The San Francisco call., 1904-02-21
FAST SPRINTER
IS PINKERTON
Wins the Santa Barbara Stake
Event by One Length From
Airship After a Hard Race
JIM HAZE A SURPRISE
Bragg Develops Sudden Burst
of Speed, Leading Greenock
Under Wire in a Close Run

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20.-The San
ia Barbara stakes, for two-year-olds
at four and a half furlongs and worth
$3.50 to the winner, was the chief at
traction at Ascot to-day. A big Satur-
day crowd was in attendance. The
stake event was the fourth on the card
and furnished a stirring finish. Dur
nells entry. Lady Lasca and Peggy
Mine, opened equal favorites with
Pinkerton, both selling at S-to 8. The
latter gradually went off to Z to 8, at
which price he went to the post. The
stable receded to 2 to 1.
Airship, at 5 to /; Sea Air, at 8, and
John Carroll at 9 to /, were nibbled
at Carroll set a hot pace, with Sea
Air in,.close attendance. They were
we'll punched atthe turn, when Pinker-
ton came through and won by half q
length from Airship, who was the
same distance in front of Carroll.
Dick Turpin, at to 2, made run
away of the first race, winning in a
gallop from Alma Dufour and Ell Ber-
nardo in the order named. Jim
Hale, at to 1, surprised the crowd by
winning the second race at six fur
longs, Fustian second and Winnifreda,
the favorite, third. The handicap
hurdle race was easy for the Corrigan
entry, Charawind winning by head
from Martin Brady, the two being
coupled in the betting at 1. to 2. Heir
Apparent was third.
Bragg had a world of speed to-day
and won the mile and a sixteenth
handicap in a driving finish from
Greenock, with Platonius third Warte
Nicht was half a length away. The
fourth horse finished within the space
of length. Bragg was played down
from 3 to 1 to to at post time.
Florestan, the favorite, won the last
race on the card, beating Inagurator
and Canejo in the order named. The
winner was a strongly played favorite.
The Ascot management has in
creased the average of all purses,
making $500 purses $3.50 or over.
Weather fine; track good. Summary:
First race, five furlongs. purse-Dicx Turpin
lO4 tRedferp). ! to =. won, Alma Dufour. 102
(Mountainl. to l. third Time, 1:O1s- Har-
Tlngtcn, Matronia, Forcasta. Miss Betty. and
Leonardo also
Second race. six furlongs. seIling-Jim Hale
l09 (Mountain), to l. Won: Fustan los
Fletcherl. to l. second: Wiudtreda-4 81 %.
Lewis to 1. third Time, 1:14". Ben Hey
wo9d,- Celebration. Red Damsel Little Mar
garet and Pat Hammon also ran.
Third race. mile and eighth. III fndicap
hurdles- Charawipd. f1T9 CMcHugh) to s.
won: Martin Brady 125 (Mooneyi 3 TO 3
second; Heir Apparent 1:I5 (SoutherIand). to
/. third Time 2;03It May s. Sharpess, Fitz
Stockwell and Phil Archibald also ran.
Fourth race. the Santa Barbara STAKES, $1,000
added. four and half furlongs -Pfnkerton
115 CBoland). to 5. won; airshlp. 113 o.
Lewis . TO l. second John Carroll. 113
III Il oF.r = 20,
Lusca. Peggy Mine and Sea Air also ran.
Fifth race handicap. mile and a sixteenth
Brar~ los (Mountain). S TO B. won: Greenock.
les Redtern). 2I3 to I. second; Platonius 9G
q. Lewis. 4 to third, Time, AS Warte
Nicht also ran.
Mountain). 10 ., won; Inaugurator, 105
(Hildebrandl 8 to .. second; Canejo 113
Ling, Merwan, Ulm. Ellie and Dorice also ran.