The San Francisco call., 1905-01-22
WINNER OF RICH EVENT
PILOTED BY ALARIE
Bombardier Causes
Sorrow for His
Admirers.
LetoIa Is Prominent
to the Stretch,
Then Wits.

Two stable companions, Elliott and
Claude, fought it out for the rich Lis
SAX handicap at Oakland yesterday,
, and while victory should have rested
with the grand bay horse, Elliott, with
Alarie in the saddle, won by half a
/ length. The distance was a mile and
eight starters accepted Handicapped
Horace Egbert's weights.
The betting bears testimony to the
fact that his work was skillfuHy per-
formed. For some unknown reason the
public in general is 10th to concede
that Claude is a great horse. Possibly
his name has something to do with it.
At any rate, all sorts of reasons were
vouchsafed as to why he could not ne
gotiate the 135 pounds allotted him.
This, after he had shouldered 1872
pounds, and placed the New Years
handicap over a mile and an eighth,
| to the credit of Owner DAILY, in which
race he met with the worst sort of rae
i>sS.k. And so admirers of the DAILY
pc-r were enabled yesterday to get as
good as to l against the entry. w. r.
Condor, the added starter, commanded
vast attention, the Ezell horses odds
dropping from to ] to q to 5. Letola,
from the Jennings stable, a 106-pounder,
with no decided fondness for mud,
finally closed at Z to 2, equal favorite
with the DAILY duo.
w. II. CONDON AS PACENIAKER.
There was only a minute pause at
the post, when Jake Hoffman released
the barrier to a pretty start. Quickest
to break, w. r. Condor showed the
way around the clubhouse turn, follow
cd hry 7 f0lo D,-;xx Il - e., .sxr
furlongS;~ the two leaders mentioned
almost lost the balance of the starters
Turning into the straight for home
Letola was weakening and Condor be-
gan to rock like a hobby horse.
Alarie astride Elliott was now third
and fast closing on the leaders. Soon
Letola cracked and Elliott passed Con-
don. When 1t seemed as if the cheaper
one of the DAILY stable would land hand
lily Willie Day came with tremendous
squirt on the outside with Claude and
in mild duel with his mate only lost
the verdict by half a length. Show
honors fell to w. r. Condor. Military
Man and Bombardier grievously disap-
pointed their admirers. AS the track
was fetlock deep with mud the time,
1:441a, marks an excellent performance.
Both Elliott and Claude were accorded
an ovation by the big Saturday gath
ering.
Favorites performed satisfactorily
three purses falling their way. Despite
the threatening condition of the wealth
er the big bettors were out in force and
the layers did an immense business.
YELLOWSTONE FINISHES FIRST.
w. Davis is a great boy for throwing
natural with his mount in the first
event on the card. He had the leg up
on Yellowstone in the Introductory
sprint, and in timely drive beat Edu-
cate, the pacemaker, a length. Lloyd
Fountain on his fathers horse Doublet
annexed the show. Little hummer was
the post favorite, but physical infirmi-
ties prevented him from shining. He
showed spark of speed and then faded
away. The winner had second call in
the betting.
Achelita, sturdy looking filly by
Libertine- -Monrovia, sporting the colors
of A. B. Spreckels, master of Napa
Stock Farm, captured the two-year-old
scramble. Ridden by Bell, her price re-
ceded from Az to 9, and she scored cas-
lily from F. w. Barr and I'm Joe. Cap
tain Burnett, coupled in the betting
with Yearning, enjoyed pronounced
call in the ring. Davis rode the former,
on which the stable pinned its faith. He
got the colt away poorly and that is
the end of the story.
While the clouds are lowering and the
rain continues falling Hainault it would
seem as oil from the can. Jack Reaveys
gelding ruled an odds-on choice for the
seven-furlong selling number, and took
the purse without effort. He had Davis
for pilot, and scampered in nearly
three lengths ahead of Red Cross
Nurse. The Fretter, at 16 to 1, ran
third. Tam O'Shanter, after mapping
out the early pace, stopped to nothing
The mile and 100 yard purse. run for
three-year-olds. had all the earmarks
of boat race. The price about Sea
Air went to 3 and was then pounded
down to IL to 5. With Knapp UP, the
filly went out in front and was never
headed OF bothered to speak Of. Yada,
which finished last on Tuesday, took
the place from Ara the miserably rid
den third choice.
TRACK NOTES.
w. Davis rode two winners.
Twenty-four bookmakers cut in,
showing a healthy increase over the
last drawing.
De- w, - -.