The San Francisco call., 1905-02-17
MAZAPAN REVELS IN THE MUD,
BEATING A SMART FIELD.
"BIG BILL" KNAPP AND JONES
CARRY OFF THE SADDLE IONORS
MOPdente at 15
to | Is a Big
Surprise.
BY FRED e. MULHoLLAND.

Probably the sharpest betting on
the card at Oakland yesterday was
the two-year-old scramble at half
a mile. for which nine trim young
sters went to the post The winner
turned up in Mazapan. a finely CHS
eled daughter of Solitaire and Sweet
Cakes, ridden by big Bill" Knapp
and sporting the colors of Napa Stock
Farm.
SO stanchly supported were Busy
Bee, E1uorum, Rex and I'm Joe that
the price about Mazapan receded
from threes to Is to 5. Away sixth,
the latter Miss quickly outfooted her
company, with the exception of Bel
Iona, which acted as her travelling
companion. The latter found the
pace set too speedy and. drawing
away the final sixteenth. Mazapan
won by two and a half lengths in
:495z, a clever performance. Busy
Bee closed strongly, only losing the
place to Bellona by a neck.
HONORS FOR KNAPP AND JONES
Aside from this the chief feature of
the sport was the saddle work Of
Big Bill' Knapp and jake Jones.
each plotting three winners, COM
pletely cutting out all of the other
riders. Four favorites annexed
purses.
Looking at the dope book upside
down and reading from right to left
Edrodun looked all wool and yard
wide to win the Futurity course
sprint. On February S-or, to be
more precise, six days previous to st.
Valentines day-the Morello three
year-old started in a f1ve-and-a-half
furlong scramble with 10S pounds up.
He was to 10 favorite and fin
ished behind My Order and Alone. In
yesterdays race he picked up lis
pounds and closing favorite oyer My
Order beat DR.. Rowell's gelding half
a length. Grenore ran third.
Going back to the Seattle summer
meeting of 1904, it was difficult to fig
ure Mordente a chance in the mile and
hree-sixteenths selling run. The mare
closed at Is to 1, and, leading from
start to finish, beat Mr. Dingle, the
favorite, over the line four lengths
Cinnabar ran fair third.
SOL LICHTENSTEIN A WINNER.
Bell Reed found seven furlongs a
trifie too far. He ran a fair race in the
fourth, eventually finishing third. Sol
Lichtenstein, the favorite, with Knapp
on his back, gradually forged his way
to the front, disposing of Haven Run
without effort.
Rain caused the debut of Double Sly
to be postponed. Jack Follansbee's
mare has no use for a wet track. so
Trainer Bob Smith succeeded in get
ting her excused from the six furlong
selling fixture. This left Sad Sam an
odds-on choice, and the Texas half
breed won ridden out from Romaine
Sacredus got away poorly, and Capt.
Forsee, the only other starter, of
course was third
Walter Jennings Rockaway was
quite as warm a favorite for the clos
ing mile purse number. Closing a Q to
20 chance, the chestnut horse. with
Knapp up, merely galloped out in
front from the time the barrier was re-
leased. In a drive Foncasta succeeded
in downing Flaunt for the place.
TRACK NOTES.
Alarie's luck on short-priced ones still
holds out.
The mystery deepens. The rider of
Edrodun had orders yesterday to go
out in front if he could.
Clausus received considerable back
ing, but Barrett could not handle him
to advantage
The official form chart says: "Alone
broke first, but was knocked out of It
at once and never recovered after
ward" The agony of all those who
grabbed that to 8 to show about the
Summers entry was not prolonged,
either, and they were still out at last
accounts.
w. Davis was seated on a cracker
box turning the crank Of the peanut
roaster the other morning at the track.
The press handed the kid few, so he
probably concluded one good turn de-
served another.
Stake events of the Washington
Jockey Club close Wednesday. Febru-
ary %.
Jimmy Coffey is back from Ascot
Park with his stable, or the remnants
of it, at least. LAGOON died, Galanthus
met his death in steeplechase and
Anirad Jimmy lost in selling race.
Johnny Mellin sent up two of his string
with the Coffey horses.