in 2:3212. dangerously close to the coast record made by Buckwa at Oak land. Favorite followers suffered many reverses.
 Osito, favorite for the trot, placed his followers in stringent circumstances, and all of the first choices in the four running events were turned toward the wall.
 The trot for members of the 2:15 class became badly broken before 1t was final ly brought to a finish. In the early pool ing Osito, a son of Mckinney, driven by w. c. Durfee, had the call, bringing against 10 for the field. He was kept in the background for three heats before his party concluded they had had their little ball of yarn wound up. Thompson took the opening heat from Lou in a hard drive, and the books that laid and to l against him were singed Although lame after the first heat, Lou annexed the one following with the two favorites, Thompson and Osito, finishing second and fourth respectively. Then Thompson grabbed the third heat from Silver Ring and Lou, after which he ruled favOrite, both in the auction betting and books In the fourth heat Osito came out with different head gear on, and the educated ones sent the checks in on him, cutting his price in the books for the heat from to 2. Jimmy Sullivan, behind Sable Frances, thought just about this time the field was getting back to his mares mark, and she was played from 70 down to s. After an exciting heat. during the progress of which Oslto and his driver got much the worst of the Jockey1ng, the latter horse led Sable Frances past the judges a length in 2:1134-
 Alter this Osito was chalked a to 5 choice for the next heat and finished sec ond downed length by Sable Frances, after Silver Ring had made lively pace to the stretch. The crowd seemed deter mined to make Osito win and he Was q piping hot choice for the sixth heat, which he managed to annex, after a live ly brush at the end with Sable Frances It was now quite evident that the latter had had enough for he finished weary looking and tired.
 When Thompson, which had apparent ly been rested up for three heats, came out for the seventh essay, he was full of ginger and looked all over Hawkins horse" The field was given the word, the
 
 sent away last and was cut off at the first turn At the half Thompson took the front position from Sable Frances. and, though given a desperate rub at the end by Osito, won the heat and race lay half a length
 The Citrus Belt stake worth about s525 the star event of the running part of the programme, drew out but a field of three. Marplot with S3 pounds and Devin, in the saddle, closed a to 20 choice, with to offered on Grady. pilOted by Mike Hen messy and packing los pounds. Hennessy'S s handling of Grady was perfect. Marplot went out and tried to make a runaway race of it, but HennesSy sailed hot after him. and at the end of a mile covered in 1:39 fiat, the Fresno horse had the :a- vorite beaten. Grady had speed to burn the last quarter and won cleverly by couple of lengths. Petrarch was eased up.
 The first event run, 612 furlong dash. shook the talent badly. William O'B car ried all the big commissions at the short start, finished third Tom Smith. an S-to-1 shot, piloted by Bullman, skipped away ili the lead and was never headed, beating the Wretchedly ridden Queen Nubia over a length. Ruiz, who rode the latter. Is evidently preparing himself for long va cation and will probably not be disap-
 It was soft travelling for the 2-year-old MldloVe in the six-furlong sprint. Opening up at to the stable money was withheld until her odds reached II to 5 when a scramble was made and her price reduced to to ,. She won all the way The S 10 IU CnOlce. 1OrlDlO, got up Ill time to get the place from Pat Murphy In a hard drive The crowd got aboard Oiai to pace off the final four -furlong spin for 2-year olds. but he was beaten out in a drive by the Burns & Warehouse en- try, Napian, neglected to a great extent in the betting Summary:
 Thompson, oh. h. by Doodle
 tBunch) ...:.........1 1 541 osto, b. h. by Mckinney NDurfee) .........,..-...-.......3 ] Sable Frances. b. m. by Sable
 Wilkes tSulliNan) Lou, b. m. by Ira (Donathan)2 3 4 Silver Ring, b. m. by Silver Time, 2l4%, 21419 2:l712, RITA. 2l714, PISA,