The San Francisco call., 1907-01-05
Jockey Miller Again
Lands Every Mount
Inside Money
Yesterdays WINNERS
By J. e. Jeffery

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q consequences Of the heavy morning
downpour of rain. Superintendent
Grant fioated the main course at noon
and considerable OF the surplus water
ran on but the track remained very
sloppy. Withal there was a hard bot
tom beneath the slush and the horses
were able 10 obtain a good footholo.
Form was well observed, favorites be-
ing successful in four OF the six events
OF a card that was sadly deficient In
class. Walter Miller won with the only
favorite that he rode. and also with a
second choice besides running second
3 with two other horses and third with
his remaining mount One of his
achievements was the landing OF an s
10 ] shot in second place.
o The most sensational victory OF the
DAY was that Of the 20 TO l shot Clamor
in the closing race. at mile and six
teenth. Clamor was badly outrun In
the early stages. but Jockey Davis
saved a lot of ground with him by
skinning the rail in the final turn for
the wire while the shOrt-priced con-
. tenders went wide, and Clamor scored
head victory over Gateway. the odds
on favorite. Jockey Sandy tossed on
the race with the favorite by trying to
take care of Neptunus, on which Miller
had the mount, to the neglect OF
GIamOT Wnen the ldlLtI SlOlc lp On TIE
rail. When he realized the danger II
was too late, for although he set his
mount down in earnest and finished
like q whirlwind, he just did fail 10
get up. Gateway was out in front
most Of the way. Plausible essayed 10
wrest away the lead on the back
stretch, quitting to nothing when
Sandy let Gateway down Neptunus
was third practically all the time and
An ,nf d
wood. The bookmakers opened Nep-
tunus as an even money favorite. but
the talent refused to stand for IL and
his price drifted back to 9-5, while
Gateway was played down from 30
second choice to odds-on favoritism.
The Keenes were very well pleased
with the ride that Davis gave their
colt. for they had a tidy wager on him
at 20 TO j. The outcome of the race
was also eninently satisfactory to the
bookmakers. as IL allowed all OF them
10 make big cleanup.
CROWD Is IN ERROR
The finish in this race was seeming
ly so close that II led to a demonstra-
tion when the judges dropped clamOr' s
number in the indicator. Many who
entertained the idea that Gateway had
won in the last stride congregateo
around the judges stand and shouted
Gateway" with great vigor. but TO no
avail. The judges, who alone were in
a position to correctly place the two
horses. averred that the decision was
not close one, Clamor clearly winning
by a good head.
There was another demonstration
during the day, with Starter Hoffman
as the target, as a result Of the way
in which Andrew Mack, the odds-on
favorite, got away from the post in
the fourth race. which was at mile
The horse was on the outside and
swerved toward the outer fence as
Hoffman released the barrier. Before
Jockey Horner could get him straight
ened out the field was lengths away.
Instantly the Rrandstand was In an
uproar and Hoffman was vigorously
hooted as he crossed the track from
the starting stand to the judge s
stand. Horner took il coolly with
the favorite on finding himself so far
out Of the running, and, gradually
making up ground in the run down
the back stretch. got within striking
distance OF the leaders on the last
turn and just breezed over them in
the stretch, winning in = gallop by
five lengths in front of Early Hours
on which Miller was up. Rotrou closed
stoutly and snatched the show from
Rolla. the early pacemaker, in the
the hackers OF the favorite that he
was so much the best, for had the
field been at all evenly matched he
would never have been able to over
come the handicap which the poor
start gave him.
TITUS TAKES THE FIRST
The rest of the card swent along
without special incident. Titus, the
opening favorite IN the first race, a
five-furlong sprint, receded in the bet
ting on account Of a heavy play on
Joe Goss, but was again made favor
ite while the horses were parading
TO the post under the influence OF q
strong paddock tip. Jockey Sullivan
got him of well and went TO the front
with SOundly, took the lead when that
mare stopped TO nothing in the stretch
and the horse won ridden out by a
half length. Black Sam closed stoutly
and was an easy second at long odds.
Willie Dugan landed Joe Goss third.
Laura. r NJ. the 1-to-2 favorite in
the second race at six and a half fur
longs, won as far as Jockey Brown
pleased. after leading throughout NJ.
A. Powell, with Miller in the saddle.
Sas an easy second and the long shot
1-5TE / was third all the way.
Billy >Cahill uncovered a promising
flly which he is training when Hand
IldlOtn WOU bHt LIiIQ al I'VE anu q
half furlongs by six lengths. pulled
Up. The talent thought so little OF
the FLY that she receded in the betting,
after opening as favorite. in spite OF
the fact that Miller was up. The wise
brigade made Mrs. Matthews favorite
10 their sorrow. as she ran a very dull
race. third being the best that Jockey
Brown could DO with her. Cheers, on
which there was a strong play after
he had gone back 10 to 2, led for a
while, but had TO be content with sec
ond place when Miller let Handmaiden
down.
Miller was I'D on Miss May Bowdish.
the favorite in the NTH al a mile, got
her away well. lay in behind the pace
makers for half the route then took
the lead and won easily by several
lengths. Bushthorpe closed fast and
nipped El Chihuahua out of the place
at the wire. Royal White had early
speed. but quit at six furlongs. Vel
lowstone sulkeo after running prom
inently in the early stages