The San Francisco call., 1905-01-11
Martinmas, Favorite
in Betting, Takes
the Place.
Public Choices All
Meet Defeat at
Oakland.
BY FRED E. MULHOLLAND.

A heavy fog the night before and
the peek-a boo tactics of the sun found
the track at Oakland yesterday still IN
very muddy condition.
1t caught the form students up in the
air, and as six favorites failed to toe
the scratch it can easily be surmised
that the bcokmakers carried off the
swag. Prickles, Melar. Barney Drey-
fuss and Stilicho furnished the sur
prises. Fine weather attracted a large
crowd.
While Venator, with liz pounds,
looked to have a royal chance of cap
turing the six and a half furlong handi-
cap, the bookies insisted on installing
Martinmas a pronounced favorite. The
Henshall entry was also asked to Jug
gle liz pounds, which he failed to do.
Travers soon had Venator in front af-
ter the start and DR.. Rowelfs sprinter
won easily, without ever being headed
or extended. The favorite experienced
no difficulty in subduing the feather
weight, Sea Voyage, securing place
honors.
OUTSIDER ROMPS IN FIRST.
Walter Jennings filly, Princess
Wheeler, does not find the path lead
ing from the maiden class strewn with
roses. Ridden by jake Jones, she had
a decided call in the betting on the
opening event, and finished second.
Prickles, an to l chance, with Bonner
up made a runaway race of it, winning
without effort Macene, one of the
Ezell entries, ran a close third.
There looked to be only one chance
of downing Del Carina, the to 10 favor
ite for the sprint following, and that
was to have the filly left at the post
Sam Greenfield did not get her left,
but he rode a race that would do credit
to bronco buster. and was defeated
by Melar, 8 to l chance, piloted by
Tommy Clark. Fay Templeton was
third. Entire Nous, the second choice,
ran out in front to the stretch, then
faded away.
BERENDOS BADLY BEATEN.
Some few of the layers chalked up
5 to ! against Lady Kent when betting
began on the six-furlong selling run,
but not many pasteboards were passed
out at that quotation. At that, the
mare closed an IS to second choice
and, ridden by Greenfield, won in hol-
low fashion from DR.. Sherman. Abe
marie secured the show. Helgesen got
away poorly with Berendos,<the favor
lite, and was never contender.
Pacing Dick" De Neffe, who Is as
liable to turn up in Indian Territory
as he is at a White House dinner, finally
put one over. His Dorian gelding, Bar
ney Dreyfuss, dropped from the clouds
in the mile selling fixture. leading Major
Tenny over. the line nearly length.
Isabellita, the IL to choice, ran fair
third The winner went to the post at
odds Of to /.
Brinkworth & Co.'S Little Wally
bumped up against it again in the clos
ing mile and sixteenth selling
event. Byronerdale, the IL to 10 favor
ite, ran an exceedingly poor race, but
Stilicho, to 1 chance, displayed ex-
ceptional speed. beating Little Wally
very cleverly by nearly a length. Modi-
cum, we'll touted and played starter,
| finished third.
TRACK NOTES.
The card at Oakland this afternoon
is far above the average. Sir Wilfred
end Daruma meet again in the two
year-old event, and in the last race Of
the day Sad Sam, The Lady Rohesia,
w. r. Condor and other fast ones
come together.
Sam Greenfield piloted two winners.
Both Tommy Clark and o. Chandler
are riding we'll Chandler has improved
greatly over his Portland and Seattle
form.
Napa Stock Farm, was a visitor at the
track yesterday. George is carrying a
handsome gold split second chronome-
ter presented to him by A. B. Spreckels,
/ proprietor of the big Napa breeding es-
tablishment, as a memento of the win
of Daruma, first of the get of Imp.
Solitaire to sport the colors.
Elrodun, the property of Lagoria &
Forbes, was sold in the paddock before
the first race to A. Libenthal for $3.50.
At meeting held yesterday by the
directors of the California Jockey Club.
the incumbent officials were reelected
for the ensuing year.
The stewards of the Pacific Jockey
Club, the governing turf body Of the
coast, also met yesterday. The dates
recently claimed by the Seattle and
Portland associations were ratified, as
were the licenses issued by the Los
Angeles Jockey Club. Harry Slower,
owner of Kenilworth Park, Petaluma,
asked for % days, but was given only
IL, to follow after the close of Oak
land on May 6.
The Knapp case was also taken up by
the stewards, but no decision rendered.
A copy of the contract purported to be
held on the services Of Big Bill"
Knapp by Puerl Wilkerson was shown.
The original contract It was claimed
by Wilkerson is now on the way here
by mail from New York, and until it is
produced nothing further will be done
In the matter.
1t is said Green Morris. who is racing
a string of horses at Ascot Park, re-
Gently refused an offer of $4,000 for
Gold Rose. the crack three-year-old fl
ly.
To date races have been divided
among the winning horses at Oakland
as follows: