The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
At Long Odds He
Downs Soufriere,
!: a Hot Favorite.
Lady Kent and Platt
Two Successful
=: Choices.
BY FIRED e. MULHoLLAND.

The exhilarating reversal shown by
Captain Forsee In the concluding mile
purse event at Oakland yesterday was
the only startling feature Of the
sport
, Last Wednesday Trainer Bill Carroll
thought the four-year-old could do the
trick In five and half furlong sprint,
but Bullman failed to land him inside
the money. On the strength Of this
poor exhibition the books laid any
where from IL to 15 to i yesterday
about the Captain.
:. He. had mysterious Charley Bell on
his back. and in hard drive beat the
q: to. 5 favorite. Soufriere, a neck
Bell clearing outriding c. Miller. The
.hrst choice was plunged on. and the
outsiders victory saved the ring asheap
OF money. Ink failed to run up to
expectations In the race, finishing an
Indifferent third
:. Az on Thursday, only two choices
were successful The attendance was
large for an off day.
FAvORTTE FINISHES SECOND.
"a six-furlong sprint for maiden
three-year-old fillies opened the after
Moons racing. Morita the Napa Stock
Farm entry, was installed favorite, but
fell easy prey to True Wing. The lat
ter had Willie Daily in the saddle, and
art odds of and 10 1 won in a canter.
The favorite was second. three lengths
before Lucrece.
No fault could be found with the
running of the horses in the six and
half furlong event. Lady Kent, the fav-
6rite, with Davis in the saddle, regis
tered an easy winner after an early
dTive. DIR. Sherman, the second choice,
:; disposed of Bard Burns the third
choice for show honors. Profitable had
speed early in the engagement, but
found the clip set too fast.
Over a sloppy track Cousin Carrie
could probably have captured the five
and half furlong dash The mare
closed a 13 to 10 favorits and led to
the paddock. There she displayed dis
'tress signals and Hulford. the mount
Of Jakey Jones, led her over the mark
more than a length. Davis finished
close third with Sir Preston. Suburban
Queen retired early in the struggle.
HAVEN RUN is BEATEN.
Willie Harris Haven Run struck a
snag ih the mile selling affair, for
which a cheap bunch of platers faced
the barrier. A. to 10 choice, he was
passed on the back stretch by Instru-
ment, a 10 to l shot, and in a drive the
last sixteenth lost the decision by a
neck. Alarie piloted the winner, on
which there was a struggling play.
Inspector Munro took the show from
Mrs Farnum.
Platt left his field so far behind in
the seven furlong run for three-year-
olds, that it looked as if the colt had
slid down from the grand stand roof
and hit the wire. The Stevens entry
closed a slight favorite over Handy
Bill and jake Jones handled the tiller.
Handy Bill evinced no fancy for the
going, losing the place to Meada, 10
to l shot.
TRACK NOTES.
Jake Jones piloted two winners.
Jake was due to get a move on, as
his work had been far from brilliant
fol a few days past
=: Napa Stock Farm horses were
strongly in evidence at Oakland yes
: terday. Both of the winners, Hulford
and Captain Forsee, and Morita, which
ran second, were bred at A. B..
Spreckels' Napa establishment.
D. Zelinsky's Handy Bill, which fin
.ished third in the fifth event, was
claimed for sS25 by Charley McCaf-
'ferty, owner of San Jose.
Major Mansir, which was claimed
from Brinkworth & Co. by Mrs. Hert-
gel has been disposed of to j. A.
weinberg. The Major is a prominent
candidate for the Thornton stakes.