The San Francisco call., 1904-04-26
Joe JONES, A COMING SADDLE STAR,
PILOTS FOUR WINNERS AT OAKLAND
Victory of Forest King Is
Expensive for Owner
Sam Jones.

day. dropping in first at the wire on
four winners-Prince Brutus, Redwald
Mysty's Pride and Forest King. Joe is
no novice in the saddle. for he rode on
the New York tracks last season, among
his exploits being that of plotting The
Fiddler, claimed to have been a ring
err and over whose victory the pool
rooms throughout the country were
mulcted of more than 100000 The
Eastern boys character is above re-
proach, and II would not be surprising
to see him at the top of the ladder in
another year. He rides equally well a
sulker or free runner, can wait, out in
front and his judgment of pace will
ripen with age.
1t appears to be the rule of late for
three favorites to reach home in front.
That part of it is all right, but some
we'll backed horses now and then dis
play marked lack of speed, and others
at long odds drop in second and third
we'll played Perhaps some owners i'm
agine that as the season draws to a
close the judges relax their vigilance.
uEL6 are lNO VI lIIGS llQClS GAI lCeioe
that certainly think SO, judging by
their efforts. The card was a very
trim-looking one and drew a large at
tendance.
Sam Jones' very useful selling platter
Forest King turned the trick in the last
race of the afternoon, at one and a six
teenth miles, but it proved a costly win
for the Oregon turfman. Forest King
was fourth choice in the betting, and
with Joe Jones as the pilot made all
the running, and in a driving finish led
Soothsayer out nearly a length in Ia
Caronal, which opened favorite, fin
ished third The winner was bid up
from 5000 to $500 by Charley McCaf-
ferty Sam bid the customary So, and
there was no change of ownership.
Crosswaite on Wistaria, a 10 to
shot, captured the opening sprint. The
fIly took the lead turning into the
stretch and at the wire won handily
from the to favorite, Colonel Bal
lantyne. Kubelik, so to shot, ran
third The Stewardess received consist
ent backing, but showed to no advan-
tage.
Prince Brutus, at odds OF II to 20, ran
away from his company in the two
year old scramble over a half-mile. AL
though on Saturday George P. McNear
experienced no difficulty in beating
Eduardo for the show, things were re-
versed yesterday There was a very
smart play on Eduardo for the third
position and the youngster not only got
ii. but beat McNear for the place. Now.
-year-olds in no country run this
way, and the race may receive some
sitting If one is seeking for consist
ency in racing, two year-olds, IL pos
sessed OF a particle OF class, usually
furnish It,
Something from down in the orange
country rang up a bullseye in the F'u-
turity course sprint following. Agnes
Mack. q winner at Los Angeles, was
heralded as a clever piece of racing
material, and at one stage of the bet
ting ruled equal favorite with Picka-
way. Later on her price went to and
= See can do we'll with this sort, for he
had Agnes in front all the way, dispos-
ing of Nullah by less than. length.
Aunt Polly was third. Pickaway ran
out on the stretch turn with Cross
waite, or he might have won.
Billy Magrane's Redwald eloped with
the mile and fifty yard purse in race
horse fashion. The gelding was a TO
favorite and. leading throughout
downed the two grand performers, So
linus and Moor, very cleverly. Pierce
], with See in the saddle, trudged along
in third position for a time, then went
on a strike for higher odds. Even Jack
Little beat him out for fourth money
Lady Kent came a long, long way
from defeating Misty's Pride in the
fifth, six-furlong selling entertain
ment. The Oregon mare closed favor
ite at to 5, and with Jones up tiptoed
her field from the time Jake Hoffman
sprung the barrier Mimo and Louis
Wagner, two long shots, fought 1t out
for the place, the former receiving the
verdict by half length. st. Winni-
fride, Hainault and Lady Kent all ran
| Indifferent races.
NOTES OF THE TRACK.
big Biz Knapp leaves with his
father and brother for Kansas City to-
day Knapp will be greatly missed, as
he rode many winners at Oakland. His
mounts could always be backed with
confidence, for his reputation is unfair
nished by scandal of any sort
Puerl Wilkerson and his stable also
start on the Kansas City trip to-day.
Advices from Kansas City state that
Charley Fink's horses reached there in
bad condition, and Constellator, it was
expected, would die.
ENTRIES FOR TO-DAY.
First race-seven furlongs. three-year-olds