The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18


weather glorious and the finishes suf-
f1ciently exciting to suit the most
Texacting. but form was at discount
Favorites Jared badly, only one, Bur
leigh, finishing in front. At least two
others should have won--Native Son,
which, though much the best. was
beaten short nose through a bungling
ride upon the part of r. Davis, and
Grasscutter, which, also with r. Davis
up, was forced to pull up Immediately
after the start on account of Jockey j.
DAILY cutting across in front of her
with Hector. For this piece of mis-
conduct DAILY was set down by the
judges for the next ten racing days
punishment richly merited. In the
cases of the other favorites that went
down to defeat, the best horse prob
ably won in each instance
The six races decided during the day
were won by two long shots. three sec
ond choices and one favorite. Notwith-
standing the slaughter of the favorites,
most of the. bookies. claim to have quit
loser on the day owing to the opera
tions of the sharpshooters. The volume
of play was extremely heavy. although
it is doubtful if any large individual
wagers were recorded. as the big bet
tors are inclined 10 let the horses show
their form after the long respite from
racing before beginning operations.
SURPRISE OF THE DAY
The biggest surprise of the day was
the victory scored by Doc Rowells
aged Sain horse Corrigan in the stake
event. Corrigan's win was as much of
a surprise to Rowell as to the general
public. His owner would have liked his
horses chances had the track been
muddy, but as it was he bet on Logis-
tilla to win the race and put a small
wager on his own horse to show, more
for sentimental reasons than on ac-
count of the belief that he would win
the bet. Earlier in the day Corrigan
had developed a lameness, to dissipate
which the application of steaming
cloths was resorted to. and Rowell
was therefore the more surprised when
the horse won.
Two other long shots. Eckersall and
Gypsy King. came dangerously near to
winning. both being beaten for first
money by only neck. All in all. the
day was probably quite Improbable for
the general public, those who were In
having succeeded In keeping their in
formation within a select circle.
TWENTY-THREE BOOKS
From early morning the scene at the
track was a lively one as the final
preparations were maze Dy OncldlS,
boolxmakers and others to whom the
racing game gives employment for the
opening Of the meeting. When Bob Me-
Gibbon called the roll of bookmakers
who had decided to cut in for three
DAYS no less than twenty-three re-
sponded in addition to one combination
and three field books. The list was a
follows:
Emeryville Club 81. r. Lewis.
George Rose, Bill Jackman, Joe Har-
Ian, western Club W. E. Applegatel.
Broadway Club. Johnny Lyon, Frank
Balm. Berkeley Club CIV. G. Yankee,
San Francisco Club (Charles Beard).
Oakland Club ED Soule). Barney
Schreiber, Stuyvesant Club tJohnny
Coleman), Boston Club leslie Belt),
Montana Club Phil HammelD, W. r..
Engstrom. Cooper & Co. Golden Gate
Club (Sam MARTINI. New York Club CT.
D. Adaps) Central Club t"Little Hen
ry'' relinghausenl. Arizona Club
pearl xWilkerson), Falstaff Club Oh. t.
c-omiskeyl. Martin & Co The coulbina-
ton and fields books were operated by
John Condor & Co
BOOKS ARE KEPT BUSY
From the opening of the betting at
1.15 o'clock the books did all the busi-
ness that they could handle. despite the
fact that twenty three books We're do
ing business in the big ring aF against
eighteen on opening day last year The
crush in the ring was frightful and
bettors had TO fairly fight their way TO
the books to get a bet down This
state of affairs lasted all the afternoon
When the fray was over most of the
bookmakers claimed 10 have lost on the
DAYS play George Rose, who did an