The San Francisco call., 1906-11-22
Notes of the Track

After the running of the Cleaning
handicap Charley Van Dusen was al
most as happy as though Dusty Miller
had won. for the result of the race
vindicated his contention that his en-
try did not run his race in the Opening
handicap, which Van Dusen had been
confident of winning with either Su-
preme Court or Dusty Miller. In Van
Dusen's mind 1T was a toss-up which
one of his horses would win. He
thought them good enough to run one-
two He told a few friends. confidenti-
ally that the winner of the race would
have to do something better than 1:3s
TO beat his entry, and Dusty Millers
sensational race yesterday shows that
he was not indulging in a pipe dream.
1t is fact not generally known that
Dusty Miller ran away while being
warmed up for the big race on opening
day, and this undoubtedly affected his
performance. although he ran a fairly
good race at that in the estimation
of the public, 1t was far below
what Van Dusen expected. It is also
known that Van Dusen was dis
satisfied with the ride that Hildebrand
put up on Supreme Court. He charges
that the boy failed to carry out his
instructions to take the horse to the
front in the early part of the race, but
instead laid back with him. Supreme
Courts performance upon his next ap-
pearance will be watched with some
curiosity.
Jockey c. Ross. who rode during the
fall months on the New York tracks
with marked success, arrived from the
East yesterday and made his debut in
the saddle without delay. He had three
mounts. all at generous odds. and sue
ceeded in winning with one and run
ming second with one of the others.
He will be here for few days only,
for Barney Schreiber upon the opening
of that track.
Frank Eckert, AL Konigsberg, Henry
Wendt. William Bennison, Charles Nor
ris and others of the bookmaking fra
ternity arrived yesterday from the
East, having left New York at the close
of the Aqueduct meeting. Eckert will
probably cut in with a book on Satur-
day.
The card for today contains the ma
terial for some striking contests The
first two events on the programme
will be devoted to the Juveniles There
is little. If any. line on the form of the
bunch of maidens which makes UP the
field in the opening race. but Furze
has been working satisfactorily and
may VIII. One Is owned Dy Jennings.
Melftah should win the second if she
can carry her speed for the distance.
Palemon figures to be right there. with
Banlade not far away. None of these
youngsters has gone the route. I'm
Joe is the class of the third race. Or
chan, whose race on Tuesday was a
good one. should repeat. Earl Rogers
ran well on the occasion of his last
start and will be the contender. To
win the fifth Morendo has only to run
back to his recent race. when he
equaled the track record. Burleigh.
left at the post on Monday, should be
able to defeat the field entered for the
final event of the day.
Judge Pettingill arrived yesterday
from New York and at once assumed
his duties in the stand as Judge Hop-
per's associate. He reports that Walter
Miller will leave for Oakland immedi-
ately after the close of the Bennings
meeting on Saturday of next week.
I II. T. Griffin is on the way from New