The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12
MILE NEGOTIATED IN 1:39 1-2
FLoRACITA WINS THE PACE AT
 LONG ODDS.
Losette, Lady Ashley and William O'B Three Favorites to Earn Money for Their
 Backers.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1L-Ladies day at Agricultural Park drew out q top-heaVy house The grand stand was crowded with members of the fair sex and the inner held contained many stylish equipages- bet ting in the ring, however, was slack as ever But six bookmakers weighed in to- day, the falling off being accounted Tor by the paucity of men imbued with gam bling tendencies.
 Aoringa, in the mile special, gained fresh Iaurels by beating Marplot in 1:3912, dan gerOUsly near the coast record, held by Vinctor. In the PIP pace Floracita, con- sidered a negative quantity, turned down the hot choice, Little Thorn, the ring lay ing b and 20 to l against her in the betting on the first heat. Barring the defeat of MarplOt, all of the other favorites for the running eVents-LOsette, Lady Ashley ana William c OB-SCOred in clever fashion
 AuCtiOneer Common could awaken little enthusiasm among spectators in the auc- tiOn pooling on the pace. The learned ones supposed Little Thorn to be moral, and were not inclined to loosen up. Thorn was to chance for the opening heat BunCh'S gelding, You Bet, drew the pole position for the first heat, but early de VelOped tendency to step on egSShellS, being very unsteady. When given the word the faVOrite seemed to have speed, but the fast clip set to the half by You Bet told on him at the end. Striking the stretch ten lengths behind the leaders, Floractta came home like a tornado, win ming easily in 2:1272., You Bet was second
 In the following two heats Garnsey handled FlOracita with excellent judgment and she won the necessary two heats like a real good one, not having to go below 2:112.
 The Agricultural Park stake for run ners at seven furlongs attracted very cheap field. Losette, with Piggott up, was an odds on favOrite and won cleVerly from Artesia after having made all the running. The second choice, Key del Rio, L<H1 O9 q
 The mile special was deprived of con siderable interest by the scratching of La Goleta. By the conditions each was to carry go pounds and $100 was to be added by the association if the coast record was beaten. In the betting MaTplOt, with Houck up. was a to faVOrite. with to 5 offered against Moringa. Devin, on the latter, rode circles around Houck and got his mount over the line three lengths be- fore the Burns &S Warehouse entry. Rid CTS reversed the story might have been different.
 Lady Ashley. the T to 10 choice for the fourth event. q six furlOng selling run, played in luck. The second choice, Ob- sidian. was almost left at the post, get ting several lengths the worst of the start The Lady cut out the running, winning cIeverly from Queen Nubia. 0b- sidian made up a lot of lost ground, in ishing good third.
 In the final seven and half furlong sprint the favorite. William O'B, backed from to down to to U, won as he pleased rom Tom Smith. Summary:
 Pacing. PIP class, heats, three in five, purse Floracita. b. n. by Red Cloak by May
 Boy tGaraseyl.. ..-.-.-.--. .--.--, .-.-....1 Little Thorn, b. g. by Hawthorne, tIhOmpson) .-----.--..--------. .---.-.o T}aechwood br m. by Siikwood CBaker)..4 3 You Bet b. g. by Mckinney GBunch)-...2 i 4 Time, 2:125, 2:1412, 2:1li2.
 The following are the races for t0-m2rrow:
 First race, special pace-Juliet D, Bastina, Nutway, Don, Billy Baker.
 Second race. special match. two in three Monterey, Toggles.
 Third race. running, five and a half fur longs
 1l3 Elsie Smith ....159 113 Snlyle ..........134 121 Gibbertiaibbet 139
 Fourth race four and a half furlongs-
 124 Iosette ........114i 113 Smyle .l14 105 Celoso ...........I14 123 Gracias ........114 12l Castelar ........114I
 Fifth race, handicap, seven furlongs-
 III Grady ...........1l8 San Nenado -,..l05 O10La CTOleta ......107 120 Petrarch .......- gS
 Sixth race-Half a mile
 1i7 Miss Hattie = .I02 =. Talvez ......... lo2 os NTi9enos mol IA Ellen Wood