The San Francisco call., 1906-11-23
Yesterdays WINNERS
BY j. r. Jeffery

'N114~ Ni1AlltuAlOn III the at
tendance at the racetrack vester-
day. All the regulars were on
hand as usual, and accepted with
the utmost complacency the dis
comfort occasioned by the north
erly gale that swept the course
lurlously all day long.
he talent broke about even
with the bookies on the DAYS op-
erations. A few of the wise
brigade did some effective sharnshoo.-
e but in the main it was stand-orf
oet~een the public and the book
-ia hers- Two pronounced favorites
one equal choice and three outsiders
good prices accounted for the card
Al the winners were played except the
hfst one Of the day, whose price re-
eeoed from 10 10 20 to : as the resuIt
~ me way IN which she was neglected
IN the betting.
me extremely high wind which the
norses were called upon to face in the
.ohs run down the backstretch rem
oereo last time out of the question and
mace 7 a trying day for the Jockeys
as weH as for the spectators. The
msloens in the opening event made
re best time of the day for the reason
laat they had TO race in the teeth of
me gale for shorter distance than
the other fields
WILLIAMS RIDES WELL
feature Of the racing was +bA
TPtehoia form in the saddle shown by
Leroy Williams. the colored lad Uho
- under contract 10 ". s. Jennings
He had only three mounts and won
with two of them. besides running sec
ond with the other one one of his
winners vas a I0-I shot Joe Nc
Srioe also rode well, winning with q
-o-L shot and running second with q
'-l shot. the two being his only
mounts fog the day. Teddy Robinson
won with his only mount. Morer6o
KNAPP has mount in every race but
was able 10 put only one OF them
over.
Harry Mack had the satisfaction
~ seeing his colOrs first 10 the finish
twice during the day. and is one of
tne few owners who has won more
tnan one race since the opening of
The meeting. William Walker put
over his second good thing Of the
meeting when Rolla won with ease at
long price. sam HiIdreth furnished
tWo ol-the favorites and succeeded in
winning his customary race.
u seems 10 be fashionable TO make
the Hiidreth horses favorite whenever
one OF them starts regardless OF
whether il figures 10 win or not. In
several cases they have been false
favorites- The books also seem in
clined 10 take advantage Of the repu-
tatlon and popularity of the Hildreth
stable BY opening its representatives
- q shorter price than the perform
snces of the horses in many cases
seem 70 warrant.
FIRST ACCIDENT OF MEETING
The first accident OF the meeting
took place during the running OF the
NTH race. The field was large one
emo was punched in going around the
rrSt turn At the seVen-furIons pole
Irss cut across in front of Gloomy
Gus and both horses fell. The riders
escaped with nothing more than
severe shaking up. Iras regained her
feet and galloped after the field rider
less, but Gloomy Gus was so badly
injured that he had 10 be destroyed,
ms shoulder being dislocated and one
~ his legs fractured
Gloomy Gus was the propertv OF
Peter thinner and had been useful
animal He was fOur-year-old geld
ing by Eddie Jones. out Of Happy
MAIDEN and had many victories TO ais
credit. chief among which was the win
1ing of the Seattle Derby as three
F7ar-oia iast year Jockey A. Brown
had the ngpnt on him yesterday. while
e- wright rode Iras. the other horse
% the miN-up.
NaEDENS RIN FAST
A dozen maiden two year-oIds sport
six In the opener Furze. a iIlv
n The Jennings stable had been
-ad up as the probable winner and
Installed favOrite, but got away
'"m the post poorly and second was
le best she could do. although Leroy
i-lisms made Up lot of ground with
-r when she had clear sailing Azusa
'toVed speed in the early stages but
~ss Outrun by the 20 to 1 shot Christ
nastide from the Tuohey stable. with
Mcbride up, and the latter proved the
-rinner in q drive. Azusa easily secured
he show The fractional time in this
ace was fast. the first quarter being
reeled of IN % So and the half in
IS Is. which was remarkable, consid-
oring the wind.
seven -year-olds made I'D the
Ield in the second race. Malitah was
opened as an IS favorite, but a tre-
mendous plunge on Banlada caused the
BalEovan filly's price to recede to equal
fsvoritism with Banlada at 2l.
From the raising of the barrier there
vas nothing 10 the race except Mali
tah. and she romped home q winner by
three lengths. while Banlado finished
back in the ruck. after a performance
greatly below par. Elmdale. with
Knapp in the saddle. had speed. but
lost the place to the astonishing
Gromobei. vigorously ridden by Hide
brand in the fnal strides
SMALL. But SPEEDY
Tavora. credited with being the
naaIlest horse in training, spread
essled a field Of ten plsters in the
fourth Although her owner thought
that she had chance the talent
thought otherwise and displaced I'm
Joe. the opening favorite, with Gov
arnor Davis. which they played down
from fours to twos
The latter. of poorly, was rushed
INTO second place at the quarter, then
cot cut off and was lost in the shuttle
I'm Joe. away badly and shut off. made
I'D ground gamely and finished third
atkins. well ridden by Mcbride, cap
rtired the place easily.
Six went to the post in the next race,
with sam Hildreth's well-played Earl
Rogers an even-money favorite. He
was never in the hunt and finished
rbird. RolIa went to the front at once
md STAYED there Harbor. standing a
o7~ a r,1a