The San Francisco call., 1906-11-24
PUBLIC HEAVILY
BACKS WINNING
HORSES.
Yesterdays WINNERS
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astonishing regularity and put a
crimp in the bankrolls of the
boollmakers that left the latter
little OF the velvet that they had
accumulated earlier in the week.
when the winning of a string OF
long priced horses was disastrous
for the talent Most of the bookies
quit loser to the day. a few broke
about even, and fewer still made small
winnings. chief among the latter being
BIZ Jackman. who added $500 to his
bankron. as he did day or so ago
when his fellow layers lost.
tIhree favorites. two second choices
and one outsider made up the winning
list when the days programme had
been completed. All of the short priced
winners were well played and there
also was some play on the outsider.
Briers, whose top price of IS to l was
forced down TO 10 TO ] at post time
great deal OF complaint was in
-dulgeo in on account of the inconsist-
ent running OF this mare. She was an
IN and outer last season. but generally
came 10 time when the right money
was down. On Wednesday she ran
sixth and was beaten off nearly fifteen
lengths in a race in which the mile
was run In 1;4l Is. Yesterday she
won easily in a race where the mile
was run in 40 3-5. Her next appear
ance VIII be awaited with interest
SELLING RACE WAR
The first runup of the meeting in
selling race came when Judge won the |
opening event OF the afternoon It 1
was anrechO of an episode of the Seat 4
lie meeting. during which Tobe Ram /
sey took the speed marvel Grasscutter I
away from Millionaire Dan Ross by the /
selling race route. There has been |
Wei defined understanding that Ross /
has been biding his time TO even things /
up with Ramsey in the same way. His 1
opportunity came yesterday. and he /
was on hand 10 take advantage of it. !
Judge had been entered by Ramsey to !
be solo for s4Oo. When the time came
Ross boosted Ramsey's horse to $500.
The customary bid OF s. over this
amount retained the horse Ross de-
claring that he was satisfied with hay
ing accomplished his purpose in boost
ing the winner s40O over his entered
price
The riding honors OF the day fell to
Jockey Knapp. who piioted two of the
winners Mcbride. r. Davis, A. Brown
and c Buxton won the remaining four
races, the last named scoring the first
victory OF his career by bringing Briers
home in front.
The feature event of the afternoon.
2 six furlonss sprint. was robbed of
some OF its interest by the scratching
OF Lucky Baldwin's crack Cruzados
Trainer Tom Cook scratched the great 1
sprlnter because he was unwilling to
let him start in the high wind that
swept the track. Cruzados was ready
for the race, and will be started as
soon as race can be found with the
proper conditions.
HILDRETH'S SPEEDY RACER
his third straight victory when he
stood a field OF speed marvels on their
heads IN the race from which Cruzados
was scratched. Gypsy King is the only
horse that has won three races at the (
meeting although several have won /
Two he is in rare form and improves
with each race he runs. He was the
only horse started by the Hildreth
stable yesterday, and was heavily bet
on by the Hildreth onnections at
prices ranging from > to to /.
Judges victory in the opening race
would not have been so easily achieved
had z. N. Brattain not been left stand
ing fiatfooted al the post when the rest
OF the field broke away. Dugan worked
the gray sprinter up through .--e field.
but was unable to oyertake the flying
Judge, who was away well and went
10 the front at once. Comilfo, from a
slow beginning. finished fast, but was
-
the latter running forwardly through
out The winner was one of the best
supported horses Of the day and was
played down into fsvoritism.
The scratching of Van Ness and
Buchanan left Golden Rule a favorite
race. With Knapp UP. there was moth
ing 10 it but Golden Rule from start to
finish. Mimo. after being cut of in the
early running, came strong in the
stretch and snatched the place from
Marie II BY neck.
sPRECF&ELs' PROMISING COLT
The -year-old race was the most
closely contested of the day ]. Tou-
hey's Canique ruled favorite and was
well played. Mcbride got the gelding
of well, but had to ride him out to
overtake Como. a long shot. that
showed great speed and staying abil-
ity. The favorite poked his nose in
front under the wire. St Elmwood,
running his first race, might have car
ried the colors Of Rudolph Spreckels
first TO the wire with better handling
A boy named Leeds had the mount, and
let the youngster, running green,
swerve all over the track when he was
looming Up as a probable winner in the
stretch. This colt showed good form
for a first performance and will win in
similar company next time out
\
fourth race. at six furlongs. Cloud
light and Collector Jessup, the latter
heavily supported favorite. raced out
in front with the raising OF the bar
rier. only to have Gypsy King run over
them in the stretch when Knapp let
the Hildreth sprinter down. Gypsy
King was well in hand when he drove
under the wire an easy winner by /
nearly four lengths in the fast time of
I.I2 2-5-the best performance Of the
meeting and within tWo-flfthg Of q Sec
ond OF the track record-and is evil
IDENTIFY something of a horse, despite
the fact that he was a maiden when he
made his initial start mere a few days
ago.
BRIERS' LUCKY VICTORY
Briers was meant, but scored a lucky
victory in the fifth by securing an
opening on the rail few yards from
the wire. Fisher Boy, who captured
the place from the firing pacemaker,
Petit Due, might have won with bet
ter judged ride.