The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13

The favorite, Amy j, unplaced.
Arisbe, daughter of the dead Brutus
and Annie Buckingham, a product of
Napa Stock Farm. owned and racing
in the colors of her breeder and owner,
A. B. Spreckels, finished first for the
rich Bell stakes for two-year- yes
terday at Oakland
The winner raced through the heavy
and cuppy going with a dogged deter
mination worthy of her stout lineage
and was faultlessly piloted by John
Bullman, probably the premier rider
of two-year-olds in this country.
At the heels of Arisbe followed
Barney Schreiber's great black colt,
Pinkerton, with Jimmy Boland in the
saddle, and Bose Eley, one of the Bias
ingame entries and a shifty youngster
himself, beat the favorite out for show
honors.
1t was the first two-year-old stake
of the season and attracted a large
half-holiday crowd, the presence of
Pinkerton, the Los Angeles crack i'm
parting refreshing flavor and in
fusing something of the old-time feel
ing of sentiment into the race.
The relative qualities of the three
young misses, Amy ], Arisbe and The
Mist, had been much discussed and
especial interest was centered in their
meeting. II was a crucial test, for
the condition of the track and the dis
tance, five furlongs, made it a moral
certainty that only the fittest would
survive. Then again the intrinsic val
uation of the stake was not to be
sneezed at for of the gross valuation,
$3140. the winner annexed S24SO.
AMY is FAVORTTE.
No great line could be drawn on the
qualifications of Amy j, she having
won but one race. That one public ap-
pearance seemed to convince all that
she was a stake filly, though. and when
3 to was chalked about her yester-
day the crowd snapped at it like
trout in fly time. OF the other seven
starters The Mist opened with second
call at 3, but receded to 5. and from
the latter figure the odds against Arisbe
were forced down to 4.
Pinkerton, the flower Of the Schreiber
stable, was shipped up here from Los
Angeles expressly to capture the race,
but the colt was suffering from a cold,
discharging mucous from his nose and
this fact caused a slump in his mar
ket price until was offered. Peggy
O'Neil, Meada and Salable looked
slightly outclassed.
In drawing for positions at the post
Bose Eley, Salable and The Mist were
the more favored ones, getting the out
side, while Pinkerton was down closer
to the rail in the deeper footing. But
three minutes were consumed before
Jake Hoffman released the barrier.
Martin, on Amy ], and Spencer astride
The Mist first showed clear of the
bunch, Bullman joining them a second
later on the inside with Arisbe. Before
the bend for home was reached The
Mist had had enough and Amy had
opened up lead of over two lengths
over Arisbe and to all appearances
was simply galloping.
ARIsBE IN THE LEAD.
Before the eighth pole was reached
pullman drew his whip on Arisbe and
she closed on the leader, forcing Mar
tin to draw his persuader. The ijg
was up with Amy and Irisbe. now
assuming the lead. was forced to stall
off the rush Of Boland on Pinkerton
The Schneider colt. cut off soon after
the start and compelled to wait for an
opening. now loomed UP a dangerous
customer. He responded gamely to |
punishment, but Arisbe answered all !
of the questions Bullman propounded, |
defeating Pinkerton cleyerly by a I