The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
,-EsrERpAY,s WINNERS
BY J. r. Jeffrey


Inlooked-for upsets marked the run
ming OF the three class events OF
yesterdays promising card at Emery
Vile racetraok. Boas, a Royal Flush
youngster from the Keene stable. who
had not been generally regarded as q
serious contender. scored a fiuke head
victory over the hitherto unbeaten
Firestone in the Undine stakes; S. c.
andreth's clever Sorcerer-Tea's over
gelding. Security. making his Califor-
MIA debut. fairly smothered the con-
sistent Sir Edward with speed in the
fve-furlong condition race. and Edwin
Cum. william Walkers greatly i'm
proved son Of Plutus-Bessie Gum. took
Dr. Leggo's measure in the Starlight
handicap at = mile and a quarter In
each event the horse that ran second
was q hot odds-on favorite and the
result was disappointing TO the army
Of bettors who had accorded the trio
loyal support IN the ring. The three
other races, in which the fields were
OF only moderate caliber. were captured
by the public choices.
UNsATTsFkCTORY STARTING
Jake Hoffman again showed exceed
ingly poor form at the barrier. Several
Of the starts were very bad. notably
that OF the mile and q half race. IN
which the field was sent away strsg-
Cling. and in the sixth race. when no
less than three Of the eight contenders
event Mandator. the favorite. had to
be block the best 70 win. as he Jared
little better at the hands Of the starter
than the three that were altogether
left.
The ]. o. and G. n. Keene stable was
much in the limelight horses from that
establishment winning three OF the
six races. including the Undine stakes
worth s201O 70 the winner. besides
taking third money in the same event
Jockey Scoville. who rides almost eK-
clusively for the Keenes. TO whom he
is under contract, was up on al three
winners and had the satisfaction Of
capturing the stake with a colt that
was the least fancied Of the two that
carried the Keene colors in the race.
T. williams having been given the
mount on Rsconteur. the stables main
reliance.
The track was veritsble sea Of
slop as q result Of the heavy morning
downpour. IN spite Of the inauspicious
climatic conditions. The attendance was
large and the betting was especially
lively. The layers won well as rule.
FIREsroNE AWAY BADLY
Two added starters and one with
drswsl resulted in field OF six in the
feature event Of the day. President
Williams crack colt, F'irestone. Sandy
up. ruled favorite. opening at 3 TO 5.
receding 10 to and going TO the
post at II 10 20 under the influence Of
3 strong play. Boas and Raconteur,
coupled as the Keene entry, were held
second choice at Il 10 5. Smiley Cor
bett and HiacSo the Hildreth entry.
were played to ~ from s. Wilmore,
the remaining starter, was the out
slider. opening at 20 and going to the
post at 40. after having been as good
as co.
Firestone acted 2 bit unruly at the
post and an assistant starter finally
took hold Of him. When the break
came he got away all tangled up and
the difference between Miller and
Sandy became painfully apparent.
Miller had ridden the colt in III three
OF the races in which he had scored
such impressive victories and in each
case the race had been won in the first
furlong. The field had entered the
stretch yesterday before Sandy came
out Of the trance in which he appeared
to be riding and went to work on the
colt. At that time Firestone was trail
ing his field. fifteen lengths behind the
dying pacemaker, Smiley Corbett, who
had lead OF three lengths on Racon-
te1r. Smiley corbett. with Koerner in
the saddle. running in a race for the
hrst time, had made his field look
cheap up to this point and was being
hailed as the probable winner when in
= twinkling he bolted for the outside
fence. For moment it looked as If he
would crash into the outer railing near
the paddock. but Koerner was equal to
the emergency and managed to pull
him out just as an accident seemed in
evitable. This, Of course. ruined his
Shances Boas meanwhile had wrested