The San Francisco call., 1907-01-18

miraculous escape O JONhSg JoO
following a spectacular fall fro
,wo-vear-olds. in the opening 7
oavorite and stumbled after passing
rhe maddox gate in the nnal drive 70
- ---fre Al The time she was in the
6rst flight. after having set the pace
from the beginning. and the accnent
followed a humping match that TOOK
nlsce in the stretch between the WIN
ner Keene Bros Raleigh- s g. Hil-
dreth's College Widow and tAe Ia
vorite The humping as not respoh-
sible for the falling OF the My 10
ner knees. however. as IL was al over
with long before she srL-nDleo- " iiei.
she went down Mcbride was pitched
forward over her head and turned a
complete sonersault before landing IN
+fa mud on his head. The lily re-
Covered herself Instantly and jumped
over the PROSTATE form OF ner rioeE
without touching him, 10 the renei
Of the spectators from whose lAtOe1S
= cry OF horror went up when the ac-
cident occurred
RECEIVES BAD SHAKING UP
Mcbride remained just as he fell
until the remainder Of The Held naa
swept BY. the horses sWerV1ns 20 80
side with almost human intelligence
when they perceived the recuulDent Z
hodv Of the Jockey Although some
of the flying hoofs came dangerously
close. none Of them struck the boy ana
when the last OF the horses had gone
by he picked himself up and Wathea
10 the jockey quarters WITH sIisA1
assistance. Aside from beng oazed lot
a moment and shaken Up severely no
f1 erects were apparent, but his en-
eaeements during the remainder ol the
dav were filed By other jockeys Ihose
v-ho saw the way in which the boy was
tossed high into the air marTeied that
his neck was not broken When ne
struck the track head foremost Had
the track been as hard as II usually
is the results would undoubtedly have
heen ranch more serious 1t was about
as thrilling an escape as has ever been
seen at Emeryville-
CLAIM OF FOUL Dis slLLOMED
Jockey Williams, who had the mount
on College Widow. claimed that his
mount had been prevented from get
ting first place through interference
By the winner. but the judges decided
10 let the horses stand as f1hey had
hnished-Raleigh first. College Widow
second and Heather Scot third Had
Abba not fallen the probabilities are
that she would have finished about
third. The winner opened at 10 and
. closed Al g. His owner won about
$1,000 on the victory Of the colt, who
got away badly IN his only previous
start College Widow was starting
for the first time, and ran creditable
race. She was played down 10 at
most time. after her price had recedeo
from 10 g. Heather Scot was
heavily played three ways.
For the first time in many years the
colors Of President Thomas H. Williams
of the Pacific Jockey Club were seen
in front at the finish OF the second
race. which was won cleverly BY HflO
de orc, his three year-old son Of Alta
max-Rain OF Cold. with Walter Miller
up As President Williams IS alb
sent on an Eastern trip, he did not
have the pleasure OF seeing his colt
win
Hno de ORC was as good as 10 2
in the betting at one time, but was
played down to to at post
Ella True and Joyful were luke
warm choices at 10 J. Ella True
set sizzling pace in the early part
and had opened gap OF FIVE lengths
on Hilo de orc At the three-ouarters
pole. but Miller kept coming with his
mount. and picking up the firing pace
maker near the paddock gate went on
70 win by nearly two lengths BERTHE
A closed with q great rush and nosed
the favorite out for the place. Calendar
was N0UAAIEr AtDr anu Ntr a kAO-F
fourth. while the others were beaten off.
BatidOr and Jake Ward. second and
third choices. ran head and head almost
all the way in the third, a hve-furlong
sprint Browns superiority TO r. Du-
gan fn the saddle was responsible for
Batidor's neck victory at the wire.
Frolfc was easily third. Procrasti-
nate the even-money favorite, ridden
by Miller. was so sore and lame that
he coniG not raise = Eqllon
The 20 TO ] shot Invader won the
fourth. At seven furlongs. ia a gallop.
Leroy williams. who had the mount.
followed Hersain, POtrero Grande and
Prestige closely IN the early running,
and ran over them in the stretch. after
they had raced each other into the
ground Metlakatla followed the winner
to the wire on his own courage under
weak handling by T. Sullivan. and
barely managed to save the place from
Baker the favorite with whom Walter
Miller finished like q shot, after being
badly outrun I'm the early stages.
BATTLE ROYAL IN FIFTH
Talamund and Jake Moose had a
battle royal in the fifth. q mile affair
for maidens. The latter was favorite
even with the apprentice rider Hunter
up. Brown was on Talamund. who
drifted back to g to i, after having
10 5. The pair ran close together
al the way, and Moose looked the
winner AT the paddock, but Hunter let
his head go in the final nifty yards and
Brown LANDED Talamund winner BIZ half
q length. Boys reversed, the other
horse would probably have won. Vim
centio came from far back and was
an easy third. TETON showed speed,
but failed TO stay when the real racing
began. Miller was never able 10 make
Get Rich Quick dangerous.
Nillers superior horsemanship.
coupled with McIntyre's fn-judged
ride, accounted for the neck defeat OF
Mandator by Fulletta in the closing
event, condition race at a mile. Earl
Rogers set the pace TO the saddling
paddock. and Mcintyre made the mis-
take Of going around him with the
favorite instead OF making a close
turn into the stretch. Rogers car
ried the favorite wide and this al
lowed Miller 10 save many lengths
with Fulletta. SO that when Mandator
shook Earl Rogers OF, Fulletta was on
even terms with him Miller outfn-
ished Mcintyre IN the final drive, 10
the disgust OF the favorite hackers,
who had good cause for feeling sore.
Earl Rogers was third by ten lengths.