The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-16
LAST DAYS RACING
At Los ANGELES
Joe Wheeler the Only
Losing Favorite.
CAKE-WALK FOR LA G0LETA
EASILY TAKES THE STREET
GALWAY HANDICAP.
Junior Event for Two ear-olds Won
by Headwater, Which Beat
Midlove by but
Head.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15.-The closing
day of the race meet attracted crowd
Of about $500 people to Agricultural
Park The harness events were duIl
and listless affairs, and it remained Tor
the runners to create some show OF real
enthusiasm. Of five favoFites that car
ried the public's money Joe wheeler,
the black PAGER, was the only disap-
pointment and this coin was saved by
the judges declaring all bets off. Head
water, La Goleta and Lady Ashley car
ried away the running purses.
Lady Margaret, a diminutive bit OF
racing machinery possessed of the lat
eral gait, was a pronounced favorite
for the special pace and disposed of her
field in impressive fashion after mis-
hap 10 her harness had caused the little
miss TO finish last in the third heat.
With Dick Havey holding the reins
Joe Wheeler. ruled an odds-on choice
for the first heat of the mixed pacing
and trotting event The erratic Much
Better kept the field scoring I'D until
the patience of everybody was ex-
h-usted.
The favorite must have been so af-
fected also, for when Starter Thorn
finally gave the word Wheeler began a
maZOurka that caused him TO get the
red flag sWished in his face Rex Alto.
a 10 to l shot, took this and the two
following heats without effort, the big
chestnut trotter Monterey being on his
bad behavior. For some unknown rea-
son the judges declared all bets off on
the first heat, though it would be diff
cult to find a rule to fit the occasion.
The junior handicap, for two-year-
olds, at five and a half furlongs. at
Troa Cd q fairly cynn6 fiaId n fha
and was quite a fancy betting affair.
AT the close HeadWater, with Henry
Shields up. ruled equal favOrite with
the Burns & Waterhouse pair, Obsidian
and Midlove A struggling start
ruined the chances Of Carmanita, Oco-
roma and Reina de Cuba. Shields
rushed Headwater Out in the lead,
and, though hard pressed at the wire,
unfinished Devin on MidloYe. gaining
the verdict by a head. Mike Hennessy
on Correct was a fair third.
The Main treet and Agricultural
Park Railway handicap at mile was a
cake-Walk for the Baldwin filly, La Go
leta. She was coupled with her stable
companion, San NenadO, and the ring
laid TO 10 against the pair at post
time. The Burns & Waterhouse duo
Marplot and Shasta Water, were next
in demand at Is TO 10, While against
Grady, who seemed overweighted. Il
l was obtained. When Caldwell sen
the bunch away with the flag. San We
nado, ridden by Frawley, was sent ou
TO kill off MaTplOt and when the hal
distance had been covered had accom-
plished the purpose. Tommy Butler
astride La Goleta. then assumed the
front position and galloped in the east
est sort of a winner, one length in ad
vance of Grady in 1894.
Devin brought Shasta Water up from
the rear, taking the short end of thu
purse
The talent tried hard to make Ions
shot win the last race Of the day, six
furlong selling sprint, but without avail
Lady Ashley the 4-to-5 favOrite, will
Joe Piggott up, got away in front anC
was hard to catch, winning easily b!
four lengths. In a fierce drive for tn
place Houck. astride Losette. 30-to-
chance, nosed Fig Leaf out. Summary
Pacing, special, for named horses heats Il
Lady Margaret. br. m, by Star Sultan,
e. bd1ms2 nv Don / ~ Hack.
Riverside Wood, blk. h. by Black
wood Mambrino CDr- Buttor1.-..--..2
Sam H b. h., by Jim Blaine &C. c..
r Eaef2 s:15~ 2iiit. 2;l74. ann
Trottng and pacing mixed free-for-all heat
Rex Alto. b h., by Alto Rex Csanford) i l
Monterey. oh. g., by Sidner (Williams)...2 3
Little Thorn b. e., by Hawthorne (suli-
van) OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Joe Wheeler. blk g.. by Sidney Arnett
Much Better. b. e., by steinway (Bunch) Dis
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