The record-union., 1898-10-30
Opening Day of the California Jockey
Club Meeting. e.
An Attractive Gard and a Large Crowd at
the Oakland Track.
Recreation Wins the Inaugural
Handicap, With Grady Second
and San Venado Third-W1n-
ners at Lakeside, Latonia and
Aqueduct.

Aqueduct.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 29-Favored
with weather which would enthuse an
admirer of the balmiest Italian SKIES
with an attractive card and large
crowd. the California Jockey Club be-
gan to-day at it's splendid Oakland
track the season of winter racing.
Nothing was left undone to make the
opening day a success. The grounds
we re in perfect order, and the track
was fast. Starter Ferguson sent away
the fields in the five events in prompt
andI perfect order
The most notable feature of the first
days sport was the remarkable sue
cess of the Burns & Waterhouse sta
BILE, whose entries won every race on
the card. Interest centered chiefly in
the inaugural handicap at one mile,
worth $1,250 Several Of the promi-
nent candidates in this race were
scratched late in the day, which left
a field of eight horses to contend for
the purse, as follows: Moringa, San
Venado, Rosermonde, Recreation. Ru-
bicon, Morinet, Rainier and Grady.
Burns & Warehouses; three-year-old
bay fIIy Recreation, by Morello-Picnic,
won easily from Grady in the last six
teenth. Recreation was made favorite
in the betting, but there was big
plunge ON Rubicon at post time.
Thorpe carried off the jockey honors
by winning his three mounts. Twenty
books cut in, and all enjoyed a good
patronage for an opening day. The
public came out ahead, however, as
four first and one second choice carried
off the purses. Summaries:
Five and a half furlongs, Midlove
(Devin), 8 to 5, won: Eta H. (Wilsen),
4 to /, second; P. F. CBullman, 10 to
i, third ICime-1:0712.
Six fluclongs, selling, Obsidian
(Thorpe), AZ to 1, won: Los Medanos
(Hennessy)r Z to l, second; Magdalenas
&C. Wilson), to l, third. Time-1:15.
Seven fur rlongs, Napamax (Thorpe),
even, won; La Goleta (Hennessy), +
to 5, second: Morellito (Garrigan), s to
i, third. Tiine-1:27.
Inaugural handicap, one mile, Recre-
alton c. Woods), to ), won; Grady
(Hennessy), I to /, second: San We
nado (Rutterl, 20 to 1, third. Time
1:41M
Mile and sixteenth, selling, Shasta
Water (Thorp,a), Z to 5, won; P. A.
Finnegan (O'N,aiD, 90 to l, second; Do
lore (Gouin). II to /, third Time
las.
AT LAKESIDE.
CHICAGO Get. 29.-Weather at
Lakeside warm and clear; track heavy.
Results:
Seven furlongs Locust Blossom won,
Czarowitz second, Barateria third.
Time-1:301a.
Five furlongs, Frank Bell won,
Fontainebleau second. Boney Boy
third. Time-1:0212.
Seven furlongs, Braw Lad won,
Newsgatherer second, King Bermuda
third. Time-1:30-
Mile and 100 yards, Macy won, Imp
second, Storm King third. Time
1:46A.
Five and a half f,lrlongs, Abuse won,
Time-1;09A.
won. Double Dummy second, Mr..
Easton third. Time-1:59.
AT LAToNIA.
CINCINNATI. Oct. 29-Weather
pleasant and track heavy at Latonia.
Results:
One mile, Howitzer won, Nellie sec
ond, Jack Hayes third. Time-1:54.
Five furlongs, Becky Ban won, Chan
Gerry second, Piccola third. Time
1:0S1m
Handicap, one mile, What Next won
Great Bend second. F'ireside third.
Time-1:50.
Five and half furlongs, Miss jose
phine won, Volandies second. Floris-
SAINT third. T1me-1:14&.
Two miles. Kittie B. won, Barton
second, Osric IL, third. Time-3: :49s4.
One mile, Ennomia Won, Lyllis Sec
ond, Pop Dixon third. Time-1:51
AT AQUEDUCT.
NEW YORK, Oct. %. Aqueduct
summaries:
Five furlongs, Grievance won, Effer-
vescent second, Lamity third. Time
1:02
Mile and forty yards. Flax Spinner
won, Blarneystone second, Merlin
third. Time-1 451a
Mile and a sixteenth. Warrenton
won, Brighton second, Ben Eder third.
Time-1 :49!h.
Five furlongs. Lady Lindsey won.
Time: :01 %.
Mile and forty yards, Frohman won,
Charentus second, Blue Away third.
Time-1:4 4-5.
About seven furlongs, Fleeting Gold
won Tabouret second, rAlouette third.
Time-1:26 4-5.