The herald., 1898-10-12
TODAY's ENTRIES

i FIRST RACE-epecial Pace =
= Billy Baker. =
! SECOND RACE-Match for $3.50 4
\ q Side: Trotting; In 3-Toggles. +
= Monterey. +
i THIRD RACE-F1ve and One =
y half Furlongs-Whistle Bird 1ss. =
= Elsie Smith l39, Gibbetty Flibbett =
y 13s, Igo 1874, smyle 134.
4 FOURTH RACE-Four and One =
= half Furlongs-Losette III, Celose
+ ia, CASTELAR, ia. Smyie 1Os, Gra-
= cius ia. =
y FIFTH RACT-ssven-e -eighths Of =
\ Mile; Handicap-GraAy 1ls' San
\ venado 12b, Goleta 107. Petrarch 81.
= SIXTH RACE-One-half Mile; =
= Handicap-Pauline Mosher 102,
\ Miss Matte 102. Los Medinos ITO.
= Inola 102. Talvez 102 and Ellen
+ Wood 107 (stable). =
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The coast record for q mile twas nearly
broken yesterday at Agricultural park In
the special event, and some five thousand
people witnessed an exciting race, In which
Moringa and Marplot figured as the con-
testants. The former won by three lengths
from the Burns g. Waterhouse entry, but
the race was a good one for nearly all OF
the way. A small fraction of second
was lacking to equal the coast record.
| which Ii 1884 made by Vinctor at the old
Bay District track at San Francisco, three
or four years ago. AS II was, Morlnga
eoualed the best performance Of the pres
ent year, which was a mile In 1884, made
by Satsuma.
nd 1aAfoQ
God bless 'em, were present In large num-
bers, for the occasion was Ladies' day" "
The. directors displayed excellent judg-
ment In offering the hospitality OF the
track to the fair sex, for there were hun
dreds who availed themselves of the OPP
portunity OF witnessing the races and In
cidentally displaying some new costumes,
and the grand stand az result presented
handsome sight.
There was but one harness race on the
card, and 1t was taken by a rank outsider
Floracita, but the running races were all
| won by the favorites, although the winner
In one case did not open as the favorlte In
| the books. The races were very good.
| though Mr.. Caldwell did not give as salts
| factory starts in two Of them as the public
could have desired. Moringa seems to pos
sess hypnotic influence over the entries
from the Burns & Waterhouse stable. az
he defeated Marplot, one Of the best In the
latter stable. yesterday, and laid 1t over
Shasta Water, another Burns & Water
house crack. last Friday.
After the Coast Record
The event Of the day was pretty and
for a time an even race, but Marplot seemed
| unable to stand the strain and nearly went
! to pieces In the stretch. There were three
| horses entered-La Goleta. a chestnut Ally
| owned by e. ]. Baldwin. Moringa, bay
gelding owned by Tom Boyle. and Marplot,
bay colt owned by Burns & Waterhouse.
Ali were 3-year-olds and were to carry 30
pounds each. La Goleta was scratched,
however. It was said that the manager of
the Ally wished to secure the services Of
Butler to ride the animal, but being unable
to do so. decided to take no chances with
any other rider.
This left only Moringa and Marplot to
compete. Devir had the mount on the for
mer, and Houck on Marplot. The latter
opened as favorlte at 10 s, but no one
seemed to like his chances, for the quota
tion had receded at post time to 4 to 5. On
the other hand, Moringa was hrst quoted
at II to 10, but as there was liberal play
on this horse. his price was forced down to
4 to S when he went to the post SO in re-
ality he was the favorite over Marplot
Previous to the race 1t was announced from
the Judges stand that the coast record was
l:SeA, and that In addition to the purse
Of $500, the association agreed to give an
additional 500 in case the coast record
should be equaled or broken. This figure
was later found to be incorrect, and while
Moringa lowered this mark. he did not
equal the coast record, which was later
learned to be 1:39N.
Moringa had the pole, and after couple
Of attempts Caldwell sent them away, with
Moringa head the best Of the start. Mo-
ringa maintained this to the eighth pole,
md than fnrrAnaA a 1AN0th ne -
quartet. Houck, however, sent Marplot
along and reduced the lead Of Moringa
to half length at the half. From the half
to the thrse-quarters the horses ran neck
and neck. Moringa managed to keep his
head In advance Of Marplot. and was about
a head In the lead az they swung into the
stpetch. Then came the struggle for the
race, and all thought the coast record, for
the time Of ~ to the quarter, :F7k for the
half and 1:1s for the three-Quarters flashed
from the timers stand, showed at what q
terrific pace the animals had been going.
"Marplot! Marpl0tw yelled the crowd
as the horses came down the stretch.
''Moringa! Moringal cried the hackers
OF the other horse, and they were right, for
Marplot seemed unequal 70 the demand for
more speed. when his admirsrs were
standing breathless, confident that he
would pass the other horse, Marplot
seemed to fafter, and before he could rally,
Moringa had shot ahead . couple OF
lengths, and the race was practically over,
for M0ringa increased this lead to three
lengths as he passed first under the wire
amid the cheers Of the crowd. The cheer
Ing stopped a. the crowd waited for the an
nouncement Of the time. and when the
1904 was displayed, another cheer went up.
The worlds record for the mile on CIR
cular track Is 1854. made by Libertine
some years ago. An attempt will be made
by Imp to lower this mask next Saturday
at Chicago.
The 2:1o Glass Pace
The opening heat of the 2:l2 class pace
proved big surprise. AZ neither Of the
first choices were able to land the heat.
Little Thorne was favorite at to 10, while
You Bet was 8 to s, Fioracita q to 1, and
Beechwood IA to 1. The horses scored q
number Of times, but were finally sent
away. with You Bet the pole horse, about
length and half ahead Of Little Thorne,
who was length behind the othera Little
Thorne cut out Immediately and at the
quarter was leading You Bet by half a
length. The others were apparently left,
being four lengths behind the leaders.
Little Thorne and You Bet opened up a.
wider gap on the way to the half between
Floracita and Beechwood, and Ilttle
Thorne had there increased his lead over
You Bet to length. You Bet had re-
duced this to half q length at the three
quarters, but while the leaders were bat
tling supposedly for the heat, Floracita
had moved along ana when they swung
into the stretch was only two lengths be-
hind Little Thorne. Down the stretch
they came under whip. TJoracita. In
the center OF the track, was able 70 aus