The San Francisco call., 1904-11-18
Crack EasternRider
Is First on Bab
and The Mighty
RING IS HARD HIT
Heavily Supported
Favorites Score
at Oakland Track
ELLIOTT IN FRONT
BY FRED E. MULHoLLAND.

1t may be well for race goers to keep
an eye on Jockey w. Davis, for the
Eastern rider broke the ice at Oakland
track yesterday, placing two winners
over the line. 1t always takes a day
or so to learn the angles of a game
and become acclimated besides, and
while the Jennings stable pilot has
been knocking at the door on several
| occasions, 1t was not until he was
given the leg up on Bah that he got
fitted to a set of brackets.
The attendance across the bay was
good and as four favorites and two
second choices were successful it is
needless to say the ring suffered heav-
lily. A heavy track called for condi-
ton and horses not ready made a sorry
showing.
1t looked as if only an accident could
prevent Sea Voyage from winning the
opening sprint for fillies. The Miller
filly revels in heavy going and the ring
took no liberties with her, laying 1 to
2. Piloted by Big Bill Knapp she
assumed the front position early, win
ming at leisure. w. Davis on Babow,
25 to l outsider led Mizpah, another
despised one, out for place honors.
CLOCHE DOR WINS AGAIN.
A 100 to 1 shot on Tuesday, CIoche
dor opened up an to favorite for
the F'uturity course selling affair.
which followed So brisk, however,
was the demand for Bronze Wing tick
cts that the price about the former
mare heightened to threeS. Both
Bronze Wing and Albemarle had speed,
but when Fitzpatrick on Cloche dor
got ready to- play ball it was simply
matter of closing the blinds, the Coffey
entry breezing in first. Albemarle lost
ha tn in rd
drive.
At the weights Bob Smiths Del
Carina looked like something ripe and
mellow 70 Land the third, but reports
of her condition were not encouraging.
y steady play on Head Dance sent the
Torso colt to the post faVorite. Helge-
sen had the mount on the latter and
succeeded in getting off in the lead to
a pretty start In the run home the
first choice began to fade, losing the
lead to Bob Ragon, a stanchly sup
ported one. When it looked as if the
last named colt might win, Sammy
Greenfield came strongly on the out
side with Del Carina, scoring cleverly.
DAVIS SCORES WITH Bah.
Billy Cahill began the season well.
Bah earning brackets the first time
out. The mare was played down in the
speculating on the mile selling num-
Z
She had Davis in the saddle and made
q promenade Of it, leading Isabellita
first to the wire a couple of lengths.
Penzance, at 80 to 1, ran third.
A few of the early risers obtained
to about Garnet Ferguson's colt,
The Mighty, but it was necessary to
show speed. The stable sent in COM
mission on Ocyrohe and w. r. Con-
don was reported a flyer, but neither
made good. Davis also piloted The
Mighty and had the race in hand from
start to finish. Sol .Lichtenstein downed
Condor for the place.
With Dominick replacing w. DAILY,
Elliott was a different horse. He ruled
an odds-on choice for the concluding
mile and one hundred yard selling
event and reached port under closely
reefed sails. Watson, on Ink, moved
along from the far rear, nosing out
Anvil for place honors. Colonel Van
and Flying Torpedo were the only
other starters.
TRACK NOTES.
Jack Dwyer, the Chicago bookmak-
er, arrived yesterday and will cut in
tomorrow.
Willie Hack, the jockey, was dis
covered signaling results to parties on
the outside yesterday. His badge was
taken up and he was escorted to the
gate.
There was a delay in the paddock
when the horses were called to the
post for the second race. Tuck Back
tried to transform the paddock into
match factory and it required the
united efforts of six grooms before he
would submit to being saddled.
Lloyd Fountain who rode Isabel
Iita lodged claim of foul against w.
Davis, the rider of Bah. Fountain en-
deavored, to get through on the rail
turning into the stretch for home and
Davis saw no reason for letting him
through. The claim was not allowed
by the judges.
Billy Randall, the Montana turf
man. who recently lost two of his
string Clivoso and Administer. in
wreck, helped swell the paddock
crowd yesterday.
With two winning mounts to his
credit in a day. w. Davis is well start
ed on the road to success.
Bronze Wing is long way from be-
ing the horse he was before an attack
of catarrhal fever placed him on the
shelf The sprinter now suffers from
rheumatism in the shoulders.
Stake books of the New Orleans
Jockey Club have been issued. The
$4,000 Panama handicap is the rich
est event offered. Stake entries close
! on the 26th inst, with II. d. Brown
manager and racing secretary.
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