The San Francisco call., 1907-06-05
YESTERDAYS WINNERS
By r. A. Jeffery

In winning the Helene handicap yes
terday Sugarmaid. Scharetg & Co.'S
speedy daughter of Salvado- -Saccharoid,
ran the fastest six furiongs of the
Emeryville season. The lightly
weighted and vastly improved Burn
ing BusA shared with Sugarmaid the
honors Gf the race, being beaten only
a neck On 1:12 3-5. Suga rmaid. al
though only ( to 1 IN the betting. was
not one OF the choices, Lisaro, Opticfan
and Princess Titania all having been
held In the vicinity of to l. The
talent was much at sea as to the prob
able winner, so open an appearance did
the race present prior to its running,
and the consequence was that there
was no pronounced favorite in the bet
ting. Burning Bush which came
dangerously close TO upsetting all cal
culationss was the extreme outsider.
Little Kirschbaum. who has de-
veloped into the star rider at Emery
vile within the past fortnight, beat the
barrier a bit with Burning Bush, and
the colt, running the race of his career,
led his field almost TO the end to the
surprise of the experts, who had con-
sidered him hopelessly outclassed by
the clever sprinters against which he
was pitted- At the paddock it began
70 look as though he might win. Sugar
maid, with which Keogh had been in
strenuous pursuit. responded gamely to
her riders vigorous urging in the final
furlong, however. and just did get up
TO win in g thrilling finish. A gamer
performance has seldom been seen dur
ing the season
Borel got Lisaro, the opening choice,
away poorly and the small end of the
purse was his only reward after a
game stretch run. With a stronger boy
on Native Son Lisaro probably would
Slower colt weakly ridden by Jockey
Mclaughlin. was beaten for the show
right at the end.
The winners Of the afternoon in
cluded only two favorites. Both of the
successful public choices were ridden
by Jockey Kirschbaum, who now has
an extensive. following in the betting
ring as q result of his clever work in
the saddle Of late.
Heather Scott, backed into odds on
favOritism in the opening race, won off
by himself. Perfectly ridden by Kirsch-
baum, the colt led virtually all the way
and passed the judges four lengths in
advance Of Swaggerlator, which had
been pressing him closely in the early
part. The 80 to ! shot Import ran
third. Buchanan gave Sanpiper a ride
which evoked much criticism. Athgold,
q Balthos- -Marigold colt that was max
ing his debut, was extensively touted.
but showed nothing, TO the disgust of
those who had been given the tip.
Byronerdale, backed down to 2s from
IS, displayed startling improvement in
the second race and won by head in a
driving finish with the equally well
meant Rotrou- f.. Kelly's superiority
over Alarie in the saddle decided the
issue. Benvolio was coming stoutIy at
the end. but had to be content with
third money. Harbor, the favorite,
found the route too long and stopped to
q walk after setting the early pace and
being in forward contention for a mile
and half. 1t was the general opinion
that Alarie's premature move cost Ro-
trou the race.
War Times. neglected. in the betting
10 such an extent that her price drifted
back from TO 10, scored a. head vic
tory over Lord of the Vale in the third.
The latter made all the pace, but BoreI
kept War Times close up and his mount
outgamed the favorite. after the two
got on even terms near the paddock.
Royal Red made an Intellectual bid in
the stretch, but third was the best that
T Sullivan could do with him. Follow
NE, which closed equal choice with
Lord Of the Vale, faded away after be-
ing in forward contention to the final
turn.
Jockey Kirschbaum won cleverly
Win <Al4uISN D. 1ODh- the even money
favorite in the fourth. Titus II gave
Cook an argument in the early part of
the race. but the favorite was gamest
and forged into winning lead in the
final furlong- Meada. 20 to 1 shot,
finished a distant third. Giyonni Bal
eric, supposed good thing, fattened
out to nothing after giving his hackers
encouragement to the stretch turn.
Form counted for nothing in the fifth
rare in Nafffa RoOa-
hama and Anona, three Is to l shots,
finished first, second and third. Jockey
Wright was fortunate in getting Nettie
Hicks off in front and, clear of interfer-
ence the mare easily retained her adj
vantage TO the end. Bogohama and
Anona were the contenders throughout.
The race was without favorite, three
to ] shots being the shortest priced
horses in the betting. All three ran
poorly