The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
Exciting Finish to
the Handicap at
Oakland.
Military Man Gives
the Booknakers
a Jolting.
BY FRED E. MULHOLLAND.

ID F6EIO IL. IL.
Misty's Pride, the statuesque blonde
mare from Oregon, met quite gather
ing of notables in the five. and a half
furlong handicap at Oakland yester-
day. including among them the cele-
brated New York speed merchant, Col
lector Jessup. In distributing the
weights about, Handicapper Egbert
allowed 11S pounds to Misty's Pride,
and even then she had first call at 3
to 1 in the betting. Letola got in with
los and was the only one capable of
extending the webfoot wonder. jake
Jones' as usual, rode Misty's Pride and
lost no time in leaving the barrier.
Collector Jessup acted as her escort TO
the stretch, then excused himself.
big Bill' Knapp now blazed away
with Letola, and at the paddock IT
looked as If the Jennings mare might
win. But the favorite Strengthened
out her neck and, responding gamely.
earned a neck decision. Princess
Titania, slow to get away, ran a fair
third, four lengths away. Delagoa
never looked dangerous.
Three favorites, two second choices
and an outsider were returned winners.
The victory of Sir Edward in the first
was an eagle bird. but after that the
layers received an awful drubbing.
Sir Edward a likely looking son or
Eddie Jones and Motto, took the two
year-old scramble from big field with
10 and IL to l about him in the ring.
Yolo Girl, the second choice, made all
the running, only losing out at the
wire by a head. Canopa, so to l
shot, ran third. Travers did not use
any undue diligence in getting the ia
yorite. Fred Bent away from the
barrier or his mount would have been
closer up than fourth.
Dr. Rowells gelding Best Man. at
tired in a full dress suit, made MS
company in the Futurity course run
following look ragged and care
worm He ruled a favorite in the bet
ting and breezed in before Redan and
Tam O'Shanter. Marlborough quit the
last eighth, after cutting out the pace.
Possibly because Flaunt one day
beat Best Man, the Ryan geldfng
caught vast play to win the mile ana
a sixteenth selling run. 1t proved an
ilI-adyised plunge, for. when the price
about Esherin reached 13 to 5, Les
Coggins climbed aboard his mare
Travers had the leg up, and she went
out and won all the way. Flaunt
weakened the latter part of the jour
ney and Cinnabar, a 8 to l chance,
finished in the place. =
Both Hugh MCGOWAN and Ocyrohe
were absentees from the mile selling
number This made the race look a
gift for North West. and all the IL to
20 laid was gathered up early. Dora
1 and Ethel Abbott made the running
to the stretch. Then Llovd Fountain
let the first choice down, and the mare
disposed of Meistersinger and AL Wad-
die with apparent ease.
Garnet Ferguson's chestnut horse
Military Man made his first appear
ance since being kicked out of COM
mission by w. r. Condor while at the
post for the Burns Handicap. He was
one of half a dozen starters in the
closing Futurity course speed recital.
and because Eckersall looked so good
on paper the ring chalked to 1
against the Ferguson entry. At post
time 21b was the best. Eckersall, the
favorite, ran up against two fast ones
in Royal Rogue and Robert Mitchell,
the trio burning up the track for two
thirds of the route. Then Wright be-
gan moving them down with Military
Man. finally winning cleverly from
Judge. another which moved up from
a back row. The favorite finished
groggy third.
TRACK NOTES.
Travers rode two winners.
bullman OlQ not snow u 10 rlue
Collector Jessup and was suspended
by the judges. 1t is understood the
rider left for Memphis last evening.
F. E. Baird is up from Ascot Park
with Dan Collins, Bailey, Freesais,
Lou Merrill and Massacre.
In the string of E. Durker, another
arrival from Los Angeles, are Glen
nevis, Palmist, De Grammont, Ray,
Iras and Metlakatla.
Clarence WafnrhO1rSp looking
brown as berry after an extended
stay in Mexico, was a welcome visitor
to the track yesterday.
Western Az Smith, whose horse
Orchan won the Ascot cup at Los An
geles, is back. He gave the bookmak-
ers down south a good time and ex-
poets Orchan to make 1t interesting
for some of the distance horses across
the bay. w. Dugan, probably the
most finished rider at Ascot Park, will
be up here next week, and AL will
make his engagements.