The San Francisco call., 1898-03-16
RIDERS UNDER
 SUSPENSION Eddie Jones and Spencer Ordered Before the
 Stewards.
They Will Have to Explain Away Strong Evidence
 of Fraud.
Tho Bookrr1akers Had 8 Hard Day of It-Four Well-Played
 Outsiders Won.

There Is apt to be another big upheaval In turf circles the way the wind Is blow ing at present. At the conclusion of the racing at Oakland yesterday, Presiding Judge Joe Murphy announced the sus- pension of Jockeys Eddie Jones and Spen- cer and ex-owner Ollie Johnson. A num- Der of races were enumerated in which the riding of these two jockeys was re- garded with suspicion, and from all ac- counts the officials of the track across the bay are evidently in possession or some inside information that will make 1t go hard with these riders. Judge Murphy declined to say how Johnson was con> nected in the affair. The matter will come before the stewards of the Califor- mia Jockey Club on either Wednesday or Thursday evening.
 The racing yesterday was replete with "done brown" horses in the betting that were sent over the plate and the books were peppered hard. Napamax and Ye- men were the only winning choices The former could not help scoring, as the wind and tide were both in her favor. In the final race of the afternoon, MT. Ferguson was possessed of patience enough to thread a alarming needle with a piece of four-inch hawser, for he kept the field at the post over forty minutes before Yemen could be sent away to flying start.
 Twenty selling platers started in the  The large number of entries pre- cluded any great amount of betting. Eakins with "Skeets" Murphy up closed favorite in the betting. The Gideon east off showed speed for a short piece and then tossed it up. Conley got Mistral II in front down the backStretch. and at the end won handily from Justine. 20 to l chance. Old Figaro took the show, finish ing on three legs.
 The downfall of vinctor in the mile was one of the surprises of the afternoon. The Brutus horse closed a g to 20 favorite in the betting, but was headed from the start by Odds On with Clawson in the saddle, and at the wire beaten a scant length by the Burns & Warehouse entry. Lost Girl finished in the show.
 Gold Scratch was favorite for the two year-old scramble at three and half fur longs, but the wise division went to Eze1s entry, Leo Vertner, forcing his odds from 8 to l down to Il to ,. While Thorpe on the favorite was attending to through the stretch, Gray took advan- tage of the opportunity offered and land ed Vertner winner by head. Gold Scratcfs was second, half length before ZaccatoSo.
 The mile and a furlong handicap was a farce. Napamax picked up her 103 pounds and won laughing from pr. Bernays. Flashlight finished in the show The ring laid the absurdly long price of to about the winner
 Linstock finally fell heir to a purse Willie Applegate's gelding was a 3-to-5 chance for the seven-furlong run fifth on the card, and never left the issue in doubt. Leading from start to finish he led Rosornonde over the line five lengths Soscal secured show honors.
 RObair opened faVorite for the final six furlOng sprint, but was never prominent after receding in the betting from to ? to 6 to 1. Yemen took the lead from Chap pie when a quarter had been traversed, and, driving hard, got the verdict over the latter by head. Amelia Fonso was