The San Francisco call., 1898-04-03
The New Ones Learr Something at Union
 Park.
Six Heavy Falls in a Lump Make Matters Lively Enough
 for All.
Rosette Loses Caste, Though Running to win-Heavy Odds Ruled for
 the Day.

It wasn't the number of times the knowing ones got dumped at Union Park that hurt; they miScalculated only SIX times in thirty-two courses. It was that the six surprises came nearly in lump when the odds were such as to shake the bettors' confidence and make them care full for while. And then, right after the last fall, when any old thing was 'eX- pected'' by the wiseacres. the hot fa- vorite Rosette came very near losing to Green Valley Maid with odds at 1 to 10 making the spinal columns of not few the media for alternate currents of sus- pense and despair. But hosettte finally won out on a long course, after a short mo course'' had been run, the hare being killed before the merits of the contest ing hounds could be determined. How ever, the winner was in poor form and had so hard a run that her chances to win in the final rundown to-day were ma terially lessened. Flying Buck, with Patria or Rosette for second choice, seems to be the pick of the best judges now.
 The day was an ideal one for coursing, the sun shone bright and warm, and the
 hares were nearly all in fine form. A good-sized crowd was present and the betting was lively. The first fiutter Of excitement was in the race between Mountain LasSie anu Jimmy Hope, the i former ruling strong favorlte. The "short ender had things all his own way for time but the favorite finally car ried off the honors on a long heat. This race was merely the rumble of the thun- der warning the talent of the wrath to come, the handwriting on the wall, as 1t were.
 Almost in unbroken series then the | fnryy ran away from Monotony, to l favor ite; The Turk waltzed all around Pat
 Molloy, odds l to 4: Mountain Beauty failed to succumb to the clairvoyant
 tricks of Magic, on the long end. with odds at to l; Theron robbed Laurel wood, a 5 to favorite, of all the Iaurels he ever had; Blackstone Scorned all law and raked in the prize from MoVe On' favorite, with the odds at to 7; Little Pete repeated the performance Tn the case of Bessie B, a to favorlte, ana three courses afterWard Douglas rupped salt into the talents sores by putting out Santa Alecia, booked to win on to l shot. That ended the excitement. The favorites had things their own way alter that.
 A feature of the day was the heavy odds given on some of the favorttes, who luckily gave none of their packers the heart disease. Promise Me ruled to favorite over Lily Wheeler, Myrtle 6 to ] II, over Sweet Lips, Rusty Gold to l over Decorator Camilla ' to l over Rich and Artless, while Mercy May rose high on the tide of chance with SIS waged on her favorite over Green Valley Maid, and Lord Byron 13 to l over Key Alphonso. l Tn the course between Promise Me and Lily Wheeler the hare was too fleet and 1 foxy for the dogs and made it's escape. l The ties will be run off to-day.
 Following was the days racing in de- 1 tail:
 Reserve stake, all-age greyhounds; prizes
 S225 $1l5, s60 $60, four s30 each, next eight i SIP 50 each next sixteen 5 each-Lowe & l Thompson's Patria beat Barte Bros Bonan-
 ga; Lowe x Thompson's Prince Hal beat J.
 J. Edmonds' Forget; A. Johnson s Lissak beat l s. E. Portals Laurelwood; E. V. Sullivan s
 False Flatterer beat P. Brophy's Benicia Boy; | E. V Sullivan's Flying Buck beat R. B. Kay s | Chit Chat; R. B. Rays Eclipse beat s. E. Por- l taFs At Last; H. M. N. Springs Master Jack | beat F. Murphy's Lady Grace; E. V Sullivan s
 Jest Jester beat D. D. Roche s Pacific queen; C. C. Griswald's Mountain Lassie beat E. J. Clark S
 Jimmie Hope; W. c. G!asson's Mystery beat
 Courtneys The Turk beat Springs Pat Mol
 loy; b. J. Healys Mountain Beauty beat Glas-
 J. Greedy Jr.'s The Ace; George Whitney s
 Theron beat R. E: de B, Lopez Carmen; T.
 Pasha Kennels Alameda beat D. Sprague s
 Airship; Bartel Bros. Blackstone beat Ed
 monds' Move On: T; J. Bqrkes Little Pete
 Harkaway beat Pasha Kennels Revenue
 Agent: Pasha Kennels Arapahoe beat S. T.
 Desimones Logan; E. Scott's Lord Byron beat
 Pasha Kennels Key Alphonso Al Austirf S
 Douglass beat Pasha Kennels Santa Alecia
 ley Maid; W. NJ. McNeils Promise Me beat
 John kennedy's Lily Wheeler; J. Seggerson
 White Chief beat Simmons & Donahue'
 Moore's Prescriptions Larkey & Rocke's Myr-
 tie beat Pasha Kennels Fair Helen: E. V.
 Sullivan's Royal Buck beat J, J. Warren's
 Sweet Lips; Healy's Rusty Gold beat Joseph
 Connoys Decorator; " c. Tobins Spring
 beat H. Biggos San Pedro; Lopez Camilla
 beat Pasha Kennels Rich and Artless; E. "
 Sullivan's Rocklin Belle beat J. Sullivan's Kill
 kenny Girl; E. V. Sullivan's Mercy May beat
 D. Dickson's Premier.