The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09

track. II was not his fault that he did
not make a drawer showing. He rode
20 victory the only mount that he could
reasonably be expected to win with.
His other mounts were beaten by In
fnitely better horses. He tried his best
each instance. but he was, OF course,
unable to accomplish the impossible. 1t
IS probable that with a less capable
rider up the mounts which he landed
inside the money would have finished
farther back than they actually did IN
Ger his skillful handling.
DON HAMILTON 4 SURPRISE
The feature race was the Croker
selling stakes, az 2 mile, in which
seven classy performers sported silk.
The result was the greatest surprise
OF the day. Don Hamilton, g shifty
naaioan from the barn of ". W. Elliott
owner OF Lubin. winner OF the
Thanksgiving and Christmas handicaps
last year-won in impressive fashion.
EIliott's colt had been sized up by the
aorsomen as nice piece OF horseiesh.
but few believed that he would be able
70 take the measure Of such a high
class field as ran in yesterdays stake.
Don Hamilton is a three year-old geld
ing by Donald A. out of Lady Hamilton,
and had previously started twice at
this meeting, after having been on the
shelf for more than a year as the re-
suit Of having been cut down while
racing as q two-year-oId- On the oc-
cssion Of his first start here he ran
fourth to Whiskey King, Delagoa AND
I'm Joe. The second time out he ran
Burleigh to head IN a six furlong
sprint IN I:13 I-5. Yesterday he ran
the mile in $40 s-5. which was very
fast time when the muddy condition Of
the course is taken into consideration
The field that he vanquished included
W. B. Jennings good FLY Mary F, H
z. RoweIrs stake winner Corrigan.
Johnny Niliin's shifty mare Princess
Titsnis, Sam Hildreth's mare Logis-
tiIla. ". c. YANKEES Tn Joe and c. c.
Mecs6erty's Joe Coyne.
LOGIsTTLLA MADE FAvORITE
Logistilla was the favorite IN the
betting. but seemed unable TO nego-
tiate the going. as had been feared.
and was never prominent There was
nothing to the race but Don Hamilton
from start to finish, although Brussell
made & determined bid with Mary T.
and Williams was obliged to ride the
winner out at the end after taking il
rather easy with him earlier in the
running.
wiIlisms sent his mount to the front
with the rising of the barrier and
steadily opened on his field Entering
the stretch. he had a lead of four
lengths. Mary z was second all the
way. and the best that Brussell could
dc. was to reduce Don Hamiltoh's win
ming margin to q length. corrigan,
piloted by Miller was a distant third,
with the rest OF the field strung out.
Joe Coyne. with r. Davis up, was left
standing at the post when the rest OF
the field got away, and simply cantered
around the course.
The big race was worth $3.50 to the
winner. s4oo to the second and $500 to
the third. Don Hamilton's victory viii
have the effect Of compelling serious
consideration Of the horse IN the stake
events for which he has been nom
mated, especially in soft going.
GRAY GHOST HANDICAP
The Gray Ghost handicap excited al
most as much interest as the big race
II was undoubtedly one of the greatest
novelties in the way OF race ever seen
here, in addition to having the merit Of
a well contested event. All six OF the
grays that had been entered went to
the post. Ethel Day. W. f. Walters
gray mare. ruled fsyorite. quite prop
erly, IN view of the fact that she was
not to be Handicapped by Jockey Leeds,
as in her previous starts here. Teddy
Robinson had the mount. and as he is a
good boy the public bet on the mare
with some confidence. as they were sat
isfied that she would be able to defeat
the other grays with a fairly good ride.
The mare performed in a way that vim
dicated the pubs opinion of her abil-
ity, although she won only by the mar
row margin of a head from the game
and consistent L. NJ Brattain. From
slow beginning she closed up on Brat
tain in the stretch aud the pair fought
tl.a 5000