The San Francisco call., 1901-11-24
BERNOTA WINS CROCKER HANDICAP
WITH EONIC THE FAVORTTE SECOND
Frank ONe the St. Louis Rider Scores Hit With Oakland
Race-Goers---Four Pronounced Choices Bou1led Over

n old axiom reads: at is long
N lane that has no turn and the
IN fortunes of the Burns & Water
Il IN house stable, which have been
varying and uncertain since the
inception of the season. took turn for
the better finally. On Friday, at Oakland,
Bernota managed to get left at the post,
but yesterday redeemed herself by win
ming the Crocker handicap at six and a
half furlongs, from a small but select field.
Nearly all the handicappers figured the
race a good thing for Eonic, with only
100 pounds on her back, and Caesar
Young's filly was accordingly installed an
even money favorite. Glendenning had
all the worst of it with 11O pounds in the
saddle, and 10 to 1 was quoted about him.
Articulate, allotted top weight 12S pounds,
had quite string of followers, and, to be
sure, O'Connor's presence on the back of
Janice attracted attention that way, even
if she was asked to handle 123. Bernota,
in at So pounds, and with Frank O'Neil,
the st. Louis boy, in the saddle, warmed
up through the muddy going like butch
er's cleaver parting a square of limbur-
ge- cheese, and, coupled with Rosenar,
TO ! was freely laid against the stable
entry. At the post O'Neil, on Bernota,
handled his horse to perfection and when
the barrier was released by Dwyer, was
right at the heels of Glendenning. The
latters stay in front was extremely brief,
the 2-year-old dropping back before three
furlongs had been covered. Bernota now
held a commanding lead and fortunately,
no doubt, for the brown fellow. Hoar, on
Eonic, was cut off at the far turn by
Glendenning, while trying to steal
through on the rail. This proved
disastrous for the favorite. Losing
three lengths, she closed fast
though in the run to the wire, being beat-
en- by less than two lengths in 1;22-ve.y
fast time when the condition of the track
is considered. Janice ran in ahead of Ar
uculate for the show.
The gross value of the stake was $15v0i
of which amount the winning horse re-
ceived $780,
Despite the Threatening aspect of the
weather there was q large crowd in at
tendance and the boekmakers were fajg-
ly besieged with COIN. Ihe talent received
a fearful jarring for four rounds, when
the tide changed, and two favorites, Ord
nung and Galanthus. came through on
schedule time.
Link jackson, the dInlinutive spider
weight of DR.. Rowelfs stable, left the
maiden jockey class en- Darlene in the
opening siX-furlong run. Quiz II, which
came out after a long lay off, led to the
paddock, where he was collared and beat
en- two lengths by the Rowell entry. Cen
sor, the favorite, seems to have lost al
form, finishing third.
Many were under the impression that
Spencer on Quadra, favorite for the twT-
year-old sprint, threw the race away by
one of his Commando rides" and it did
look that way. He struck the stretch
with his mount under restraint and for 4
time cid not perceive Larry Daily crawling
up on the outside with Sir Lewis. When
it settled down to a drive the latter won
by a neck. The winner was to 1.
The Brutus gelding nuckoy upheld his
title to being a first-ciass mudlark by de
feating Greyfeld and Bangor handily in
Woods in the saddle, closed a hot favor
ite His unruly behavior at the post did
not brighten his chances. When sent
away Bullman at once went out In the
lead with Duckoy and was never headed,
winning at the wire by two open lengths.
The favorite finished a weary second,
about the same distance ahead of Ban
gor.
Green Morris dropped his good horse
Autolight in at a sprinting distance in
the fifth number. While the brown fell
low gave Ordnung a tussle, he had been
hustled from the jump, something not
down in his daily diet, and the Schorl
crack beat him out. The latter had q
slight call in the betting, and the pail
furnished a pretty and exciting finish
At the paddock Woods, on Ordnung
played his trump card. and. drawing
ahead, scored by length in Ills, another
fast run.
A barrel of coin went in on Wyoming
to win the last race. The old horse. to-
gether with Imperious, failed to break
with the balance of the field and was left
Galanthus then went out and made g
runaway race Of it. Merops disposed Of
Bonnie Lissak for the place.