The San Francisco call., 1905-02-19
FRANGIBLE, BACKED AT LONG ODDS
IS In FRONT FROM START TO FINISH
Agnes Mack Defeated by the Outsider Silicate, While
I'm Joe Captures Two-Year-Od DASH
Hainault the. Only
Winning First
Choice.
BY FRED e. MULHoLLAND.

The card at Oakland yesterday, while
the usual Saturday gathering. A heavy
track lent additional hazard to the
game, and but one favorite secured a
purse. Frangible, backed down from
25 to 9. furnished the sensation.
Charley Patterson's filly Busy Bee
went to the pest favorite at to for
the two-year-old scramble. Alarie, who
had the mount, got away poorly and
the fllly ran third. I'm Joe, with
Wright up, showed in front, winning
easily at the wire from Novi, a 75 to l
shot
Tony Barrells mare Silicate, a neg
1ected 16 to l shot, captured the five
furiong selling dash. Agnes Mack, the
favorite, looked a certainty. but Big
Bill" Knapp, on the outsider. picked a
better route through the stretch than
Blake, scoring without great effort. Re-
dan ran third End should have won.
JOCKEY KNAPP IN FORM.
Again in the siX-f furlong selling num-
Der, which followed, was the superior
jockeyship of Knapp apparent. big
Bill had the leg UP on Revolt, the sec
ond choice, and, picking the choicest
going, led the favorite, Hulford, over
the line neck. The show was taken
by Fitzpatrick on Cloche dor.
Wright annexed the sculling cham
pionship with Frangible a 25 to shot,
in the mile and a sixteenth regatta.
The water was calm and placid, with
just a noticeable ripple. Flying Tor
pedo, the eynosure of all eyes, the pub
lie idol, trained to the minute, had first
call in the betting. The bookies
shouted themselves hoarse giving
away the to 5, done in antique fres-
mand came ScherZo, son of the mighty
Crescendo. From s to 8 confederate
and stage money backed his price to
212 to. I. Then entered into the bet
ting realm the long, tall. lanky, short
thick-set man with smooth face and
whiskers, wearing the mysterious
white hat and Satanic smile. He OBJ
served the 90 and % to l about Frangi-
bic. Putting down the hat lower over
his eyes, then folding UP the sinister
smile and placing it in a grip which he
carried, the onslaught commenced.
FRANGIBLE WINS HANDILY.
Frangible closed at 9. There was
nothing to the race but Frangible
Cockswain Wright turned the stake
boat first and padded in four open
boat lengths before Otis with Scherzo
Barrett, on Flying Torpedo, had trouble
with his motor, managing to alight
safely in the Show
Anvil is a good horse if one can
guess him, and that is where the joker
lies. He started in a race last Tues
day when every well-informed person
on the track played Best Man and
finished fourth. In the seven fur
long recital yesterday, Bah caught the
popular fancy, her opening quotation
of s to giving way to even money.
Big Bill Knapp managed to get the
mare cut off at the start, and paste
boards bearing her name are now
cherished relics in many a cheerless
home Grover Cleveland Fuller Wright
went out in front with Anvil and
at wire time, beat Mountebank eight
wide open lengths. Haven Run ran
third.
Finally a favorite won. In the mile
and seventy-yard selling fixture, Hahn
ault was plunged on at to 5. The
brown gelding raced Platt to a stand
still, and was later brought to hard
drive by Otis on old Barrack, winning
out by a length. Platt took show
honors.
TRACK NOTES.
The temperature of I'm Joe was re-
ported to be 116 by the restaurant
thermometer and his hackers were
badly scared. For a sick horse he did
exceedingly well.
Busy Bee is as speckled as Bob Fits
simmons with blotches caused by
some blood disorder.
Horses appear to display plenty of
speed for Wright, Charley Murray's .
apprentice, who passed the wire on
three winners. His services are in big
demand.
Big Bill'' Knapp reached the wire
first on two occasions.
Or. Leggo, winner of the Ascot
Derby at Los Angeles. was bred at A.
b. Spreckels' Napa stock farm. He is
son of Puryear d and Sevens and
was purchased as a yearling by c. c..
McCafferty for $1,000.
Oxford the gray wonder, which ran
third in the Derby, was rated a $10,-
900 colt. How much is DR.. Leggo
worth now?
Hainault has won eight races since
December 80 last