The San Francisco call., 1898-01-07
McManus Got Back at Sam Hildreth by Taking
 George Lee.
Double Quick Captured His Race Cleverly and Also Changed
 Owners.
Attainment Claimed From a Race
 Song and Dance in Front.

The selling race war inaugurated some days ago at Ingleside is proving a most prolific source of income to the Pacific Coast Jockey Club. When George Lee took the opening event in clever fashion yesterday, "Plunger" McManus got back at Sam Hildreth for bidding up St. Cuthbert at the re- cent Oakland meeting by bidding the winner up from $20O to $500. at which figure Sam let the colt go. Attain ment a starter in the same race. en- tered to be sold for s400, was claimed by Timmons & Marks, which firm started La Loma. The next lift" oc- cured in the fourth race. Double Quick, the winner was entered to be sold for $500, and when Frank Brown bid him up to $100O Atkins & Lott ridge parted company with the chest nut horse. By the smile that illumin- ated his countenance, By Holly evident ly thought he unloaded a gold brick in the last event, the extra siX-furlong run. Torsion, the fortunate winner, had $500 opposite his name on the card, and when Sam Hildreth said $500, By smil- ingly bid adieu to the big Torsion horse and hereafter he will carry the S- of "bOosts" the Jockey Club profited to the extent of $650, and the manage ment smiles as the merry war rages in all its ferceness.
 The downpour of rain and the sloppy going did not seriously interfere with the success of the favorites, for four out of six were successful This does not mean that by the downfall of the other three the books profited to any great extent, for all of them were fair " well backed
 No doubt the most serious setback the talent received was over the result of the tWo-mile run, a sweepstake at S25 each. with 5000 added by the asso- citation. The weights looked all in fa- vor of The Bachelor and he went to the post a warm to favorite. The slushy going, though, was not to his liking and Song and Dance, the pace maker, won in a big canter The win ner, carrying 112 pounds and Spencer in the saddle, drifted back in the bet ting from to to Is to 5. Vinctor, the second choice, was a dismal third.
 George Lee looked the best of the eleven starters in the opening seven furlong run, aud finishing strong the last part won handily from Attain ment, the second choice, ridden by Thorpe. The latter lilly made all the running. Barney Schreiber took third money with pr. Marks
 The smart lilly Tea Rose looked a moral for the five-furlong dash, but after opening in the betting at ever money went back to 13 to TO- while Count of Flanders was hammered down from to to II to 10. Tea Rose led from the first jump and won, pull ing Clawson out of the saddle, from the Count.
 Double Quick, the 13 to 20 choice fol the fourth event at seven furlongs, wa: given quite a forcible argument by Harry ThOburn, but shook that geld ing off in the stretch and won at the wire by a couple of lengths. Thorpe on the latter, urged him so hard tn. first part in a fruitless endeavor to beat the winner that, staggering at the end he was beaten a nose for the place by Walter J.
 Fog rolling in from the ocean ob scured much of a view of the mile anC a sixteenth selling affair, for which tn, Baldwin entry Argentina went to tn, post to chance. At any rate Eddi, Jones could not land her a winner Plan, the second choice, jumped out il the lead and never headed led the frs choice over the line by three lengths Can't Dance was close third, a blocl in front of Cromwell
 The last event was declared off anC cheap six furlong scramble substi tuted. Ten started, with Sorrow carry