The San Francisco call., 1905-03-18
Five First Choices
Linger by the
Wayside.
F. w. Barr Outfoots
Daruna and Other
Fast Ones.
BY FRED e. MULHoLLAND.

A person without a shamrock on his
coat lapel or a bit of green mixed up
somewhere with his wearing apparel
felt ashamed Of himself yesterday at
Oakland track. Everybody from the
president of the association down
seemed bent on paying homage to Ire
lands patron saint. Even five of the
public choices ran green, which was
taken as no joke by the speculative
fraternity. The track, heavy and hold
ing, made the guessing difficult and
the large crowd met with only mod
crate success in a prolonged skirmish
with the layers.
The ST Patrieks Day handicap at
six furlongs, with field of five lin
ing up, resulted in a famous upset.
Princess Titania, the favorite. could
not untrack herself in the going, fin
ishing last. Salable, backed from Z to
5. gradually outsprinted My Order,
and, ridden out, beat Dr. Rowell's en-
try more than length. Lloyd Foun-
tain, who rode David Boland, got his
dates all mixed UP at the start and
finished third on apparently the best
horse
YELLOWSTONE BEATS OLYMPIAN
Johnny Schorr's Olympian. favorite
for the Dublin scramble which start
ed the ball rolling, ran up against a
Tartar in Yellowstone. The spindle
stopped on the wrong color all right,
but nevertheless the to l shot breast.
ed the tape three lengths ahead of the
first choice. Effervescence, the early
pacemaker, finished third. La Figaro,
broadly circulated tip, created slight
disturbance.
w. Davis now began his triumphal
advance by taking the Cork sprint
over six furlongs with Emma Reu-
bold, whose price went to 51a to 1.
Albemarle looked best. but Lloyd
Fountain broke it up painfully and
Emma scored easily. War Times fin
ished strongly. nearly nabbing Albe-
marie for the place. Laura f. NJ.
gave it up after a display of early
speed.
Davis had the mount on r. w. Barr
and the Kismet colts odds fell from
even money TO TO 10 in the betting
on the Tipperary scurry for two-year-
olds. Darufna had the footing over
the big fellow for two-thirds of the
trip, but he responded TO the whip,
disposfng of the FLY cIeverly by less
than a length. Charley Patterson,s
Busy Bee ran a good third.
PROFITABLE WINS HANDILY.
Nine out of every ten lightning cal
culators thought they saw a soft spot
at a mile. After the rush had sub
sided the price about the Major had
been slashed from to to IL to 10.
He led for three-quarters of a mile
and then resigned from the service
Davis here picked up the pace with
the second choice, Profitable, reaching
the wire an easy first. Show honors
went to Lady Kent.
In the Killarney selling affair at
CO f1rr1 1N1cr Dol
IL to 10 favorite. Through overcon-
fidence at the close his mount was
collared and downed a nose by Bob
Ragon, with Lloyd Fountain up. The
winners odds went back in the bet
ting from S TO to az. finally closing
at 3 to 5. Third place went to Mil
ler's Daughter.
TRACK NOTES.
W. Davis piloted three winners and
was beaten but a nose on Baker. To-
day marks the final appearance in the
saddle here of the crack lightweight
as he leaves for New York Tomorrow
Bookmaker Joe Rose left the track
early yesterday, called to the bedside
of his brother "Izzy.' who is lying
dangerously i'll in this city with pneu-
monia.