The San Francisco call., 1906-12-19
Yesterdays WINNERS
By j. r. Jeffery


Princess Noretti, redeemed himself il
the eyes OF the race going public yes
tercsy when he breezed TO the wire
an easy winner IN the Thora- handi-
cap st I'VE and e half furlongs. This
was the feature race OF the day al
the Emerrville track and the Jennings
horse was quite properly well-playeo
,ayorite. the talent displaying good
judgment in overlooking his poor per-
1ormance in the Geraldine handicap,
n which he finished absolutely last
after having shown dazzling early
speed II was figured IN sizing VI
yesterdays race that he would be nd
den differently than on the day he
made such a sorry showing, and II was
also taken into consideration that the
track was IN e condition under which
he runs his best races and has been
practically invincible When the book
makers charked up 20 5 against his
chances. the spectators went 10 the
horse with e rush and he was ooos-on
At post time Fireball rugged about
the same as when he took Shot Guns
measure IN the Geraldine handicap
was e receding second choice, IT being
correctly figured that Durnelrs geld
Ing would not like the going and thai
1Iiller'g presence in the saddle could
be OF little avail Collector Jessup
looked upon by the wise brigade as
the contender, came IN for some sup
port with the conseQ uence that hi:
odds were forced down from 10 Z
St Francis. the fourth starter in the
race, drifted back from 10 :.
PERFECT START MADE
The start Of the race was perfect
al four getting away head and head
Shot Gun and Collector Jessup forged
70 the front at once and al the halt
mile pole Shot Gun was running easy
head in front OF Jessup- Brown, who
had the mount on the Jennings horse
held him under restraint and breezed
along in front OF his field all the way
Al the three-Q uarters he had z lead
Of over a length and. gradually draw
Ing away. the horse won eased Up witt
couple Of lengths 10 spare JessuI
was as easily second. nearly the same
distance in front OF FirebaiL St Fran
els was beaten on five lengths more
having been Outrun all the way Nei-
rher ~ the last two horses seemed
able &c negotiate the going. which was
very heavy and holding.
Aside from the victory OF Shot GuT
there -wss little feature TO the racing
Three fayorites. second choice and
two outsiders accounted for the card
was virtually q standoR betweer
the public and the bookmakers, som.
~ whom lost smaH amounts, while
others broke even or made a tri1ins
divided that no boy won two races
Walter Miller had three mounts, but
was able 10 win with only one, the
odds-on fsvorite Dorado His other
mounts were not favorites.
Incompetent riding by Jockey Allarie
was responsible for an upset in the
first. when the odds-on favorite A
Lindley. finished third after being bad
y messed about by Allarfe- Burning
Bush showed early speed, but blew
I'd. Maia, with which Tommy CLARK
had been laying second. came on and
won by neck from the fast closing
Cheers. which L. Williams brought
from far back in the stretch run
Cheers is owned by the Keenes and
was as good as 80 10 / in the betting
Johnny Lyon. picked by some wise
players for show betting, was given
poor ride by Rollerf, stable boy, and
was beaten only z neck for third after
turning into the stretch last.
HERSAN ALL THE WAY
Jockey Sandy led from start TO finish
with Hersain, with which mare hs
had won the first race on Monday
Sandy opened up q big gap on his
field in the early running and Bel
Reed. the favorite. failed TO overtaks
Rice's mare by q head. after suffering
Interference from Marie H The lat
ter finished third and the rest of the
tributor. the fairly well played Sec
end choice, was in the heaviest going
ali the way and dropped back toward
The end
Shady Lad was a heavily played "a
vorite in the third al six furiongs
Marion Rose and Sea Lad were the
equal second choices. Sea Lad quit
early, leaving Marion Rose and Judge
70 20 on and fight II out Judge
stopped in the stretch. as usual, and
was passed by Shady Lad. but the
fsvorite was unable 10 catch Marion
Rose and the FLY that Barney Schrei-
Der sold 70 the Fleur de Lis stable Z
few days ago won by nearly g length
Il was little Jockey Buxton's second
victory In his brief career on the turf
The boy lost both OF his stirrups be-
fore the finish. but the FLY kept or
going well 70 the end Judge saved
third money from the long shot Vel
lowstone by only a neck
FINED FOR PUMPING
Exspo and Baker were the early
pscemakers in the fifth, for which Do.
rsdo. with Miller Up, ruled odds-or
fsvorite Exapo soon cracked. but
Baker stuck II out TO the stretch
where Miller came along with Dorado
and won by over two lengths, after
humping match which cost Lawrence
the boy On Baker, s25- Liberto com
ing strong at the end. took third
Del Fountains Bolonan. with LLOYD
Fountain in the saddle, won the fna
race Of the day in q gallop as an even
money favorite. leading from wire Il
wire by several lengths. Lubin showeC
that he was not the Lubin OF old wher
he failed 10 close with his usual rust
after laying fairly close up at the heat
OF the stretch He was an easy sec
ond. however, with Rightfui third.