The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
BEAU 0RM0NDE DEFEATED BY PROPER
IN THE MILE RUN AT OAKLAND TRACK
Spectators Backed the Horses That Won and the Ring Thousands
Onon 0uoos ARABIC From Start to Finish Wonder Kept Busy
Beating BIssu Shaw Finishes Front of Some Fast Youngsters

Twenty-one pale, wan and detected
looking little bookmakers returned to
this city last evening from Oakland
track. They were meek, mild-man-
nered men, looking not at all like gam
blers. There was a reason though for
all their seeming. disinterestedness
On Saturday last the ring must have
cleaned up nearly $4,000 and the lay
ers were prepared to gather some more
yesterday. But the betting brigade
came back strongly reinforced and ad-
ministered a crushing defeat to the
pencflers. These retaliatory measures
not only cost the ring all it had won
on Saturday, but more in addition.
Buccleuth, Bay Wonder and Nee
hanus were the only three successful
favorites,. but, unfortunately for the
bookmakers, F. E. Shaw, Honiton and
Proper were all well supported. So too
were number of horses which finished
second and third at comfortable Odds.
The defeat of Beau Ormonde by
Proper in the concluding mile purse
run was unexpected but not surprising.
The Ormonde horse was heavily backed
at to 5, while the Jennings entry had
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point higher. Adkins had the mount
on the favorite and was. in front for
nearly seven-eighths of the distance.
Jack Martin astride Proper cut the
stretch turn closely, and when he put
in his challenge Beau Ormonde weak
ened and was beaten half a length in
1:4O1z. Green Morris big gelding Du-
pont ran a close third at odds of to /.
Thisbe, backed from 10 to Az, was
cut loose for a good thing in the open
ing event and finished second to Bar
ney Schreiber's Buccleuth, the 5 to 2
favorite. 1t could be called a lucky
win, for had Jed Lewis, who rode
Thisbe, not lost so much ground turn
Ing into the. stretch the mare would
have scored. The show fell to Velrna
Clark.
Foley captured the two-year-oId five
furlong dash with F. E. Shaw, a to 1
chance. Ananias, from Johnny Schorr's
stable and a mild favorite, made all
the running, finally losing by half
length in a driving finish: Eugenia B
LED DR.. Rowel's Harbor out for third
place.
Elissful, with Willie Hack in the
saddle, gave the favorite, Bay Wonder,
quite an argument in the six and a
half furlong run following. The first
choice was not lacking in speed, but
ran out on the stretch turn and lost so
much ground that he only beat the filly
three-quarters of length at the wire
Quatre finished at their heels, third.
Only the strong finish of D. Hall got
Meehanus across the line first for the
mile and sixteenth selling event. The
Doss entry closed a Is to 8 favorite.
and, in fierce drive, downed the 10 to
1 shot, Billy Moore, a neck Club ran
third. FL Oriente cut out the running
for nearly a mile and then fell back.
beaten.
Walter Jennings stpapping colt,
ARABIC. had his measure taken by Honi-
ton in the seven-furlong run for three
year-olds. 1t was the f1lly's first ap-
pearance this season, and, as the route
besides was figured too far for her,
ARABIC went to the post a to 10 chance.
There is a possibility that lack Mar
tin took matters a trifie too easy the
first part of it with the favorite, but
at any rate Honiton led from the start.
and, handriddep, finished more than
a length in advance of the big fellow
in ':,1:261z. Geheimness was a good
third.
NOTES IF THE TRACK.