The San Francisco call., 1907-01-04
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YEsrERDAY,s WINNERS
By j. r. Jeffery

what gave promise Of being
featureless day at Emeryville yester'
day developed several incidents out
Of the ordinary. chief among which
was the first disqualification OF tnf
season This came in the second race
when Calvestonian. the strongly sup
ported favorite finished nose IN front
OF la Rose. the heavily backed second
choice Graham rode the winner ano
brought him up on the outside OF the
field clear OF interference 10 win in the
verv last stride. The long-shOt Ells
True was the early pacemaker and
had a substantial lead entering The
stretch la Rose, with which Jockey
f4orner had been laying second, overtooh
the pacemaker near the paddock ano
3 humping match ensued- La Rose also
1nterfered with the stoutly CLOSING
Korosilany, on which Walter Miller
had the mount. La Rose hnished sec
ond. half length in front Of Korosi-
1anv and Ella True was G. close fourth
Jockey Davis lost no time in claiming
q foul against Horner. and the judges
decided that there was good ground
for disoualifying La Rose and did so
This had the effect OF giving the place
10 Korosilany and third money 10 Ella
True.
HOFFMAN Is "BooED"
The succeeding race brought 9
demonstration by the spectators oi-
rected against Starter J. J. Hoffman
the manner in which the field got away
from the post supplying the cause
There were nine starters. The starr
was on the backstretch. the race beine
a six-furlong sprint When the bar
rier went up Golden Rule bolted toward
the inside, Princess Wheeler stumbled
and fell, and in the mix-up Triumphant
the favorite, with Miller up, on whom
there had been a tremendous plunge
and The Reprobate. an outsider In the
betting, stole long lead before the
rest OF the field got going Triumph
ant won the race in gallop by over
three lengths, Roscoe taking the
place from the tiring Reprobate. The
crowd ''booed" Hoffman vigorously
when he returned TO the stand, evil
IDENTIFY entertaining the idea that his
method of starting was 10 blame fol
the mix-up. Hoffman has not been
starting with the same success that
Dwyer achieved at the barrier prior q
his departure for Los Angeles. His
methods are different from Dwyer's
and are not so popular. Rettig, the
Jockey who had the mount on Princess
Wheeler, escaped uninjured- Thurston
Boots" DurnelIs apprentice. was up or
Golden Rule and was inadequate To
the task OF handling the horse.
KNAPP TAKES A RACE
Rudolph Spreckels colors were in
front at the finish Of the opening race
when Knapp won with st. Elmwood al
IS TO J.. The St. Symphorien- colt drift
ed back in the betting for lack Of sup
port, and taking the lead at the three
quarter pole opened up gap Of two
lengths in the stretch and won by
nearly q length from p Neugent. the
even money fsvorite. on which Horner
had the mount. Roalta, T. H VIII
liams' representative in the race
showed early speed, but faded away,
Aftermath, from the Jennings stable
ran q good race for a first out and I'M
ished third. calmar, one OF the short
priced contenders, stumbled soon after
the start, and l. Williams. his rider
was shaken up to such an extent that
his engagements for the remainder OF
the day were cancelled This was the
second race Rudolph Spreckels has
won at the meeting.
Hooligan, the favorite, won the fourth
st one and a sixteenth miles, from
The Only Way, long shot, by head
Horner was up on Hooligan, Hunter
rode The Only Way and Walter Miller
had the mount on Sir Carter, the pace
maker 20 the three-quarter pole Hunt
er sent The only Way to the front on
the last turn and came into the stretch
with a lead Of nearly two lengths
Hunter drew the whip near the pad
dock, allowing his mount TO swerye
and Hooligan. ranging alongside, won
IN the last jump. Sir Carter was dis
tant third. Crigli showed a fash OF
early speed, but soon cracked.
GRAPHITE BEATS BAKER
Graphite, second choice, took the fifth
easily from Baker, the even-money
favorite, who was expected 10 run q
good race chiefly because Miller was
up. Prestige. on whom a lively post
play developed, led by several lengths
20 the paddock. and then stopped TO .
walk. c. Miller had been laying second
with Graphite. and assuming the lead
when Prestige tired, won by. over two
lengths from Baker, the latter beating
Prestige a neck for place. The others
were never in the running.
Tocolaw came TO life in the closing
race Of the day. and might have wor
it with better handling. Knapp was up
and the horse rap prominently after
the start. was shufded back, came again
dropped back once more and then came
strong at the finish. Knapp lodged .
claim OF foul against Walter Miller
who rode the winner, Escamado, but
it was not allowed Escamado beat
Tocolaw over a length. FL Primero, q
200 to ] shot from the Baldwin stable
captured third place. Monte Lucille, the
odds-on favorite. quit to nothing after
running head and head with the winner
for a while. instruction and Wee Lass
were both prominent in the early run
ming, but stopped to a walk. Tocolaw's
race recalled his consistent perform.
ance OF last season. and he will un-
doubtedly have to be reckoned with An
similar company from this time on.
The six races were won by three
favorites, two second choices and one
outsider