The San Francisco call., 1904-11-27
Defeats Blue Eyes and the
Favorite Toledo, in Fast
Time.
DAVIS AGAIN SHOWS
FINE FORM IN SADDLE
Attendance at Oakland Is
Large and Four Choices
Are Beaten.
BY FRED e. MULHOLLAND.

Along back in the fall of 1902 Divina
covered a mile in 1:3S% during the
State Fair meeting at Sacramento
That settled it, She was a wonder and
couple of months later when the
new Queen. came down to Oakland to
race her followers were legion. She
failed to make good and the history
of many. of her faithful admirers Is
pathetic.
Some are in the almshouse; others
went the gas route; half a dozen joined
the army and sailed to far-away Ma
Mia; one, with patent tground-thawer,
is a grave-digger at Nome; another is
serving a term for beating his wife,
and two, it is positively known, were
forced to take up residence in St.
Louis.
Wonderful to relate, though, this ca
PRECIOUS daughter Of Bassetlaw has
suffered a return of the bloom of
youth and before a large crowd at
Oakland yesterday she captured the
mile and an eighth handicap, reeling
Oft the distance in 1:531a.
TOLEDO HEAVILY BACKED.
OF course. the transformation must
come when everybody was down good
and thick on Toledo, for that is racing.
Divina, too, has developed a sour
disposition of late, SO Trainer Winchell
had her fitted with blinkers. She took
to them and to the 100 pounds as
signed kindly and, after being rated
along behind Toledo by Sheehan to the
stretch. forged ahead and in drive at
the end defeated Blue Eyes, with
Davis up, length and a half.
Toledo ran third, while Ink, of which
much was expected, finished fourth.
Despite the fact that there was
steady play on the winner, the price
went back from 8 to 51 to 1.
Davis distinguished himself by again
plotting three winners. Favorites fall
ed to accomplish much, falling heir to
but two purses. AS the weather looked
a tribe threatening, the male popula-
ton greatly outnumbered the gentler
sex.
The Reprobate. from the stable of j.
o. Keene, beat Golden Buck, the favor
ite, by marrow margin for the intro
ductory number, a scramble for maiden
-year-olds. Helgesen handled the
winner, which outbroke the field. While
big BilP' Knapp rode an energetic and
persevering race on the first choice, he
fell short at the wire by head. Lilli-
tus, a promising youngster from the
Hackett string, ran a fair third.
MIMO'S-RIDER In HARD LUCK.
Apprentice Frank Sullivan, who had
the mount on Mimo, favorite for the
six and a half furlong run following,
played in all sorts Of i'll racing luck
or the sprinter could not have lost. He
succeeded in getting pocketed in be-
hind the pacemakers, Miss Culver, Ku-
belik and Adirondack, and it was
not until within a furlong from home
that he could sit down and ride. Too
late then, for Dora 1, IL to shot,
which Holbrook had shot out of the
bunch, scored by scant half length.
Ike Tullett finished third on Adiron-
dack. Knapp had a tempestuous pas
sage with Foxy Grandpa.
When Bob Smith scratched Maxnar
from the two-year-old event to be run
over the Futurity course he simply
creased the way for DR.. RowelPs like
Iy colt Corn Blossom. AT odds of
to the latter simply played with his
company running home four lengths
ahead of Ara. Mogregor took the
show from Alone without much diff
ficulty.
Davis landed his second winner
when he reached the home plate as
tride Sir Preston, second choice for
the six-fur1ong run for all ages. Silent
Water, from Bob Smiths stable, en-
joyed the first call in the ring, clos
ing a to 10 chance.
SIR PRESTON AS PACEAIAKER.
Sir Preston broke first and set
clinking good pace, closely trailed by
the favorite under restraint, Whoa
Bill in third position. Swinging into
the straight for the stand, Sammy
Greenfield, on Silent Water, sent his
regrets and big BIZ" Knapp with
Whoa Bill crowded on all sail in an
effort to overtake the leader. Davis
rode a strong finish on Sir Preston
and while Whoa Bill responded game
ly to punishment he was beaten out
a neck in 1:13h. Four lengths far
ther away came the favorite. The
eight other starters were entirely out
classed.
No ordinary platter is going to take
the measure of San Nicolas in his
present form. The black horse went
to the post an odds on favorite for
the concluding mile selling affair and,
with Davis in the saddle, simply made
gallop of it. Kunz dropped in Sec
ond, with Ishlana, a length in ad-
vance of Evea G.
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