The San Francisco call., 1905-01-18
!The Reprobate Again Heavily
Played and Wins in a
Gallop.
ABE MEYER IN FRONT
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Albemarle Causes Tr0ublefor
: Stable by Poor Showing.
Gateway Beats Judge.

In the hands of Hall & Marshall The
Reprobate is a vastly improved three
year-old, or else a most shrewdly man
aged one. Only last Saturday The
.Reprobate won when played for a kill
ing, and some of the starters behind
him were visibly shy of speed. In the
third event at Oakland yesterday The
Reprobate was quietly tipped as a ripe,
mellow one, and. piloted by Kunz,
: came home on the bit, seven lengths
ahead of Lady Kent. In the ring the
winners odds were hammered down
from fours to two, and in some books
: to 5. Albemarle, considered the le-
gitimate favorite, with Mcbride in the
saddle, stumbled slightly at the start,
after which he ran dull race. Meada,
q 20 to l chance, easily disposed of
Mimo for the show.
FIVE FAVORITES SCORE.
notwithstanding the fact that the
track was heavy, five favorites were
. returned first. A large crowd viewed
the racing.
Little Barrett, on Macene, a IL to /
shot, from the EZell stable, captured
the first event, five and a half fur
long run. Barrett picked the inside po-
. sition in the stretch, Macene winning
ridden out from Pearl Waters, q 16 to /
shot. w. Davis managed to get cut off
on couple Of occasions with Mabel
Bates, the favorite, or the filly would
have Won. AS it was, she ran third,
beaten a head for the place
After running third on three occa-
sions, Abe Meyer, from Harry Stovers
barn, finally annexed purse. The
.fyrant youngster had a pronounced
Call in the betting on the two-year-old
scramble, and won off by himself.
Chief Whitman caught the firing I'm
Joe, securing place honors by half
: length.
Mcbride landed Dungannon, the ia
tcrite, first for the mile and fifty yards
selling fixture. disposing of War Times
In a nose finish. Anderson made all
the running with the latter and only
for Mcbride picking the better going,
the to l chance would have scored.
W. Daily on Barney Dreyfus was q
close third.
DIR. SHORE A WINNER.
Mcbride also had the mount on DR..
Shorb, mild favorite for the mile
and sixteenth event. Gin Spray
locked best as the race was run, but
Mcbride outgeneraled Chandler,
reaching home a length to the good.
jake Jones again finished third with
Theodore L. Mr.. Dingle ran a fair
race after getting off poorly.
w. Davis broke it UP badly on
Judge, equal favorite in the last race
a. mile with Gateway, or the black
horse would. have won. Davis mount
met with some interference at the
start, then he rushed him UP on the
rail In the deep going and later. got
sharply cut off on the far turn by Rec
tor and Arcade, the leaders. Once
again. about a furlong from the stand
Judge was cut off. At the wire Boyd
astride Gateway defeated him by
something over length. On the back
stretch, the winner was pinched out
.of his position. Boyd waited until
headed for the wire before making his
move. Arcade took the show.
TRACK NOTES.
Mcbride piloted two winners, Dun
cannon and DR.. Shorb.
L. 'Struber, an Erie, Pa, millionaire
and a great admirer of the turf, was a
visitor at Oakland yesterday. Mr..
Struber is interested financially in
many business ventures with e. E.
.Smathers, the latter famous as the
:owner of many equine stars, McChes-
ney among others having carried his
.cclors.
''Chick" Neel, a well-known rider on
the middle western tracks, died re-
Gently at a small town In New Mexico.
Neel rode at the Denver meeting last
summer, and was ruled off for rough
riding.
Ed Getchell purchased Diderot from
E6die Carey yesterday.
Walter Jennings and Puerl Wilker-
son have arrived at an agreement,
whereby big BilP' Knapp will again
ride for the stable of the former turf
man..
Joe Quinlan and his horses were sus-
pended by the judges after the poor
showing made by Albemarle in the
third event. The race will receive
further investigating.
The brood mares owned by Sam
Hildreth were not sold yesterday. The
sale will take place In the paddock at
Oakland tomorrow at 1 o'clock.