The San Francisco call., 1905-01-04
Close Finish in Closing Event at
the Oakland Track.
Hainault, of All the Favorites, Is
the Only One to Land.
BY FRED f. MULHoILAND.

Horatius, which was pronounced
blind and useless piece of racing
hardware at Kansas City last fall.
snapped the last race on the card at
Oakland yesterday in a nose finish
with the favOrite, Freedman. Mich
.aels. who rode Judge SO poorly on Mon
day, piloted Horatius, and did lit
we'll. Big Bill' Knapp took care of
Freedman, and no fault could be
found with his work Horatius was
an unknown quantity, it being his
first appearance this season, and and
to l could be had in the market place
about him.
the Cdds about Freedman were back
cd down to 8 to 10, while Major Mansir
and Neterano had quite a following as
well. Horatius had all kinds of speed,
racing out in front with the first
choice. Knapp could not shake off
the blind horse, and Horatius received
a nose verdict. Major Mansir came
with rush at the close, and was
beaten less than a length.
THE track was slow, and the rheu-
matics and cripples ran to their best
notch Hainault was the only winning
public choice.
There were eleven starters in the
opening sprint, with old Frank Pearce
ruling slight favorite over Haven
Run, karabel and Batidor. He finished
third. Willie Harris Haven Run start
ed off with a flashy turn of speed, but
when challenged in the stretch by Box
Elder with Bell up, weakened and lost
by a neck. Aibonita, well backed
one, tired early in the game.
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it could not have suited Barrack bet
ter. The aged campaigner was as
good as to l in the betting on the
mile and fifty yeard selling affair, for
which Rowena had a pronounced call
in the ring. During the early part of
the running, the favorite had it all her
own way. The last eighth though
caught her backing up perceptibly and
Barrack, closing very strong under the
. vigorous handling of Bullman, won
easily by a neck. Glenarvon, a 25 to
l shot took the show from Allopath-
At the weights Hainault looked a
good thing for the seven furlong run,
and the price about the gelding speed
lily fell from 13 to 10 to evens. Nicely
ridden by Travers, he registered an
easy first. after NJ. A. Powell and Dora
l had set the early pace, Sam Green
field came from behind with The Cad
fly, 20 to 1 shot, downing Powell for
the place.
RED CROSS NURSE FALLS.
Travers on the favorite, Red Cross
Nurse, for the mile selling fixture met
with an accident at the first turn, which
practically ruined the mares chances.
In some sort of a jostling match Nurse
got caught in a jam and went to her
knees. She could not arecover the
ground thus lost. North West, played
down from 31a to to IL to and excel
lently ridden by Sam Greenfield, out
stayed Follow Me through the stretch,
earning a neck decision. Show honors
fell TO Meistersinger, with jake Jones
UP.
If Sam Greenfield rode clever race
. on North West, his handling of Abe
marie, favorite for the selling sprint
following, did not add to his record.
He took the gelding over the overland
route, made weak play for a position
and finished among the also rams.
o" Cousin Carrie. with Travers in the
saddle. made all the running, and
standing a drive gamely defeated
Bronze Wing, the mount of Clem Jen-
kins, head Helgesen was third with
Hipponax, a II to l shot. Mocorito ran
a mild race.
TRACK NOTES.
Travers carried off the saddle hon.
ors by plotting two winners.
Bullman is regaining his old time
form and now rides winner or two
almost every day. AS a two-year-
pilot he is hard to equal.
Glenn Jenkins is another of the old
guard who is doing excellent work
in the saddle. Glenn has been seen