The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
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SPORTS
Jockey Graham Suspended After
Cabin, Sudden Improvement
By j. 2. JSffery

for the mile by the speedy mare San
fara and the indefinite suspension of
Jockey Graham for the alleged pull
ing" Of Cabin and other horses were
the important occurrences at the
Emeryvtle racetrack yesterday. Gra-
hams suspension came as a result of
the startling Improvement shown by
the horse Cabin, when. with Jockey
Kirschbaum UP, he easily took the
measure OF the good field with which
he was running in the second race. On
Tuesday last Cabin ruled hot favorfte
IN q much cheaper field and was beaten
eight lengths in a race at one and a
sixteenth miles won by Baron Esher
in 1:47. Cabin ran the same distance
yesterday and won with ease in 1:4S 40
with two more pounds up than he had
carried IN his previous race, in which
Jockey Graham rode him. There was
much criticism of Graham's handling OF
the horse upon that occasion and an in
vestigation was instituted by the of
hcials- J. Il. Brannon. the owner Of
Cabin. produced proof Of having bet on
his horse and said that he had advised
all his friends to DO likewise. He was
surprised and bitterly disappointed over
the failure Of Cabin TO show speed at
any stage OF the race and had no hesi-
fancy IN charging that the horse had
been pulled" <.
TALENT PROVES SKEPTICAL y
To prove his contention that the
horse had not trained off, on which
ground there was some disposition TO
account for his poor showing, arrange
ments were made for the starting OF
Cabin yesterday. On account OF his
previous poor race his odds heightened
ran like a different horse under Kirsch-
baum's handling. Away well, he had
the speed 20 follow Elevation. the Ia
vorite, closely to tbs last turn and then
breezed over him to an easy victory.
The mile was run IN 1:4o i-5- In the
race IN which he made such DIS
graceful showing the mile was run IN
l:zo as. In yesterdays race such good
horses as Hugh MCGOWAN, Elevation,
Andrew Mack and Markie Mayer nm,
fshed IN the order named. lengths be-
hind Cabin Joe Rose. the big book
maker. was one of those who profted
extensively by Cabins victory yester-
day.
In announcing the ruling against
Graham. Judge Hopper said that the
boy had been under surveillance by the
onciais prior to the Cabin episode on
account Of bad looking rides on other
horses. An attempt will be made to
follow the matter further.
Graham has been under contract to
". P. Magrane and is one OF the older
division OF riders. having been on the
turf for several seasons. The ruling
against him probably means his per-
1nanent banishment from the turf
SANFARA'S SPLENDID FEAT
The announcement that race had
been arranged with a view to the
breaking OF the coast record Of 1851
for the mile, made by T. G. Fergusons
Bearcatcher in winning the Crocker sell
ing stakes at Emeryville on December
9. 1905, attracted an attendance con-
siderabIy above the normal. and there
was much satisfaction when Sanfara
succeeded In running q mile In -1.3s 2-6'
even though her performance was only
one-tenth of a second better than the
xxyff
pounds greater impost than Sanfara
carried yesterday. Sanfara received
splendid handling by Jockey R Davis,
who is certainly entitled TO a consid-
ershle share Of the credit for the mares
excellent performance. The boy got
Sanfara off IN front. but did not try to
outrun opucian, with which Sandy set
out at a heartbreaking clip. Taking
of Opticians hot pace IN the early
part Davis moved up with Sanfara on
the backstretch, and. assuming the
lead at the half mile pole,-rated the
mare In front TO perfection the re-
nsinder OF the distance. Bedford,
spIendidiy ridden by Jockey Kirsch-
baum, made a gallant bid in the
stretch, coming from far back and chal-
ienging Sanfara in the final sixteenth,
but could never get nearer than her
hanks. when Bedford crept UP that
close sanfara rallied with rare cour-
age and gameness and held him safe
TO the end Three-ouarters OF a length
separated the two at the wire. A
mighty cheer went UP when the indi-
Gator showed that the record had been
smashed. The result was especially
gratifying to the multitude for ths rea-
son that earfara was the favorite for
the race and Bedford the second choice
optician, the extreme outsider IN the
betting, ran a much better mile than
Il was thought he was capable Of. and
beat A. Muskoday neck for third
money, three lengths behind Bedford.
Sir Brillar. the remaining starter, had
none of the speed which he showed in
the races preceding his purchase by
Harry Slower from c. J. Casey.
&C.. L. 4. A vaar old raorA hv Tn.