The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
SPORTS RACECOURsE COURsG FIELD
MUD LARKS CAPTURE FOUR PURSES
IN THE MUDDY GOING AT INGLESIDE
The Pride Defeat :
ed a Short Nose
by Flyer.

Nothing but mudlarks had a chance
in the going at Ingleside yesterday and
spectators brought down four of the
six birds cut loose for them. The two
favorites that disappointed were Red
Bird and The Pride. While the card
was only a fair one, there was an eX-
tremely good crowd in attendance
An unlocked for quantity, Sir Pres
ton, gave Sir Tom fiddler. favorite for
the opening event, a hard rub. sir
Preston, with Hildebrand on his back,
made a bold bid for it in the stretch
and it took hard riding. on the part of
Johnny DAILY to land the favorite first
by half length. Quiz II, it was fig
ured, was the horse to beat, but the
McCafferty entry was led out for the
show by Bard Burns
Next time Red Bird starts she will
run for the Chicken Pickers' Mutual
Aid Society. Elmer Slaughter engaged
Hildebrand to pilot his f1lly in the six
furlong sprint for maiden three year
olds, and she was Immediately made
an even money chance.
HULFORD BEATS RED BIRD.
For fve-eighths of a mile the filly
ran like Dick Welles Then Hulford,
the second choice, waded by her, scor-
ing without effort. Jack Little ran to
his notch. finishing in the show.
Sol Lichtenstein was touted far and
wide as one of the best things that
ever came over the pike, and he beat
Decoy just nose for the seven-fur-
long number following. Bell piIoted
Sol, which ruled to favorite, and he
rode one Of the best races of his career.
Decoy, always considered a faint heart
ed horse, ran with exceptional game
ness, and it was only by careful nurs-
ing that Bell got the first choice over
the line in front. After being cut off in
the back stretch, Mr. Farnhum ran
third. Possart made his first start at
the meeting and was played, but cut
but little figure in the actual running.
FLYER FINALLY LANDS.
In the Futurity course run next de-
cided. Tom Ryan's Dundee gelding
Flyer finally left the hard luck class.
The Pride came in for consistent sup
port at odds of to 5, while 31s could
be had about Flyer. j. T. Sheehan rode
the latter and in a dong drive was
awarded a nose decision over the fa-
vorite. Suburban Queen, the pacemak-
er for two-thirds of the route, ran
close third.
There were only four starters for the
-year-old spin at half mile, and
lack Of riders deprived the event oe
much interest. Hiidebrand had the leg
up on Meada, the II to 20 favorite. and
in a fierce drive disposed of Eduardo
by a head. C. Bu1lman, a brother Of
John Bullman. piloted Saccharate,
beating Villa for show honors.
On past mud performances DUNCAN,
non looked a certainty for the final
mile selling run and with W. Knapp
in the saddle the filly won hands down.
She was an to favorite. and led Mr..
Dingle out with pounds TO spare. AL
bemarle ran a poor race.
NOTES OF THE TRACK.
HiIdebrand rode but one winner
Twice he finished on place horses, was
once third and on two occasions was
unplaced
In future the entry of F. w. Brode
will be refused. Trainer Dean has been
reinstated.
"Plunger'' Joe Yeager, his crew and
Jockey Hildebrand will depart for Los
Angeles tonight After a short So
journ there they will journey on to
Memphis Joe leaves about s65, 900 to
the bad it is said. but a more gentle
manly turfman never booked on the
local tracks. He purchased the con
tract on Jockey Hidebrand from Vic
Gilbert for $4,000, and no doubt secured
a bargain. His operations were always
above board, he oftentimes wagering
a fortune on some other horse when
Hildebrand would land the winner. 1t
is TO be hoped he will pay San Fran
cisco a visit next season, when fortune
may treat him more kindly.
The feature event of the card this
afternoon will be the Palace Hotel
handicap at one and an eighth miles.
1t is a valuable stake, the added money
amounting to $4,000 The lineup will
be about the same as in the Burns
handicap.
ENTRIES FOR TO-DAY.
First race-Futurity course; 9-year-olds and
up; selling:
59GS Brennus (Judge) .....................1 .119
5995 "The Jew CWilson) )......-............ %
602G Quiz II (McCafferty) )...................11S 11S
G003 Candidate CRowelD .................10S 10S
GO0f sStandard CHcAlester) ................ 96
1920 FL Pillar CHaskelD 113
6OO3 Adnor (Jones) ............ 4 l3
59s2 aRuvia Garden city stable) ..... 81
OOo4 Polonius tStewart Coz II
1894 .I-amorie tBlasingame) .............. IS
GC29 Flyer tRyan) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 100
60O4 Distributor (NeiD .......,............ 9S