The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02
Beaten Only a Nose
: by. Nigrette, in
d. Last Event.
Choices at Oakland
=. Take Three of
the Purses.
BY FRED e. MULHoLLAND.


-. Andrew b Cook, the "Hindoo OF the
bushes" has turned acrobat. for. at
Oakland race track yesterday he did a
. round-ofr flip and twister and was only
beaten out a nose. by jaunty little Nj
>. gretts in the last number on the bill Of
fare -:
q: Now the village gossips are peeking
out lnquisitiTely through the blinds Of
their houses wondering if some one
isn't going 10 bunt up against the off,
dial ak Last Tuesday Cook, carrying
r -ll2 pounds with. J: T. Sheehan in the
p saddle, was backed almost of the
: boards 10. win a FIVE and a half furlong
handicap. which went TO Venator. AZ
ter tWir3ling brightly with all the tele-
. scopes ieveled on him. the bush Splinter
3 fiickered. and went out, finishing far
back -.
- The race yesterday was over six fur
longs. and Cook picked up lis pounds
. Eddie Domin.ck replaced Sheehan in
The saddle DOminick hustled his
mount away in the lead, touched only
rbe high spots. and il was not until
= the Hast stride that W. Davis got up
p with the favorite, Nigrette, earning a
nose decision. Kenilworth showed con-
siderable speed, though failing TO last
out and losing the show by ten lengths
TO- Sol 'Eichtenstein.. Andrew B. Cook
certainly displayed marked improve
ment and the two races OF the horse
+ will Undoubtedly receive some attention
at the hands OF the judges.
. THREE FrAVORITES IN FRONT.
AS there has been no wind TO speak
of for several days the track is slow in
drying out, and the mud larlzs still hold
. sway. FavOrites succeeded in holding
= their own by annexing three of the
purses.
. Showing a return TO form in recent
D.. races AIbemarle looked a certainty for
I. the. Introductory sprint, and was ex-
; tensivelY played at s TO 5. J. 7. Shee-
e.. han rode the gefding and there was
: never any doubt as to the result An
p. dersOn was slow in getting away from
the barrier with BlackthOrn, losing the
- place By q wide margin to BatidOr, a
% TO shot with T. Sullivan up. Kara
bel. ridden by Davis. did not get away
well. and never cut a figure in the race.
Liliitus, likely looking colt from the
;. stable Of Captain Hackett, left the
maiden tWO-year-Old class with flying
-colOrs- m the Futurity course run fol-
lowing. The presence Of Davis in the
saddle sent Ba.bow TO the post a luke
: warm favorite. The FLY made a poor
showing. thoroughly disgusting her
owner, Garnet Ferguson, who promised
10 send her out no more. Lillitus, with
D.. Nickery UP and 4 TO l, made all the
running and won hands down from
Jerusha, a backed Is to 1 shot. Indi-
q cate ran third.
IN. the five ana a half furlong selling
.. fixture Pickaway appeared for the first
time since his Eastern tour and was
made the medium Of a heavy plunge,
closing a 10 ; favOrite. The snappy
geldiBg cut out the early pace. with
Eel Reed at his side. simply breezing
When ready, Helgesen, astride the lat
ter, let out q wrap and that was all
There was 10 IL. Davis brought Edu-
cate along with a rush, only losing the
place 10 PickawaX by a neck. Redan
made. a poor showing.
. -. BOOKIES LIKE ISHLANA.
All calculations went amiss over the
result Of the mile selling run. The
bOoknakers made Ishlana favorite.
and the general public appeared to
take more ola shine to G. ". Trahern.
Big Bill Knapp set all doubt at rest
by going out in front with the s TO l
shot. Red Cross Nurse. and was never
headed. At the close the chestnut FLY
had little left, for Ishlana was right at
her heels; beaten less than a length.
q. W Trahern ran a poor fourth, be-
q hind Colonel Van.
.. DR.. Rowell's mare Briers made her
held look ike 80 cents in the mile and
q sixteenth selling number She was
installed favOrite at to s. but a heavy
play on North West caused her odds
10 lengthen out until TO could be
had Naturally a slow beginner, Davis
did not worry about the favorite's
failure 70 keep up the first part, and in
the run home ran over North West
Galanthus finished a distant third.