The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
Walter Miller Rides
Al of His Mounts
Inside Money
Yesterdays MINERS
BY J. r. Jeffery

BY J. r. Jeffery
The success of three favorites, the
disgraceful showing of St Francis as
odds-on favorite in field which
he looked TO outclass. the victory of
Banposal at 40 to !, and the feat of
Jockey Walter Miller in bringing all six
of his mounts in the money were the
features of yesterdays racing in a
sea OF mud at the Emeryville course.
AS a result Of the driving rain of the
night before, following the floating
OF the track in the hope of keeping the
going from becoming deeper, the course
was in worse shape than il had hither
10 been during the present meeting.
The horses were able to secure a foot
hold only with difficulty, but the pro-
gramme was carried through without
mishap.
Walter Miller increased his lead over
his rivals for saddle honors during
the day, being the only boy to ride two
winners Both of his winning mounts
were favorites in the betting. In ad
dition he finished second twice and was
third twice.
BEATEN BY VoLADAY
Graphite, the horse whose reversal of
form created a stir last Saturday. ran
IN the fifth race and was beaten a
neck by Noladay, the favorite. on
which Walter Miller had the mount
With boys reversed, Graphite would
have won off by himself There was
quite a bit of rough riding in this
race, but the judges took no official
action on il. Miller's effort on Nola-
day aroused the admira ton of the spec
tatOrs. who gave the credit for the
victory Of the horse TO the boys won
derful skin in the saddle
Prince Nap set the pace all the way
to the stretch, with Invader in close
pursuit Graphite and Voladay made
their runs in the stretch and Voladay
regained the lead under Walter Millers
vigorous handling, after Graphite had
passed him near the paddock Chris
Miller's swerving first into Prince Nap
and then into Noladay undoubtedly af-
fected the result That Voladay was
50 close I'D in the stretch was due TO
Walter Millers foresight in going to
the bat several times in the earlier
running. Voladay showing a disposition
TO lag behind.
In the race which Banposal won at
the Juicy odds of 20 TO 1, Sir Russell,
on which w Miller was up. and St
Francis. the odds-on faVorite. ridden by
Brown. raced out in front to the stretch
turn. where St Francis quit like
dog Sir Russell went on, but Ban
posal came through the stretch very
strong and won in a drive by half
length Sir Russell stopped fast in
the final strides st. Francis finished
2 distant third.
FAVoRITE wOOLMA BEATEN
The final race on the card was one
of the best of the day. Woolma. the
odds-on favorite, was beaten on ac-
count of an inadequate ride at the
hands of the little apprentice boy, A
Walsh He got the colt off in front,
but let King Cole cut him off at the
three-furlong pole, and then used no
judgment in the stretch. j. G. Glenn,
with whom Horner had been lying in
z forward position, challenged King
Cole at the head Of the stretch and a
strenuous struggle ensued. King Cole
ran more kindly for Miller than for any
other boy who had ridden him here, but
he began to sulk a bit at the end, and
elem won by a nose Woolma was
third two lengths away. Nigrette had
early speed, but quit when the real
racing began. Kirschbaum let Clamor
fall hopelessly TO the rear in the early
running. and then was cut off coming
into the stretch while closing strong.
Bogohama. with Miller up. grad
uated from the maiden ranks by win
ming the first race in a gallop after
following Black Sam and Water
Thrush to the stretch. Black Sam stuck
il out and took the place, while Water
Thrush quit all over and finished in
the ruck Yincentio came from behind
and captured third money. Ray Carlo,
well played on the strength of fast
work, was fourth all the way, and may
not have been ready.
Bell Reed, the heavily plunged on ia
vorite, beat the gate by several lengths
in the second and just did last to win
by a nose from the fast-coming Met
lakatla. Hersain. on which Miller had
the mount, was an easy third, after
chasing the pacemaker in a futile effort
10 close the gap which he opened at the
start
Tawasentha displayed her last sea-
sons winning form by taking the third
with the utmost ease Sandy piloted
the flly and had her in frontfrom wire
TO wire. l. Williams, on Mabel Hol-
lander, beat out Miller on Triumphant,
the even-money favorite, for the place
by a neck La Rose was only a nose
behind Triumphant, and Bushthorpe
was right there as well