The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03
BEARCAT CHER BEHAVES UNGENTLEMANLY
AND CASCINE AGAIN GALLOPS HOME
The Freter First the Most Sensational Finish of the Meeting and at
the Same Time Lowers Coast RecordShot Gun Covers Five
FuIongs in Fast TmeFosS Takes the Mile Handicap From Dna

| in connection with the sport at Oakland
track yesterday that it is difficult to
pick out any one feature that over
shadowed the others. In defeating
Hagerdon and Sad Sam the Jennings
crack Shotgun stepped five furlongs in
594 seconds-within a quarter of sec
ond of the track record.
Cascine kept behind him in the two
year-old scramble Otto Stifel, Don
Domo and Bearcatcher, winning in a
gallop. The start was somewhat ragged
and the latter colt behaved so ungentle-
manly that he was left.
The handicap, at a mile, was one of
the prettiest contests of the season, re-
sulting in a victory for Fossil. due
greatly to the splendid riding of Ad-
kins.
In the concluding event the finish was
sensational, seven horses passing the
judges noses and heads apart. The de-
cision went to The Fretter, which low
cred the coast record for one mile and
hree-sixteenths to 2:01A, the old mark
being 2:02.
The weather was warm and balmy,
the track in excellent condition and the
attendance large. Favorites just held
their own, splitting the card with long
er priced horses.
TROUBLE AT THE POST.
Much disappointment was expressed
over the result of the two-year-old
scramble, at five and a half furlongs.
Not that Cascine was not entitled to all
the laurels won, but because of the un-
toward circumstances which prevented
Don Domo and Bearcatcher from being
more prominent Garnet Ferguson's big
brown colt did everything he SHOULD
not have done at the post and was
finally left. Just as the barrier was re-
leased Don Domo swerved to the in
side, losing several lengths and running
his prospects. Adkins then toyed along
with the favorite, Cascine, winning
about as he saw fit from Otto Stifel.
Don Domo was third.
When he met Shotgun in the five
furlong dash Sad Sam plainly showed
that he felt as uncertain of his social
position as a tramp would feel in being
introduced to the President at a White
House reception. Still the gentlemen
from the bush" regions who use a cur
rycomb for a hair brush and flowing
whiskers for a white shirt decoy strung
theirs on Sad Sam. This enabled the
Fasteners to get even money about
Shotgun. The favorite led from the
start, first brushing off Sad Sam and
then finishing out a cheerful winner
from the hard ridden Hagerdon.
FOSSIL WELL HANDLED.
An evenly balanced field of nine
started in the mile handicap. Beau
Ormonde opened favorite at 8, and
his price remained firm at that fig
ure. Claude was asked to carry 120
pounds and fell in for his share of
support at to /. Divina looked nice
ly in with 108, and closed second
choice. Contrary to custom. the top
weights. Claude, Albula and the IA
vorite, cut out the early running, the
first named lasting longest at the
game. Adkins waited with Fossil un-
til the stretch was reached, when he
skinned through on the rail and at
the wire beat Divina with apparent
ease in 1:40A. The latter mare had
a most uneven voyage, for she came
with a late rush, just nosing out
Claude for place honors. Eonic never
looked dangerous.
Two or three members of the bAm-
boo brigade had Laureatea for good
thing in the first number. At to 1
the mare suddenly blossomed as
front runner, getting home a handy
winner over Alice Carey, the favorite.
Bee Rosewater ran third.
d. Hall rode a determined sort of
race on Rollick, favorite for the six
furlong selling affair, and in a drive
downed Quiet head. The Don re-
ceived stanch support and with more
racing luck might have won.
Not in many moons has such fin
ish been witnessed as the closing mile
and three-sixteenths race furnished. In
the run to the wire the pacemakers,
The Fretter, Illowaho and Grail, were
closed in on, and strung across the
track seven horses crossed the wire
with only noses and heads separating
them. The Fretter, ridden by Kunz,
carried the verdict, with Dodie sec
ond and Grail third.
NOTES OF THE TRACK.
Jockey Adams is here with a super
f1uous supply of junk and a good rec
ord in the saddle, made on the East
ern tracks. Adams was in the en-