The San Francisco call., 1904-12-22
THREE WINNERS FOR w. DAV|Sl
AnaniaSLeads From
Start to Finish
in Handicap.
Red Cross Nurse Is
Overlooked at
Long Odds.
BY f. E. MULHoLLAND.

BY f. T.. MULHOLLAND.
W Davis displayed exceptionally
good form in the saddle at Oakland
yesterday. one Of his three successful
mounts being on Ananias, winner of
the $1,000 handicap at one and an eighth
miles.
Johnny Schorr's colt looked comfort
ably situated with 1O4 pounds to nego-
tiate. and he won from start to finish.
showing Mike Days Elliott the way in
by three and a half lengths in 1852
fiat. The betting about the winner
around post time had heightened to 16
10 8 Military Man, the favorite. fin
ished a close third Divina had quite
q following. which forced her price
down from 10 10 G. She acted sour at
the post. breaking half a dozen lengths
behind the others, and was not prom
inent
THREE FAVORITES SCORE.
AS the card had an attractive look,
X drew a large attendance the betting
ring being crowded FaVOrites held
their own, capturing three Of the
purses. Baker and Red Cross Nurse
we're the surprises, each dropping in at
long odds.
An eagle bird" first rattle out Of
the box put the bOokmakers in good
humOr. especially those which bump
ed" the two faVOrites, Golden Buck
and George p. McNear. It was a Fu-
tUrity course sprint for twO-year-olds,
and the colts mentioned were each
quoted al s TO s. Golden Buck met with
poor racing luck, and when it looked
as il Bullman would place McNear
over the line first Michaels brought
Baker, a 10 10 ! shot, from behind, win
ming by length. Robert Mitchell led
10 the stretch
sad Sam attended a Christmas tree
recital in the five and a half furlOng
run following. He met an inferior COL
lection Of platers and at scant odds
rolled in a couple of lengths before
Silent Water. BatidOr. 200 to ! shot,
ran third.
AiimO. the favorite was awarded a
nose decision over Troy at the finish OF
the six and a half furlOngr event. with
a big cluster Of thirteen going to the
post. Bronze Wing cut out the early
pace and then quit as usual in the
stretch. Davis, astride the first choice.
did some extra heavy boOting the last
sixteenth and received the verdict over
Troy. It was a close thing. Bronze
Wing managed TO beat Sugden out of
the show.
DAVIS PILOTS THREE WINNERS.
Davis made il three straight by fin
ishing first in the mile selling fixture
On Red Cross Nurse, against which s
10 ! was laid. The FLY cut out the
running from the jump, winning with
out diff1culty from The Lieutenant,
another outsider. Larsen, on Minda-
mao, the 6 to s favorite, was third.
MOcorito received considerable support,
1.rrH oh % he
money were ruined by Mcbride getting
the mare pocketed. Anvil and Budd
Wade cut no figure in the race.
Charley Henshall had a good-sized
bet down on his colt Head Dance to
win the final mile purse fixture for two
year-olds and Kunz got him to the
wire in front. Jenkins made the run
ming for nearly three-quarters of the
journey with DOwnpatrick a 40 to ]
shot. It resolved down to a drive the
last part Of it between Kunz on the
favOrlte and Bullman with the mount
on Ara Head Dance stood the drive
gamest, scoring by half length. Car
dinal Sarto found the route too far.
TRACK NOTES.
twenty-five bookmakers made the
weight again yesterday. Bob Lloyd
cut in under name Of the Golden Gate
Club.
Walter Jennings released w. Davis
from his contract yesterday, as the
owner and the jockey could not agree
on matters pertaining to the stable
Willie Harris said he would not al
low Davis to accept any mounts for
a time. The boy displayed good form
yesterday, and the former may change
his mind.
Red Cross Nurse. now owned by
Molera & Josephs, was bid up $4OC
over her entered selling price of $500
by George Wentworth, former
trainer of the mare. She was retained
with the customary IS bid.
Ed Gaines. a well-known Eastern
bookmsker, arrived from New York
Tuesday night.
The first two-year-old race OF the
coming year viii be decided on JAM
uary 2. at Oakland.
The valuable stakes of the New
Memphis Jockey Club Will close or
January 2, 1905. Blanks may be OBJ
tained az Oakland from Harry Kuhl.
The association across the bay will
endeavor to arrange a special at q
mile, which will bring together
Dainty, Honiton. Claude and one OF
two other Of the cracks. OF course
Garnet Ferguson's colt Bearcatchel
would be included but for the fac
that the brown flyers illness has
placed him on the retired list for q
spell. The association will hang up 8
$1,000 purse. with $500 added II the
California record is broken, and $1,000
more If the worlds record should be
shattered. or S25O0 in all.
Beginning with Mimo. w Davis
landed three winners in a row. Red
Cross Nurse. one OF them, reached
to / in the betting, It being gener.
ally supposed the mare was a mud.
lark only.
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