The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23
Fred Bent Lowers Coast
Record for Mile and
Twenty Yards
Yesterdays WINNERS
BY j. z. JSffery

BY j. r. JSffery
Brilliant contests and an attendance
of almost record proportions brought
the Emeryville racing meeting of 1S7
days to close yesterday. The racing
was unusually formful. four favorites
and two well played second choices
accounting for the card. Jockeys
Kirschbaum and Mentry were the stars
in saddle work the former landing
three winners and the latter two. 1t
is estimated that the attendance did
, not fall much short of 10000. Local
racegoers cannot recall such a brill
liant closing as that of yesterday.
The sensation of the day was the
breaking of the California record for
a mile and 20 yards by Fred Bent odds
on choice in the fifth race. Bent ran
the distance in 1;41 fiat, which cut
four -hfths of a second from the record.
His performance was remarkable from
the fact that he was away from the
post very poorly. and the likelihood
that he would get any of the money
appeared slight on the run down the
backstretch. as he was a dozen lengths
behind the leaders. Kirschbaum set
him down at the far turn. and the
horse won by a head after a thrilling
run. getting UP in time to nip Woolma
in the very last stride. Woolma broke
flying, and. opening up a gap of sew
era1 lengths in the first few strides,
set a merry clip all the way. He was
well meant" having been backed
! from IS to Ss. Elevation easily beat
the balance for third money.
j.. c. GLEN WINS HANDICAP
1 The Au Revoir handicap at one and
an eighth miles was the feature of the
card. The talent showed nice dis
elimination when it insisted upon sub
| stituting j. c. Glen as favo-ite in
place OF Joe Coyne. the opening choice
Glen won in a gallop under faultless
handling by Jockey Mentry. The boy
got his mount of well. took things
coolly in the early part. and. making
his move at the last turn, breezed over
Joe Coyne. McRae got away badly
with Coyne and injudiciously rushed
| him to the front on the backstretch.
Had he ridden waiting race the horse
might have won. Talamund outIasted
the others and was easily third. An
drew B. Cook found the route too long
and stopped to a walk after setting
the pace for about a mile
The Ray of Gold handicap. at five
furlongs. with which the program was
opened. brought together a field OF
clever year olds. with Del Fountains
Mimic flly. Follie L, ruling heavily
supported favorite. Borel. who had
the mount. contented himself with
waiting on the pace set by Love OF
Gold and Kismet Jr. in the early part
of the race. Taking the favorite to the
outside in the stretch, she breezed past
the leaders in the final quarter to an
impressive victory. St. Avon outlasted
Kismet Jr. for the place. five lengths
behind the winner. Love OF Gold,
whose price had receded In the betting,
quit. "all over" in the final furIong, as
If shot She looked high in flesh and
probably was In need of the race.
TALENT BACKS HARBOR
j. ]. E1lerd's Harbor. the public
choice. won the second race by mar
gin Of three lengths. but in doing so
bore into Queen Alamo in the stretch,
and his hackers had an anxious few
minutes while the judges were delib-
Grating upon the claim OF foul lodged
by Jockey McClain. who had the
mount on Queen Alamo. The latter had
slight lead at the time and would
have been closer up at the finish but
for the mishap. The judges decided
to allow the result to stand as the
horses had finished. Netting. played
of hot tip. took the place. and queen
Alamo nosed out Lady Fashion for the
show. Salab1e lost all chance through
being left at the post.
A shifty lot of sprinters paraded to
the post in the third. five and a half
furlong high class selling affair. st.
Francis. the Maple stables fast son OF
Rubicon, won easily In the fast time
of 1905 As after an early drive with
Misty's Pride. the favorite. The latter
apparently has gone back, as she
stopped in the stretch and was beaten
by all of the other horses in the race.
with the exception of Optician. which
had been left at the posi- ST. Francis
was the second choice in the betting.
and was ridden by Mentry. Revolt
came from a long way back to nip
out Combury for the place. Phalanx
weakened toward the end after having
l been close up until well into the
stretch
sUGARMAID TAKES THE LAST
In the closing race of the season
Sugarmaid. the second choice, per-