The San Francisco call., 1905-01-20
Is Easily Defeated
by Salable and
Bob Ragon
Langford James at
Is to | Downs
GlenarVOn.
BY FRED e. MULHOLLAND.

A little five-horse sprint down at
the bottom OF the card at Oakland yes
terday was the only one on the menT
tainted with particle of class. 1t turn
ed out an acceptable morsel for the
books, too, for Squire Johnson, red
hot favorite. was sewed up. The Squire
doesn't appear partial to weight, and
. ran third.
when My Order had played out his
string W. Davis executed a masse with
: Salable, the second choice, and with
. out working overtime at the close, de-
feated Bob Ragon by less than
length. Big Beach, a touted one, scored
failure.
Favorites gathered but two purses.
Langford James and Mabel Bates were
the big surprises The track was mud
E dy and the programme only an ordin-
ary one.
BUSY BEE SCORES CLEVERLY.
Charley Patterson's f1lly Busy Bee,
with Alarie in the saddle, took the
opening scramble for maiden two-year-
old fillies. Outfooted the first part
VI IL NY thC AdNClllCB <NSliCiAAo, t1ho ~
Southern Lady, the daughter of First
Tenor closed strongly beating the
latter out by more than length. Ache
lita apparently ran out on the stretch
turn or she would have won.
Minder, on Batidor, captured the
five-furlong sprint next decided. The
gelding closed a mild 2% to 1 choice,
and, taking the lead in the stretch, won
hard ridden from The Hawaiian and
Emma ReuholG. Pure Dale showed
flash of speed, then died away
1t begins to look as if Mogregor never
would win a purse. The California
stables three-year- looked like the
real thing for the five and a half fur
long jaunt, and received sturdy sup
port at to 5. After racing San Jose
and Duet into subjection, he was chal-
lenged by Michaels, astride the 10 to l
chance Mabel Bates, and lost the ver-
dict by neck. Duet, played from 20
down to 8, ran a moderate third.
BRIERS OUTFOOTS WAR TIMES.
War Times ran right to her notch,
but proved no match for Briers in the
mile selling fixture. DR.. Rowell's mare
went into the starters hands an IL to 10
favorite, and, perfectly ridden by Da-
Wis, downed War Times without much
effort.
The going was a trifie too thin for
Barrack, but the old campaigner man
aged to finish third at that.
Even with a pair of legs that look
like Indian war clubs, Glenarvon doped
best for the mile and a quarter run. He
was accordingly hammered down in
the betting from threes to s to favor
itism. AS is invariably the case, Lang
ford James, a passed-up one, displayed
more speed than usual, assuming the
lead early and dropping in couple of
lengths before the favorite. theodore
L was awarded the show over Gin
Spray.
Big Bill' Knapp will be seen in the
saddle again this afternoon, Walter
Jennings and Puerl Wilkerson having
reached an agreement.
Alarie rides a clever race for boy
not seen in the saddle oftener.
w. Davis was there with two win
ners again.
Fred Koch, a well-known Denver
business man and turfman, was q
visitor at the track yesterday.
Now it looks as If Davis must have
ridden an awful bad race on Mabel
Bates last Tuesday. She was bet on to
beat Mogregor and after getting OFF
seventh accomplished the feat. Mud
is responsible for some funny hipf1ops
Joe Kelly, on Gin Spray, was SC
husily engaged in carrying out Glen
arvon on the stretch turn that he lost
the show with Dick de Neffe's gelding
Following are the weights for the
$4,000 Lissak handicap, at mile, to be
run tomorrow: