The San Francisco call., 1904-04-13

AFTER BEATING LAST KNIGHT A HEAD
HORTON is TAKEN FROM SELLING RACE
Long Shots Frequent
Visitors at the Oak
land Track.


feud continues to wax warm. On April
Horton captured a selling race and
was substantially boosted by Charley
McCafferty, owner of Flaneur, which
ran third Oswald Bianchi of the firm
of Bianchi & McGovern. or better
known perhaps as Daggie Smith, re-
taliated by claiming Flaneur.
In the last race at Oakland yester-
day Horton. with Jed Lewis UP and
6 TO 1 in the betting, skinned through
on the rail. beating Last Knight. the
Lamasney entry, out a head. The lat
ter horse had been played down from
80 to Is. The winner was in to be
sold for $500 and was carried up to
$500 by McCafferty. at which figure
Bianchi ceased bidding.
Then a dispute arose over the deliv-
cry of the horse to his new owner. The
secretary's office was closed and, not
withstanding that McCafferty was
given an order for Horton from Clerk
of the Scales Egbert, Bianchi refused
to accept a check in payment for his
horse, and it is said Horton retired in
his old stall last evening. There is a
probability that the two owners will
make some sort of a "dicker" to-day
and declare off the war.
LARGE FIELDS THE RULE.
Large fields are getting to be the
rule, making it all the more difficult
to pick winners. Del Carina and Beau
Ormonde were the only two successful
favorites.
There were fifteen starters in the in
troductory seven-furlong event, with
Tannhauser, Judge Voorhies. Varro
and Harka all highly touted as win
ners. The latter and Resigned closed
equal favorites in the betting.
Spry as a cricket at the post, Joe
Jones jumped away in front with the
20 to 1 shot. Lou Clieveden, and was
not headed, leading out Tannhauser by
four lengths. After tempestuous
trip Judge VOORHEES, finished third.
Del Carina, from Bob Smiths sta
BILE, took the two-year-old scramble
starting a to l favorite. Larsen was
compelled to ride the filly hard from
the breakaway, finally passing Bill
Short and Saccharate, and winning al
the end with little to spare from Vel
ma, an to l chance. Sileo. backed
from 10 to a, ran fourth, half a length
behind Bill Short
Another big batch of platers was
unwrapped in the split of the seven
furlong selling affair. Montana Peer
ess went to the barrier a slight favor
/ ite over Toto GratiCt and was beater
out by Sheehan on The Bugaboo. The
winners odds were played down a cou-
pie of points from s, ana under a Wig
orous ride he came from the far rear
scoring by half length. Polonius
! at 10 to 1, ran into the show.
MOCORITO is FAVORITE.
With Jed Lewis on her back, Moco-
rito was held a to favorite for the
mile and seventy-yard run and finished
unplaced. The old mare cut out the
running to the stretch and then stop
ped to nothing. Possart, on which See
had been trailing along in fourth posi-
ton, moved to the front easily dispos-
ing of the 100 to 1 shot Watkins Over
ton, piloted by Mcbride Merwan wa.
third
Trainer Alec Forbes sent Beau Or.
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the fifth after long rest, and the sor
of Ormonde brought home the money
The chestnut horse did not have much
to beat and z to 10 looked a liberia
quotation. For a time the 60 to 1 out.
slider Whoa Bill looked dangerous, pok,
] ing his head in front of the first choice
for way. When his bolt had beer
shot Beau Ormonde downed him with
out effort by five lengths. Peter j, tn,
second choice, under lukewarm ride
ran third.
NOTES OF THE TRACK
The card at Oakland this Afternoon
is strikingly good one. with th'
handicap at one mile and fifty yards
as the feature event.
Arisbe will meet The Mist, Georg,
p McNaar Sea Air and PaOou O'Nai