The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-21
FOLLOWERS of the Premier Rider Haze
Another Disastrous Day
YESTERDAYS WINNERS
BY j. r. Leffery

The followers Of Jockey Walter NIL
Ter Jared badly at Emeryville yester-
dav. The crack Eastern jockey hao
three mounts during the day ana
failed ia win with either Of them All
three We're held at short prices IN the
betting, and one Of the rio, Comilto.
Vas 2 hot favorite Third was the best
thar Miller could do with the favorite.
D. ~lanGestfne. second choice that he
rode finished second. korOsilany, an
other second choice on which he had
the mount. finished outside the money.
The riding Of Jockeys Mcbride and
Sandy was the bright feature OF the
day Mcbride landed two winners ana
was second with another mount, while
Tommy Sandy finished second with
three long shots and won the closing
race with a heavily played favorite-
The six races We're won by three favor
ties. a second choice and two outsiders.
Chief Whitman. at 20 TO 1. was the sur
prise Of the day. II was virtually a
standof between the books and the
talent Some of the books lost and
Others won, but the balance either way
was insight hcsnt-
An six races were of the selling va
riety The talent started of wrong by
making Bushthorpe a hot faYorite IN
the first race. Mcintyre got the colt
away badly and he ran a miserable
race. never being a factor in the run
ming. Cheers, whose price had drifted
from TO 4, led al the way and won in
q gallon l. williams had the mount.
Sandy gave Pasodella a long drive and
placed Avena closed stoutly enough
10 take third easily. Azusa had early
speed, but quit as ia her previous
races.
GOOD THING FAILS TO LAND
There was another dump in the sec
ond race due TO the inability Of little
Eddie Dugan to ride Peerless Lass, the
well supported favorite. to advantage
With the rising of the barrier, A
Brown started in to make a runaway
race of 1t with Lugano. who had been
played as q good thing, her price being
forced down from 10 TO 6. The FLY
opened UP a big gap, but backed up
when challenged in the stretch by
Mabel Hollander, with whom Mcbride
had been laying along in third place
Hollander showed her true form for the
first time this season, when she out
gained the others and won by half a
length. La Rose was second all the
way and outlasted Lugano for the
place. The winner was as good as Z
TO / at the post Her owner, Harry
Slower. won a nice bet on the hlly's
victory.
Another good thing missed fire in
the third Cock Sure. played down
from 10 TO 6, just as Lugano had been
led 20 the stretch, where Chief Witt
man, a longshot with Graham in tbs
saddle. spoiled the chances of the good
thing by assuming the lead and win
ming by half a length in the drive tc
the wire. Comilfo, the heavily played
fsvorite, was a poor third, which was
hard blow for the Millerites. Aaron
J, on whom there was a hot tip could
not raise a gallop. Jake Ward ran
forwardly for a time and then fell
back
TWO FAVORITES SCORE
In the fourth there was a heavy
plunge on Shady Lad in spite of the
fact that C. Miller, who is generally
regarded as an incompetent rider, hao
the mount. That the plunge was not
misguided was proved when Shady Lad
breezed home as soon as Miller let hin
down on the far turn Walter Miller
was up on Clandestine and barely man
aged to save the place from the stoutly
closing Andrew Mack, the latter having
run a surprisingly good race for a frs
out. Prestige and Irish Jew showed
lots Of early speed, but both quit whel
the pinch came. Metlakatla ran below
par.
It was Baker. the favorite. from wir.
TO wire in the fifth. Mcbride had tn
mount and made no mistakes TIL
Only Way chased out after the WHINE
TO the stretch and then quit to nothing
Cheripe took the place by nearly
length from Iras, the latter CLOSING
fast.
Gateway and Massa opened equa
favorites TO take the last but tn
talent wisely went TO Gateway an
sent him TO the post a pronounced IA
vorite. Massa was also fairly well sup
ported in certain quarters Critica
went back for lack of backing to an
extent. Sandy got Gateway off in from
and keeping him there all the way
won by a length. Massa beat Critica
two lengths for the place. The other
were beaten way of.