The San Francisco call., 1904-07-01
Keogh, the California Bred
Horse, Is First in the
Overland Park Classic
PASSING OF IMPERIOUS
Won the Burns Handicap at
Oakland for DIR. ROwell
and Then Became a Jumper
BY f. K. MulhOlland.
Special Dispatch to The Call.


strikes III the mining regions. the
greatest crowd ever gathered" at
beautiful Overland Park. saw Perry
Hildreth's Keogh,. a California-bred
horse, win the Colorado Derby on open
ing day.
This expression may be a bit stereo-
typed, and has been backed off the
boards by writer's Of the press when de-
; scribing first day at a track, but it
was no exaggeration on this occasion.
! Jim Marshall, suave and polished Of
manner hut a flaming bed Of hot Goals
when raked up, who saw TO 1T that the
rougher element did not unnecessarily
I expose their shooting. hardware while
he was marshal Of Cripple Creek in the
palmy days Of that wild camp, said he
never saw anything like such a mob.
Jim remembers back to the time
when Denver was only a stage station,
and has been present at many lynching
bees and ought TO have. some sort Of
a line on crowds.
The field was not high class one,
but 1t was the Darby" and that was
sufficient The ultra -fashionables OF
society here exquisitely gowned. and
the elect Of the. male population dressed
strictly in accordance with the latest
fashion plates, were present, some. in
automobiles, others in tally-hOs,
breaks. landaus, runabouts. while the
balconies of the clubhouse of the Coun-
try Club were confused mass Of
bright colors and pretty faces.
Not only did California furnish the
winner of the Derby but the favorite,
as well. ROwena, purchased or leased
/ from Burns & WaterhOuse by Ed Gay
| lord Of this city, and ridden by O'Neil
had a decided call in the betting. The
| flly found III pounds and one mile and
I n n ofc hon E-fxn
ate. After leading for something over
a mile, she was passed and easily
! beaten by Keogh, the second choice in
the betting. The winner was piloted
by Ike Tullett. Ike was shot to pieces
by the press photographers seated in
the monster floral horseshoe. which
Keogh refused to have placed over his
OF the occasion.
| TWELVE BOOKMAKERS CUT IN.
Twelve -bookmakers cut in the open
ing day. This number is more than
the play. warranted when the financial
situation is given consideration, and
there were three absentees at. che
next drawing. Most of the books were
low, but two or three good breaks
fattened up the bank rolls.
The California colony here is quite
an extensive one. Jimmy Lawler, the
a bookie ever since obtaining. a taste
of the game on Butchers day at Oak
land, is one of the Isviathans. Frank
Harris, an Oaklander, is his block
man and George Crowley is casNing
1.-THE winning pasteboards. Sam Stine
and Zick Abrams are booking under
the name of the Illinois Club and are
count on laying something away.
Sammy Peckerman, their cashier,
dropped bundle of bills out of the
box on Saturday while. figuring up
after the races and. taking no chances,
made a headlong dive for the money.
He escaped injury and a shy pot At
the conclusion of the meet here, Slime
will go to Chicago. Zick has been
bothered with rheumatism and says
he and Mrs. Abrams will to to
Mount Clemens. Mich. for a rest.
Bert and, Will Ayers of Petaluma, who
were the hackers of the Colma Club,
are also in line. Ben Levy is taking
the money for them. From here they
journey to Chicago. Cooper, the Ia
coma poolroom man, is another far
Westerner laying prices at Overland.
Besides winning the Derby with
Keogh. Perry Hildreth won a purse
with Edith Vice. The filly showed
some old tirne;speed and with. Jimmy
League up ran away from her COM
pany.
j. Cases black horse, Possart, a.
odds of to 1, romped away from a
small field over one and one-sfxteenth
miles in 1:49A. The performance Is
a clever one. as the track for runners
is but seven furlongs.
Frisco" Hoag, who was on the sick
list at kansas City, came here to re-
cuperate. He started El Photo in
seven-furlong run, and with anything
like an even break the gelding would
have galloped home. Almost left, he
ran fourth and the Californians
breathed light for few days.
John Lodges mare, Fair Lady An
ma, which he claimed from Charley
McCafferty at Oakland last winter, is
doing well here and ought to win
shortly. She has second and a third
to her credit.
CALIFORNIANS AT DENVER.
Frank Mcmahon and Danny Nc
Carthy owners of the Piedmont sta
BILE, have pulled down two purses.
Vassalo, with Tullett up, earned a nose
decision over Nuptial, backed from
to 2 to evenS. Two days earlier in
the week Joe Kelly. the stables rid
er, put Edna Sullivan. two-year-old,
over the plate first at odds of 15 to l.
1t marked the graduation from the
, maiden class Of both horse and Jock
ey. Mcmahon and his friends, incIud-
ing Pete Sullivan, were down hook.
line and sinker on Lou Otstot, the
Strobel entry, at to to win this
| latter race.
Curly Shields is another Califor-
nian here, but without a stable this
time. He is connected with a book
and at the same time has his weather
! eye out searching for smart polo DO
nies. 1t will be remembered Curly
picked Silver Dick up here three years
ago for Walter Hobart. At sprinting
Silver Dick has lowered the coIors of
the crack ponies of this country and
of England.
Poor old Imperious, after traversing
road strewn with roses and. thorns
during a long career on the turf, laid
down and died after starting in the
concluding race here on the opening
day. Early during the running the
veteran showed some speed, then fell
out of it. Soon after being taken back
I to his stable he died from a broken
blood vessel, the veterinary said.