The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
Downs Military Man
and BOlnbardier
Quite CleVerly.
Prince BrutuS Loses
to TranlOtOr in a )
Hard Drive.
BY FRED e. MULHoLLAND.

II the rainy weather holds out Sals,
recent importation from Los Angeles
via New York. is liable to break up
racing across the bay. On Tuesday the
st. Blaise horse took a six furlong
handicap and yesterday he pulled down
the $1,000 event over one mile and fifty
yards for Mrs. James Blute. Not only
that, but two promising Burns handl-
cap candidates, Military Man and
Bombardier, besides four lesser lights,
finished behind him
Carrying 107 pounds, Sais closed fa-
vorite and passed Bombardier on the
stretch turn At the wire Big Bill
Knapp did not shake him up much to
dispose Of the late Military Man by
length. Bombardier ran into the show.
Rain fell throughout the racing and
the track was sea of mud. AS usual
two public choices earned brackets.
GREENOCK A WINNER.
It's the same old story over again.
Greenock took the opening event at
odds of II to /, running practically un-
backed. On two or three occasions
within the past ten days the old horse
had been a good thing and failed to
come through. Foxy Grandpa, the ia
vorite, finished second, neck before
Dotterel
Dell Fountains Modicum made a
gallop of the mile and a quarter selling
affair. The ring laid to 5 about the
old cripple and his price should have
been l to 3. Erne stumbled shortly be-
fore reaching the wire and Minder
astride Glenarvon snatched the place
by a nose. Formero could not untrack
himself.
Fresh from the land of oranges and
real estate agents, Jimmy Coffey's mare
[Nr<1
hollow victory in the third number.
Cincinnatus had the call at to and
Mcbride never did have much success
with one of this sort. Yellowstone led
into the stretch, and was then beaten
with ease by the Coffey entry. we'll
ridden by Tommy Clark. The favorite
ran third.
FORT WAYNE is UNPLACED.
There always was a big yellow streak
in the composition of Fort WAYNE and
it could be discerned yesterday without
the aid of a field glass. The faint
hearted sprinter went to the post fa-
vorite for the Futurity course run. fifth
to be decided, and ran unplaced. Hip
ponax, ridden by Alarae and z to /.
assumed the lead before reaching the
stretch and in a driving finish downed
DR.. Sherman neck. The show went
to Effervescence.
jake Jones QlQ not distinguish him.
self by the handling of Prince Brutus.
favorite for the concluding scramble at
five furlongs The Prince was installed
favorite in the betting, and should have
won. jake, however, picked the poor
est going for his mount, and Mcbride.
on Tramotor. led him out less than
length. Salable finished third.
TRACK NOTES.
The oftener Glenarvon and Lang
ford James meet the more difficult of
solution does the problem become:
How did the latter happen to beat
Glenarvon on January 1872"
When a horse is sent to the post in
the condition shown by Formero his
entry in future should be refused.
AS a money rider, Mcbride lis an
other Cochran. But on many of the
horses the public play he meets with
poor success.
Jockey Harry Birkenruth dropped
in from Hot Springs yesterday.
The National News Company, which
supplies racing results, will shortly
be superseded by the Western Union
Telegraph Company. Employees Of
the latter company were engaged in
putting in wires yesterday.
l.. o. Appleby, E. ]. Callahan and
Fred Brewer, three well known New
York turfmen, were visitors at the
track.
From the present outlook there will
be at least a dozen starters In the
Burns handicap on Saturday.
M. J. DAILY purchased the three
year-old Lindsay Gordon from w. B.
Jennings yesterday.