The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06
Filtration Handicap,
Feature EOent, Won
BY Proper
Yesterdays WINNERS


BY J. r. JeffSry
The winning OF FIVE favorites
put a long TO be remembered
crimp in the bank rolls OF the
Emeryville boOkmakers yester-
day. Every book in the ring
made a heavy losing, and II is
oonservatively estimated that the
public came away from the track
with al least $4,000 OF the
bOokies' money. The individual
losses OF the bookmakers ranged
from $1,000 to $4,000, according to
The volume Of the business that
The various books transacted.
Barney Schneider was one OF
those who lost the high figure.
When the only unsuccessful ia
vorite, Ruby, was beaten in the
final race OF the day, the horse
that won gave the bookies the
worst break they could get to the
race outside OF the winning OF the
favorite, as Lisaro, the victor,
was the only horse in the race
that came IN for any play outside
Of Ruby.
All OF the winning favorites
were well PLAYED, and a couple of
them were probably lucky TO score.
bad racing luck Of eontenders cutting
some figure in the final results The
sport as a whole was particularly en-
joyable TO the large crowd that was
IN attendance.
PROPER ALL THE WAY
The feature event OF the pro
gramme, the Filtration handicap. at q
mile and a sixteenth, was contested by
y. B. Jennings Proper, Ed Gaylord's
Rubric p. Sheridan's Blue Eyes. w ".
Ellietts Lubin and z. ]. Ramsey's
Martinmas. From start 10 finish there
was nothing 10 the race but Proper. the
top weight Brussen sent the big son
OF PrestOnpans TO the front as soon
as the barrier went Up. and the 3en-
ninEs horse set the pace TO suit MIN
SELF and won by q length without ilay-
ing been fully extended in the good
time Of 1:45 %. The track record is
1851.
Rubric. off well. failed to run back
10 his good race Of a few days ago,
when he defeated Sir Edward By a
nose in l.Ss as. and was beaten a
length, driving, and with Proper casing
Up Blue Eyes closed stoutly and
had no trouble in saving the show after
running smart race throughout.
Lubin failed TO finish with his usual
closing sprint. and was a different
Proper opened at even money and
closed at 10 5, being the medium Of a
tremendous plunge. All the Others
receded IN the betting for lack of sup
port. Proper is just about as good
now as he ever was ia his career ard
he yesterday ran an even better race
than ia the Thanksgiving handicap.
when he was defeated by Borghesi.
Runs RACE AT POST
The sixth. the classiest event on the
card outside OF the f,ature race, was
marred by a long delay at the post
and subsequent poor handling of two
Of the contenders. including the favor
lie Jennings Ruby was opened at
even money by the books and was
played down TO to 8. Lisaro and
Ethel Day were both opened at 3 to ]
and went back steadily. Lisaro re-
ceded 70 to ] and was played to TO
at post time, and Ethel Day closed
AT the same figures Leeds. the So
called jockey on the Walters gray
mare. made her run her race at the
post, repeatedly breaking through the
barrier and running for some distance
before pulling up. He went through
this performance FIVE times IN sue
cession, but when the barrier went UP
he failed TO get off the mare in the
first fight and had her pocketed all
the way TO the stretch. When she
finally secured clear sailing she fin
ished with a great rush on her own
courage, and Ruby, which had been
given an equally bad ride by Jockey
=. Walsh, was able to save the place
only by a neck. Lisaro, strongly han
died by l. Williams, won the race go
ing away with plenty 20 spare. Hec-
tor had a lot Of early speed. hut Quit
10 nothing after running the half
Royal Rogue performed similarly
KNAPP CAUGHT MAPPING.
The two-year-old race, with which
the programme opened, was won by
the heayily-played favorfte Ocean
Shore. well ridden by Earnshaw. who
put il ali over Knapp and Graham
the boys in the race with a reputation
Knapp was caught mapping at the post
and was practically left with Christ
mastide, on which there was a big
post play, including a stable commits
away badly. Knapp got her cut OF
when she was making up ground, and
that settled her chances altogether
Graham had Sam Barber in a pocket
all the way TO the stretch and when
he got clear sailing the Schneider colt
closed in a determined manner, but
was unable TO overtake the faVorite
whom Earnshaw kept clear Of inter
ference from the start Brussell landed
the 6O-to-1 shot Sam McGibben third
q neck in front Of Grace y, who was
backing up
Orchan, after going back in the bet
ting because other horses were fan
cied TO beat him, was played at post
time and scored an easy victory in the
second. Orchan just galloped over
his field when Davis set him down
on the far turn, and the boy was TAX
ing IL easy with him when Benvolio
showing conspicuous improvement un-
der the vigorous handling Of Teddy
Robinson. came strong at the finish
but could not quite get up. A claim
NJ foul ny Robinson against Davis was