The San Francisco call., 1904-12-07
Pelham DiSpoSeS of
a Shifty Bunch
of Speed.
THE MIST UNPLACED
The Fretter Takes
First Money at
Long Odds.
SCOTSMAN A WINNER
BY FRED E. MULHoLLAND.

Walter jennings smart FLY Letola.
carrying 1O4 pounds and ridden by w.
Davis, took the six aad a half furlong
handicap from Garnet Ferguson's colt
Military Man yesterday at Oakland
The least speck Of III fortune during
the race would have landed her back
Z notch.
There were half a dozen starters in
this event, with Letola a pronounced
favorite at 10 5 At the start Military
Man broke second. but as Helgesen's s
orders were TO take his mount back he
was soon trailing the field.
The favorite raced Nenator and Sea
Voyage 10 a standstill. and was then
called on the stretch TO Withstand the
challenge of Military Man. which came
with a great rush. Davis had neither
whip nor steels. and Letola, finishing g
on her own cOura ge, won by head.
There was considerable humping the
last 100 wards, and Helgesen claimed a
foul. il the winner bore out some
Helgesen started the humping, and the
numbers were not changed. Judge.
with Michaels in the saddle, ran a
good third.
No better contested racing has been
seen since the opening of the season.
nearly all Of the finishes being close
and exciting. The fields were well bal
anced, and there is no paucity of rid
ing talent. some Of the cleverest sad
die artists in the country being OBJ
tainable. Favorites captured three
purses
KNAPP LANDS MOTTO FIRST.
On form Motto, from the stable Of
II. /. shannon. looked best Of the ten
maidens in the Introductory event.
Hr~ In
betting. the gelding made all the run
ming. and. in driving finish. beat the
y 70 ] shot Emma ReubOld more than
q length. Mike Days Canonicus fin
ished third. Walter Jennings start
Cd Isabutte in the race, and the filly
was installed favOrite. She displayed
some early speed and then faded away.
Scotsman, piloted by Harry Mi
chaels, earned a lucky victory in the
mile selling number, for which Colonel
Van had q decided call in the betting.
The Colonel was just about an hour
and forty minutes the best, but Frank
Sullivan, who rode him, broke il up in
grand style. Last almost until the
stretch was reached, he then waded
through the bunch, only TO be outfin-
ished and nOsed out at the wire. Meis-
tersinger looked TO have the show
cinched. when Sherwood brought Gold
finder up, beating the Henshall horse
a head. The going did not appear
heavy enough for Foxy Grandpa.
How much the best Sol Lichtenstein
was CT the big cluster Of platers start
ing in the siX-furlOng selling scramble
will never be known. Sol ruled favorite
in the ring. Helgeson got him away
absolutely last. The blonde rider did
not despair, though, but went to work
and, by a liberal application Of the
whip. finally collared the leader, Doc
tor Sherman, at the paddock, and in a
furious drive fairly lifted his mount in
first by a head.
BARD BURNS AS PACEMAKER.
-Four lengths behind Doctor Sherman
came MimO. Bard Burns cut out the
early pace, and had the track been
heavy would have been hard to catch.
Charley HenshslIs clever youngster,
Pelham, cleaned up in the 2-year-old
purse event, for which he went to the
post an Il-tO-10 favOrite. There were
seven other starters. but the only one
10 receive any amount Of attention was
The Mist, and the filly failed to even
show. Kunz got Pelham off in front
and kept him there. reaching the wire
a length in advance Of Davis mount
Sea Air. Yada. a 25-tO-1 shot, defeated
Hooligan for third place. Mclaughlin
had The Mist down on the rail where
too great 2 handicap.
lsabellita, the mount OF Davis, got
mixed up in a humping match at the
start Of the closing -fifty-yard
run, or the mare could scarcely have
lost. Neither Major Tenny nor Moco-
vito, the two choices, ran inside of
the money. When Major Tenny blew
up on the stretch turn Minder hustled
The Fretter. a 15-to-1 shot. into the
leading position, and in a mild drive
downed Bronze Wing more than a
length. Isabeilita finished a good third.
TRACK NOTES.
Helgesen made a remarkably strong
finish on Sol Lichtenstein. The black
horse must have imagined he had run
afOUl Of q fireworks factory.
W. Davis was successful with but
one OF his mounts.
Mickey Mclaughlin is a free lance.