The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01
Wheel. .@' of :. Fortune T, ,ook ...==... e..Ingleside Stake i1 <.
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B.uekw,,a,. the Publc.,,s~ Choice, ... Finished a: 9Groggy ...-
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The Winner Filoteei by. Grinning Joe.
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[" Since. the times: that. were, when: people rode to the: old Ocean View track in ex-: 4:press: " W8gons, .bucllboarGs or any: old :thi1g and the: short man paid a slug: for a soap. box that+Wotlld enahle him to get. a. glimpse of the horses oyer the shoulder of: his taller ne{ghbor, distance :e9y efrts. in horse racing have been populai They. seem to: bring :back*to the old-tirner fond recellections of. the past when ssenti- ment cut a wide%:sWatll, and collecting !. the. doffars was a. side issue There have. been more perfect. days for racing .pur-. poses than yesterday buI the fact that. thet Ingleside* stake: over a distance of four 1niles Wa s:to. be decided drew an in- r1ertse crowd to: fhe local track *:~..: r." Wheel: of Fortune; the handsome chest nut daughter of. Gfano: and Jennie B snorting t he: colors of Joe Harvey. carried. off the >hon0rs, and did it so easily. as to deprive: the. race of: all excitement The betting favored Ed" Purser's .geIding Buekwa, which opened up a $ to 5 favor: ite, .receding 3to::9 to D. There were many. conflicting reports. about the. ..'Vheels,.,'' work, and 4 to l was: always obfainable about her" iIl the, ring. Sir ,pilke from. Tom Ryanss. stable: with s'SKeets": Martin up and Sweet: E'axerdaTe, piloted by Thorpe, each commanded a: stronger :fol- lowing than. Harvey $ mare. The* 'Satllr- day play ayers: took a. chance on .Sharon
 
 badly and. tlleir coin went up in sIfi0ke. The: race: proper needs no descriptfon. .Ifggot on.=NheeI of *Fortune went out: to make the pace tratled by Lonnie Clayton aStf1de. thes faY0rite. < For about: three mil eS sl3uekWa hung: to his work, for; the most part under. gentle restraint. When the. final nlife came around, .the.1l4: bounds on tlle=baok of the leader seemejlt to have. set. very: lightly, for she tripped away. : from the faYorite and led him past: the Judges. by nearly thirty lengths 'eased to a walk: in ' %2s A.: Sir DiIke. was a huge disappointment, finishing 9 distant third t Sweet IFaYeretl1e e too: should have been 1q to l; chance: Of the $3500 hung up. the: winner took S2E05, the. second horse 5000 aisd.tfIe third s309: = ;:. :.:. 'esH < The he rest of the sport was nothing to go =lfr *raptuEes over: Enc fields were for. the most: part small plainly betokening- the fact that the end Of the :seasoTIE w.; s :apDroaGhIng :FHaNorftess succeeded In hold3 ing tllefr> own. getting away with three purses: -: :: .The .Corriga:n entry; Ach, furnished the surprise. in the opening event; a ffI c-fiir- long sprint for ;tYNe7y year-olds.' Fight to 1 was fafd against the y0ungster* lead ing from the: start, he won cieXerly from :Obsidian: Moss sbraei with H. Shields urj, ran. 9: nrisera ble ':raee: The: winner COW cred :@the distance in I ;02 which, in the. face of a. strong: wind through the stretch was. a remarkably good performance, < r The six furlong. selling rJn drew a large field t9 the: Postj imp MistraI. closing. d ' ]. to ,. chance. ir:. the betting. First Or sec- ond, from the: time: the barrier was re. leased the. chest nut colt downeei Stentor handily at<the end:@, Tom Smith: ran flat teringly finishing in the show: :. ::
 The mile and three: :furl longs hurdle han dicap was: ..responstb1e: for the. downfall of a heavily backed fayorite: Our Cli- mate, with, Doane and l60 pounds ori his back, wasS to*5 througlIout the betting, and ran as though: the high price of hay was beginning: to*be felt: Huntsnian. rid; den by Shepard aud 6 to T.: came strong at :. the. end, and catching Monita led that jumper out over a length. Tortoni was a good. third. d.>.:::.: ..:.; .
 :: Daisy: T.: the Corrigan entry. had a virtual, walk+oyer; in the six furlong. purse affair, and at: the prohibitive price: Of: i to 4 galfoped in ahead of Charles Le i. Bel Sadie Schwartz: d 100 to: 1 shot. IS: third. - ....- =. : The final mile run. decided. under selling conditions, was captured by the faYorfte,. Don Luis, with JDhflny: Woods up. The little. fellow got his mount in front when well into the Stretch, and, ridden out, beat E,lsrIore less than a length: in 1:42244