The San Francisco call., 1904-03-22
JACK MARTIN ON ANUS
RIDES A VIGOROUS FINISH
Lord Wadsworth
and Celebrant
Defeated.


Lord Wadsworth, now as they had
previous to the last event on the card
yesterday Although the strapping
chestnut colt was conceding five
pounds to Solanus and Celebrant, 1T was
thought he could extinguish their
claims TO greatness with the same
easiness that Young Corbett expects to
put away Jimmy Britt. Although a
world Of money was bet on Wadsworth
it did not prevent his price from go
ing back TO to ., after opening a
to 10 favorite Walter Jennings did
not think well of the chances Of So
lanus, nevertheless the odds were ham
mered down from fours until II to 3
was difficult to obtain. Ceebrant re-
ceived steady support at about the
same figure. George Wentworth
ducked the issue with Red Cross Nurse.
Charley Connell rode Lord Wadsworth.
and it cannot be said that he furnished
a gilt-edged exhibition. He raced his
mount out in the lead with Celebrant
to the far turn and il then looked as
If he wished TO avoid the pace. for he
gave up second position to Solanus,
which colt had been outbroken at the
start. Turning into the stretch Mar
tin on the latter started after Sheehan
astride Celebrant with wet sail. The
Hamilton Stable representative clung
on gamely, but at the finish was beaten
out half length. The favorite when
too late closed very strong on the out
side, four lengths back.
The track was muddy and holding
and Galanthus was the one favorite
to land first. On form, though, the
bookmakers were clearly out of line on
Quiz II and Gateway.
Quiz II was always partial to heavy
or sticky going, but despite this fact
the McCafferty geldings odds receded
from 2l4 to 31a to in the betting on the
first event He was ridden by c.
Smith and. in front almost from the
start, won handily from Blackthorn, a
Is to l shot. Possart, which closed fa-
vOrite, finished an Indifferent third.
Titus commanded some respect but
Tommy Butler got him down in the
deep going and he did not prove dan
gerous
1t looked as if Galanthus held the
other starters in the six and a half
furlOng event safe, and was according
ly installed a to favorite Reeves
with quite a chunk of weight off from
his preceding race, looked the horse to
beat, but under mild handling ran a
cheap third. Hulford with Big Bill"
Knapp looked troublesome for a time,
though finally led out two lengths by
the favorite. Captivate showed some
early speed.
With anything like fair racing luck
Jimmy Coffey would have taken the
next purse also, for his Foxy Grandpa,
the to 10 favorite, was much the best
Soon after the start Buxton, who rode
the black colt, was bumped and his
mount almost thrown. In the stretch
Travers, on the second choice, Harbor
passed Box Elder Later on he was
brought to a. hard drive in order to
get the decision from the first choice
Buxton, on the latter, rode a very un-
decided race through the stretch, get
ting jostled or cut off repeatedly, or
he would have scored anyway. Jack
Little took show honors
Several defeats did not cause the pop
ularity of Horton to wane, as the little
horse closed a 9 to / favorite for the
mile and a furlong selling event He
was beaten several lengths at the fin
ish and at no stage looked like a win
ner. The ring laid the extremely long
price of 10 to l against Gateway, and
Tommy Lottridge's three-year-old dis
posed of Idogo, another long shot, by
nearly a length Anirad, the to l
choice, astride which filly Knapp did
not furnish one of his best efforts. end
cd tn ir1
disappointingly.
A very ordinary collection of platers
started in the mile selling run, next de-
cided. Rim Rock. with Mountain up.
went to the post faverite at to 5, and
after showing prominently to the
stretch ran unplaced. Powell handled
the 10 to l shot Past Master with ex-
cellent judgment, winning ridden out
from Petrolia, also quoted at 10 to L
Young Morello was third.
NOTES OF THE TRACK.
The purse won by Gateway did not
benefit Tommy Lottridge any. The
three-year-ol was bid up $500 over his
entered selling price by Charley Nc
Cafferty.
Hulford, the clever three-year- old
owned by Harry Slower, is full broth
er to Gaviota, a useful performer on
the New York tracks last season As
a yearling Hulford was knocked down
to the bid of p. Ryan for $22O0 at the
Napa Stock Farm sale. The latter es-
tablishment recently lost a sucking
brother Of the two horses mentioned
Mat Storm was at the track again
yesterday after another severe spell of
illness. Mat says he will be fit and
able to pick some winners in a day or
So
Ed Lanigan states that Miss Reel
foaled fine looking bay colt by Rubi-
con at Brentwood farm on Sunday.
Jack Martins ride on Solanus was
vast Improvement over his effort on
the same colt when beaten by Sailor
Knot and Celebrant on March IA. To
d close observer who watched that last
mentioned race it was clearly apparent
! that Solanus was the better horse and
should have won.
Only last Friday Gateway defeated
Anirad. Then what maze the latter
| 81 to and Gateway 10 Yesterday