The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-01

from San Francisco considered. this
statement open to contradiction and
strolled about eating all the watermelon
! in sight paid the. highest. price for a
deserve seat on the" bar. refrigerator,
opened and closed the door on himself or
t.anything else to. create a-draught.": :
Then, too. the. Occident stake, WHICH
this year was worth 1890. proved a
magnetic. attraction. ::
IT,. Nine. splendidIx bred S-year-old trot-
tiers contested for the prize. of which
amount $2512 vert. to the winner. s105G
| to the. second and 1852 to the third
horse. Tuna. the bay daughter of James
Madison, ..reepated her victory. of last
week at Petaluma. and superbly driven
by Henry Sanders, brother. to- Two
Minute" Sanders of Lou Dillon fame.
stepped three winning heats in 2:1S14,
2:2SI2 and 2:1s, losing the second to
Swift B. .
As it was figured that last Fridays
race did not benefit Tuna Swift B was
made favorite in the auction pools,
bringing 10, Tuna Z and the field Z. In
the opening heat Swift B led Tuna into
the stretch, where he left his feet,
caused by broken cheek. and Tuna won
easily. Swift was second, The Jester
third, and as Sanders behind the win
were tagged.
FILLY SHOWS GAMENESS.
Just after the word in the second heat
Tuna made a mistake, and, as Sanders
made no try for this heat, Swift scored
hands down in 2:22. Tuna now sold for
SIC and the other two for the same
amount. ]. w. Zibble, behind Swift B,
tested the courage of Tuna to the utmost
in the next two heats, but the filly proved
equal to the emergency, and after trot-
ting almost head and head to the stretch.
Qutstayed and out-trotted the colt, for in
each of the last two heats the latter left
his feet about a fuTlong from the wire.
Before the trio was called for the last
heat Tuna was 10 to choice.
AS was promised by Acting Secretary
Lowden,- the ring was: almost entirely
open, ingress and egress being had from
one side and either end. Four books cut
in, Henry Wendt representing George
Rose being one of the layers. AL Leach
handled the auction pool end of the game
and a combination book also had an exist
ence. In the judges stand B. F. Rush
presided. with Frank Covey of Palo Alto
as associate. Dick Havey started both
the harness horses and the runners, his
work as usual being very satisfactory.
Frank Delong and William Lampert did
the clocking.
class pace for Jonesa Basler, the favorite
and the brown horse attached himself TO
the big end Of the purse without great eff
fort. The first heat fell to Demonia, in
(which Presiding Judge Rush is inter-
ested, the stallion getting mark of 2:11A
He finished a creditable third in the Sec
ond heat and then had to be withdrawn.
Jonesa Basler won his heats in command
ing fashion.
FAVORITE IS BEATEN.
A five and half furlong scramble in
troduced the runners. Little Margaret,
from the stable of Caesar Young, was a
3 to chance in the betting, but Burk
got her away all tangled up and she fin
ished a distant third. See shot away in
front on Marlborough, leading to within
a furlong from the stand, where Hen
derson, on the II to shot Heather Honey,
collared the big brown, and ridden out,
won by half a length.
But six started in the five-furlong dash
for two-year- olds, and II proved only a
cat hop for the to favorite H. L. Frank.
Hildebrand piloted the short priced one
and cutting out all the running was
eased up at the wire nearly three lengths
before Annie Marie, the second choice.
Metlakatla ran third.
Burk had the distinguished honor of
plotting another l to chance in the six
Furionz selling snrinf He 4osSed the leg