The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
Played Tea Rose to a Standstil and May w
 ROmped in First.
Mistleton, Played Offthe Boards, DOwned His Company
 With Ease.
Four Favorites Defeated in Sloppy Going at bicOn
 Finally Landed.

It So happens that every now and then the wisest of people around a race track get fooled. It rained, and the track at Oakland yesterday was very sloppy. Starting in the fourth race was a cluster of fast ones, includ ing among the list Tea Rose II. May w and Midlight. The Midlight people did not fancy their mare enough to back her and all agreed that it was a pipe" for Tea Rose. The coin poured into the books on her al the short price of 4 to 3 and to 10. while the odds against May W heightened from to to l. At the post there was a long delay, Ferguson taking as much care of the sour old mare Peril as though she were a tender l to 9 chance in stead of a 100 to l shot The delay proved fatal to the chances of the fav orite. When sent away, nOtwithstand- ing the fact that she did not like the going, May " ran the legs off the first choice and beat her in a gallOp. Ac- Cording to the accepted theory, differ ent horses like different kinds of mud. May W struck hers yesterday.
 But two favorites won, but the books were rapped awful hard over the victory of this pair. Mistletoe was played down from to 9, and the money went in on Rubicon as though it was all over and from the way some of the horses behind him were ridden, it was PersOnne in the last number on the programme, like the good inconsistent horse that he is, experienced one of those thrills, romping away with his field.
 The Big Brutus- Mistletoe colt Mis- tleton, from the stable of Burns & Warehouse, was played down from to 2 in the betting on the opening six furlong sprint for three-year-oIds and won in a big gallop from Roulette Wheel. The winner was ridden by Thorpe. Mainbar was an indifferent third
 Fourteen three-year-olds lined up in the siX-furlong dash that followed. Schreibers gelding, Dr. Works. was backed down to 3 to favOritism, but failed to get a mark. The 20 to 1 shot Al Koran, with Spencer up, made most of the running, and downed Abina at the wire with ease. MOringa, at one stage of the betting 50 to l. finished in the show. Colonial Dame, second choice in the betting, came fast the last part.
 Tom Grifffn's Rubicon took the mile run from Double Quick, Paul Griggs and four others in a walk He was a to 10 choice in the betting. and was played to a standstin. Double Quick. with lZ4 pounds in the saddle. secured the place from the gray horse Paul Griggs. Newsgatherer ran miserable race
 LCnnie Clayton got home in front for the first time since his arrival here. astride Argentina. which. with Sly rul- ed equal choices in the betting in the fifth event and seven furlong selling affair. He beat the gate and was nev- CT headed, downing Osric IT a the wire with ease. Earl COchron, a rank out sider, was third.
 With Bernardillo scratched from the last event, over one mile and six teenth, decided under selling conditions, Tom Ryan's Sir Dill1e was made a 4-to- : favorite. He displayed spasmodic bursts of speed, and finally. brought LID in second place behind Personne. play ed down from to to L Cromwell made the pace for part of the distance. when the winner took the lead and