The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-02

had the mount on the winner and is
deserving Of credit for the ride he put
g up. Besides the two already referred
to. there were four other starters in
this race-Lubin. Fisher Boy. Pontotoc
'snd Sir Russell, the latter being
coupled with the winner.
Sir Edward, opening as an to
fsvOrite. was played down to to o
ard the Gaylord entry ruled second
choice at 10 J. having receded from
? to J. With the rising Of he barrier
Sir Edward broke quickly and went 20
the front At the quarter he was lead
fng Sir Russell by three-quarters of q
len 9Th. and il was the same story at
the half which was run in :48 35.
At the three-ouarters Sir Russell had
quit but Rubric, his stable companion,
had taken his place The favorite
turned into the stretch a lengtl- in the
lead, but Rubric kept coming strong.
and il became evident that it would
be q grUeling finish. The pair fought
81 out from the paddock TO the wire,
and Rubric won in the very last stride.
SIR EDWARD IS GAME
sir Edward ran a good. true and
game race. hanging on in grand style
for a horse that has not been gener-
ally considered partial TO a route. The
time 1888 As. was remarkable, con-
sidering the condition Of the track,
switch could be called no better than
good. despite the fact that il had dried
out remarkably well in the interval
since the rain Of Wednesday. Lubin
made up ground and was coming strong
al the finish, but was five lengths be-
hind the leaders.
As a result of the days operations
= the bookfes recouped their losses OF
tHe few preceding days. All the books
cleaned ND handsomely on the day. Five
-f--ev
tn-ent v-stx to do business in the big
fling. They had all the play lney could
handle " R. Engstrom was one Of
the largest winners on the day, quit
ting $4,000 ahead. Johnny Lyons
cleaned up $4,000. and others did cor
respondingly well.
- Only two favorites won, and both of
them were at odds-on. One of them
was at a practically prohibitive price.
DUtiful was the only other winner that
was played to any extent The other
three winners went back in the betting.
and the books We're called upon to pay
out very little on them The winning
favOrites were Gemmell and Mansard.
One outsider and three second choices
accounted for the rest of the card.
PRESTIGE DEFEATS LUSTIG
The opener was a seven-furlong sell
ing affair Lustig, with Sandy up, was
q well played favOrite. There was a
big. plunge on Darthula, whose owner
considered her a sure winner If the
boy didn't fall off, according to report
The boy Lenderwig by name. did not
fall of. but he was of absolutely no as
2 sfstance to the mare, and she nnished
back in the ruck. Hunter, the little
coiored rider took William Walkers
Prestige TO the front right after the
start and kept him there throughout
Lusttg. slow to get going, fell far out
of ii in the early running, but came
strong in the stretch, although the win
ner was never in danger, as Lustig
hung in the final strides, evidently be-
Ing in. need Of the race. Prestige
:. whose price had receded from 4 to
to L.. won easily by a length, the IA
Vorite took the place, and Alice Carey
nnishing strong on her own courage
came from far back to take the show
by head from Ralph Young.
Stuart Folks good colt Gemmell full
filled the expectations of the talent py
repeating in the second, at five and 9
half furlongs. This likely youngstel
again won impressively, beating a bet
ter 6eld than he has heretofore met
% Opening at even money, he was odds
90 on at post time A Brown gave him &
good ride. Malitah, outrun in the early
stages, came fast in the stretch and
placed. Gromoboi came from far back
under McIntyre's handling and took
third money. Mabel Hollander and
= Miss Turtle showed early speed, but
p quit
-. MANsARD GALLoPS HOME
AIansard, the Keene cripple, had only
o.. to gailop % win the third, a selling
p race. over the Futurity course Nc.
-Intyre had the mount He was practi-
cauy a prohibitive favorite. opening al
played down 10 1 TO g. Jake Ward
with. the little apprentice boy, Z. Du-
gan up, was an easy second, and MIND
was third. De Grammont. at long odds
with Knapp up, was coming strong a
g.. the end.
~ Dutiful. the weu-played secont
choice, wo the fifth largely becaus,
Sandy gave the favorite, Orchan, a baC
ride. He let the horse get cut of a
. the start. and again at the three-fur
long pole and TO DO things up brown
put up a very weak finish, in striking
contrast TO his effort in the preceding
= race on Rubric. Orchan was much thu
hest and was going two feet to tn,
winners one at the end but failed 4
win by a neck Lawrence went RICH
on. about has business with Dutifu
from the start. Mai Lowery was third
showing conspicuous Improvement.
For the final event, a Futurity cours'
sprint the bookmakers opened st
Francis as favorite, but the public
wanted Royal Rogue and Ethel Day
and so st. Francis price drifted back
while Royal Rogue was made favorite
Frem the rising of the barrier Their
was nothing to it but st. Francis
Browa got him off first and went along
with him to an easy victory Mary +.
from the Jennings stable. was secons
all the way and placed at a good price
Ethel Day. inadequately handled b.
Leeds, finished third, after Royal Rogu,