The San Francisco call., 1904-12-24
Magrane Runs Sec
ond, a Nose in
Front of Judge.
DR.. LEGGO WINS
Nigrette Loses Her
Company in the
Last Race.
DORA | IN FRONT
DORA | IN FRONT
By FRED E MULHoILAND.

exemplifcation al Oakland yesterday
when p Ryan's sweet mare Honiton
picked up lis pounds and strolled in
first for the handicap. decided at seven
furlongs.
On paper. the chances Of some Of the
ughtweights Of the party stood out like
& fuu-dress suit az a Tehama-street
lawn party. but faded away when it
came down 70 actual racing. Magrane,
e s5-pounder, received some smart
backing, and while the three -year-old
finished second. he had no more chance
OF beating the daughter Of Ormonde
than Chinese laundryman in a glass
bottomed boat would have Of safely
passing through the Niagara whirlpool
rapids and his price would be IS TO l.
Stiu the admirers Of Magrane, Judge.
Romaine and Matt Hogan enabled the
followers Of Honiton 10 get as good as
70 ] about him. although TO 8
was the market price.
DAVIS PILOTS HONITON.
Davis had the leg up on the favorite.
and he had orders TO wait for nothing
but his jockey fee after the race. At
The head Of the stretch the plebeian
members Of the company had all re-
ceived theirs. and Honiton finished the
remainder Of the route at her leisure.
She won by TWO lengths in 1:271s.
which is a remarkably good perform
ance over a sloppy course. sam Green
field kept Magrane hard at work, with
result that he nosed Judge out for
the place
Another large crowd viewed the rae
tng. despite the threatening condition
OF the weather. The betting was all
that could be desired. FavOrites won
three races
Perhaps the longest price laid about
e winner. all things considered, was
the II 70 20 chalked against Nigrette.
winner Of the last race OF the day, over
one mile and seventy yards. A little
. slop on the surface Of the track ap-
pears n intensity the mares speed,
and after indulging Red Cross Nurse
with the lead TO the far turn she picked
Up +he running.
NIGRETTE AN EASY WINNER.
Travers had apparently made UP his
mind 10 take no chances Of losing, but
allowed the favorite to sift along,
breezing home ten lengths before Leila,
the second choice. Red Cross Nurse
secured the show from Harka. the only
other starter. by nearly half a block
Velna. with sam Greenfield up, went
70 the post q slight favorite over Handy
Bin and Edgeclif. for the Futurity
sprint first decided. The Rubicon FLY
nled third position until we'll into the
stretch. when she dropped back and
ran unplaced Mcbride on Edgeclin
caught Salsble. the pacemaker. the last
few yards. winning by less than a
in in
different third
AT no period of his racing career did
Bel Reed fancy six furl0ngs, and he
finished third for the six-furlong sell
ing affair after ruling a pronounced
choice. Albemarle, the second choice,
piioted by sam Greenfield, took the
lead from the favOrite when ready and
in a mild drive led Lady Kent out
couple IF lengths Hipp0nax lost the
show 10 the first choice by a nose.
DIR. LEGGO BEATS SEA AIR.
While sea Air held the balance Of the
starters in the six-furlOng purse event
safe. Dr. Leggo proved too much for
the fly. Quoted at 10 10 and ridden
by Bcnrer. the doctor after a some
what stormy passage. defeated Sea Air
by a length. Smithy Kane tincanned
out in front for half a mile. then he
skunk away to the rear. 4. Muskoday
ran third at % 10 l.
WALK BrInkUorth and his friends un-
loaded on The cure TO win the mile
selling MIXTURE and Dora J. 2 30 10
shot. dropped ia Unexpectedly. The
outsider had Mcbride in the saddle and
led from start to finish. The Cure in
herd drive got mp IN time TO down The
Lieutenant a neck for place hOnors.
The Fretter. al enc time favorite in the
betting, ran a poor race
TRACK NOTES.
Mcbride pl0ted two winners, Edge
cliff and Dora I. besides finishing, sec
ond on Lazy Kent and Sea Air. His
record was marred by piece Of rough
riding on Sea Air that caused the
. judges r. set the capable young rider
down for week. Il looked as if Nc
Bride went out of his way on two or
three occasions 10 fouI Bonner on Dr.
Leggo. and IL surprised nobody that
the judges took action
sam Greenfield rode one winner and
finished second astride Magrane. The
Cure and Leila.
Pearl Waters received support on the
' strength Of fast fve-furlong work.
out
+. A Meyers, an Eastern turfman.
owner Of Gay Boy and other prominent
performers. is here.
Joe and Sam Blune. who booked at
Oakland last season. reached here
Thursday night from the Eastern coun
try
In party Of metropolitan turf-goers
arriving here yesterday from New
York by steamer via Panama We're: Joe
Haymon. Willie Kerryheart, Phil Ma
guire. Jules Frank and Kid Rogers.
An Eastern exchange says that the
Brooklyn Jockey Club has fallen in line