The San Francisco call., 1907-01-19
Horse.

The classiest field of the season will
go TO the post in the Lissak Handicap
at mile at Emeryville this afternoon.
This event is one of the rich fixtures OF
the California turf and will be worth
nearly $4,000 to the winner The entry
list includes such sterling performers
as Proper. NealOn, DR.. Leggo, Logi-
stilla, Tony Faust, Sir Edward, Lisaro.
Rapid Water and Joe Coyne. Nealon
and Logistilla are regarded as the only
doubtful starters. Nealon is required
to pick up an additional five pounds
over the handicapper's allotment of
119 on account of his victory in the
Morinel Handicap yesterday, and this
may influence his owner to withdraw
him. Logistilla will probably be unable
10 show her best form in the heavy
going that Will prevail and is likely
10 be scratched for that reason.
If any of the nine horses whose
owners have accepted the weights go
TO the post stirring contest is sure
10 ensue. 1t will be a grueling race,
and gameness will cut considerable fig
ure in the result. Almost every horse
in the race. viii have its army of ad-
mirers and We're it not for the fact that
the Hildreth- Schneider r-Durnell inter-
ests in Tony Faust, Rapid Water, Logi-
stilla and Nealon will necessitate' the
coupling of those four horses, it would
be a great betting race
Horsemanship of the jockeys and rae
ing luck Will undoubtedly play an i'm
portant part in the decision of the race,
as most OF the contenders are very
evenly matched and should be close to-
gether at the end If all run their races.
The writer is of the opinion that S. c..
Hildreth will win with Tony Faust IL
he decides to let that good colt run.
If he withdraws Faust and depends on
Rapid Water he still appears TO have
an excellent chance. The latter is in
rare form and is a good weight packer
Nealon is undoubtedly a grand horse
but 124 pounds will probably be found
a bit too much for him to handle sue
cessfully in this company. DIR. Leggo
also has a trifie more weight up than
his followers would like to see him
pack. Proper must be given serious
consideration, even with his impost of
125 pounds. Track conditions will
probably initiate against Logistillas 5
chances. Sir Edward has been one OF
the most consistent performers at the
meeting and can be depended upon to
run an honest race. He is sure TO be
close up at the finish. Lisaro and Joe
Coyne are the only two of those en-
tered that seem 10 have no more than
an outside chance
Aside from the feature event the
sport for the big half-holiday throng
that will probably take advantage OF
the Improvement in climatic conditions.
which have made racing anything but
attractive during the past few weeks.
Eleven two-year-olds will sport silk in
the opening race. The Keene and
Griffin entries Will probably tight il out
for the money. Barney Schreiber is
starting one of his promising young
sters for the first time-Banward.
Bannockhurn-M Miss Howard f1lIy.
Pickaway will probably win the sec
ond. a Futurity course sprint. He is
in good form. David Boland, con-
tender on his best form. has been per-
forming poorly since his acquisition
by the Reality stable Begun ran a
good race his last out and may get
piece of the money again today. Mali
toh is fast and Will be right there with
a good ride. Jake Ward would de-
mand more serious consideration with
a better boy up than the apprentice
boy Dugan. Lillitus ran well his last
out and may be the surprise.
Burleigh looks best in the third, six
furIongs selling affair Shady Lad and
Earl Rogers should have a battle royal