The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11


and although Il was known To ma
stake horse. the opinion prevalle
would be able 10 lead from wire TO
wire over the five-furlOng route. Like
the good general that he is. Hildreth
bided his time before sending his sta
BILE commission into the ring. Nhile
the public backed Native Son heavily,
Rapid Water receded 10 TO for lack
OF support Then. shortly before post
time the ring was flooded with Hi
dreth money and Rapid Waters price
went down 10 about 3 10 ] by the time
the field got away from the post Tn
Ger the influence of the Rapid Water
plunge Native Sons price naturally
weakened, going back several points
right at the end. The other short
priced horses in the race included Sir
Russell and Blagg. both being held al
about TO j.
RAPID WATER BREEZES HOME
With the rising OF the barrier Native
Son broke i'm front, but was unable TO
outrun Blagg and sir Russell in the
first quarter. williams laid back with
in striking distance with Rapid Water
and making his move al the head OF
the stretch breeze6 over the leaders at
the paddock and won in a gallop by
three lengths. Sir Russell with Sandy
up. outgamed Blagg and Native Son
and was an easy second. Blagg was as
easily third Native Son was weakly
handled throughout and would un-
doubtedly have been closer up with a
competent rider Wee Lass ran in for
ward contention for a time, but quit
badly in the stretch. The others showed
nothing TO warrant comment The re-
suit of the race showed that Rapid
Water must be reckOned with from this
time on. II is many months since the
horse was in good form.
The other races won by Hildreth were
the second. in which Earl Rogers gal
loped home first by eight lengths, and
the fourth IN which Van Ness redeemed
himself for his defeat in the Geheim-
ness handicap by winning as an odds
on favorite. These two winners carried
compare lively small stable commits
sions williams sent Earl Rogers 10
the front as soon as the barrier went
up and his mount only had 10 breeze
10 defeat the cheap company in which
he was running The farther they went
the farther Earl Rogers left his field
behind He was a receding second
choice IN the betting. The favorite,
Bell Reed. ran second, and Baudor, on
whom there had been play enough to
fierce his price down from 10 4, was
easily third. although he was firing AT
the end Earl Rogers is Schneider
castoff. and his breeder entertained the
idea that be would not run in the mud,
as he never performed wen in bad go
ing while running in the Schneider
coiors Hildreth evidently considers
the animal a promising performer, for
he protected him when the owner Of
Bell Reed ran him up to $500 after his
victory
ONLY ONE FANORITE WINS
Van Ness, the other Hildreth winner.
was in front practically all the way,
but had TO be ridden out in the stretch
10 stall OF the challenge OF Shady Lad.
The latter. well handled by Mcbride,
was easily second. Chief Whitman.
after essaying 10 force the pace with
Van Ness. wound up a distant third.
Prestige came from behind, but failed
20 get in the money by a length. He
was running for the first time in the
colors OF the Fleur de Lis stable. Van
Ness was the only winning favOrite OF
the DAY.
Ray Bennett was a good thing in the
opener. fve-furlong dash for maidens.
Williams was up, got the horse away
in motion and won as Tar of as he
pleased, after leading all the way. The
winner was a second choice. Ella True,
the favOrite was an easy second joy
ful on whom there was about as hot a
tip as has been spread at the meeting.
lost the show in the final strides TO
Gala. The books chalked up 80 TO 1
against Joyful at first. but rubbed be-
fore taking any money at that quota J.
ton. on account or the tremendous
rush that the tip players made
Sir Carter showing marked improve
ment under the handling OF his new
owner. DR. II. F. Rowell had the foot
OF the field in the third. at a mile and
fifty yards, and led all the way. win
ming easily. with Jockey Sandy in the
saddle by nearly two lengths. Tala-
mund. also displaying great improve
ment. probably accounted for by the
fact that he had a good jockey up for
the first time took the place from
Cheripe. the favOrite. by a neck. Tala-
muBd was heavily played across the
board, his price dropping from Is down
10 8 The others failed to show any
thing
FhYORTTE PLAYERS ROUTED
The rout Of the favorite players was
completed when Grace G. with Graham
up. played down from 4 TO 70 easily
defeated Sainrida and Grace St. Clair.
the two choices in the sixth race Grace
81. Clair was the opening favOrite. but
a tremendous plunge on Sainrida sent
that hiy 10 the post favOrite. She
failed 20 run anywhere near up 10
expectations and finished third. Grace
St Clair led TO the stretch. where
Grace 9 galioped over the leaders and
went by the stand three lengths in
front OF Grace ST. Clair. The others
were always Outrun. Sainrida carried
s heavy stable commission and her de-
feat was expensive for Barney schrei-
Der. who quit $4,000 10 the bad on the