The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16
Ascot Stars Phted Against Pick of Local
Cracks in the Family Club Handicap

The inaugural running Of the $4,000
quarter miles, the latest addition to the
New California Jockey Clubs valuable
list of stakes, will occur at Emeryvtlle
this afternoon, and with the other fea-
lures of the excellent card that has
Seen provided for the occasion, Will at
tract an immense gathering of lovers of
the thoroughbred to the beautiful race
course on the Oakland side of the bay.
OF the twenty-five horses that were
placed in nomination for this new
classic of the Western turf twelve have
finally been named to go to the post
today toestruggle for the rich purse and
the glory that will attend the winning
of the race. OF the fourteen that were
left in after the declarations were
made, Nealon and John Lyle are the
only two whose names do not appear
in the list of probable starters. In the
case of the former, c. E. Durnell has
come to the conclusion that his horse
is not in good enough form to meet
such a formidable field, and John Lyle
has shown by his races at Ascot that
he is far from winning form.
The race is practically a consolation
affair for the Burns. this year at least.
and will be in the nature OF a test of
the relative merits of the best horses
racing at Ascot and Emeryville. The
field is undoubtedly the classiest that
has ever been brought together in the
West, representing as it does the pick
of the handicap divisions at both
tracks
sOUTHRONS BACK CAREY
The large delegation of Southern
California turfmen who will witness
the running of the race will pin their
faith to w. H. Carey almost to a man.
Carey has made a splendid record at
the southern track with six victories,
one second and three thirds to his
credit out of dozen starts. In his last
three starts he has easily vanquished
the best horses in training at Ascot, his
most recent achievement being the
winning of the Ascot handicap last
Saturday with an impost of 11S pounds.
The mile was run in 1:41 and the mile
and quarter in 2:07h, Carey winning
easily by four lengths. Knapp, who
will be up today. was in the saddle.
His trainer, James Blute. makes no
secret of his belief that his horse will
surely win today's race, and AYERS fur
ther that if Carey is beaten a new
track record will be hung up for the
distance. r. f. Carman, the wealthy
owner of the horse, will be among
tnOSe VINO Will witness the running or
the race. The other two horses from
the southern track are not seriously
considered as dangerous.
Sir Edward, who would surely come
in for considerable support is a doubt
full starter. Logistilla, DIR. Leggo and
Voladay will all have a large local
following, but the Hildreth mare will
probably receive the lions share of the
local support on the strength of her
splendid showing in the early days of
the meeting and her sensational work
out on Thursday, which showed that
she had probably recovered her best
form, coupled with the fact that she
will be ridden by Walter Miller, the
premier Jockey. If she does not meet
with interference in her stretch run
which is disadvantage that constantly
menaces a horse that has to come from
far back, as she invariably does, the
horse that leads her to the wire will
have to run some.
yOLADAY AS A CONTENDER
The writer regards voIaday as the
most dangerous contender outside OF
the three horses selected to take the
money. His victory in the Palace Ho-
tel handicap last Saturday was most
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