The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08
YESTERDAYS WINNERS
BY j. r. Jeffery

BY J. r. JSffery
walter Miller. the premier jockey,
had his first close cali since he began
riding in Emeryville early i'm Decem-
Der. when the odds-on fav0rite. Dorado.
on which he had the mount fel soon
after the start Of the nth race yester-
CAV afternoon Miller was thrown
directly I'm the path OF the rest OF the
flying horses and an Involuntary cry
OF horror welled up In the Threats or
the spectators as his perll0us plight
was realized. The reaction can wei
be imagined when the field swept by
without touching the PROSTATE boy and
Miller nonchalantly picked himself mp,
having escaped injury. declined assist
snce and walked back 10 the paddock
unafded In the next race he rode Nea-
Ion 10 victory. the incident seemingly
having had no effect upon him. Jockey
Buxton. who rode Cheers, was held re-
sponsible for the falling or Dorado and
was set down for week by the Judges
IN consequence.
The race had been started in front
OF the grand stand. being al mile.
Miller had Dorado away well and was
taking him 10 the front AT the first
turn when Buxton cut across in front
OF him with Cheers. Dorado came in
contact with the other horse and Went
down in heap, but picked himself Up
almost instantly and ran after the
rest OF the field. riderless. de did not
run much more than the mile before ne
was caught
The accident to the favorite allowed
Governor Davis 10 win the race at the
long odds Of 3 10 I. after Cheers had
led aim Ost 10 the wire Sandy was up
on the winner and brought him up al
the end v 18th a tremendous rush Cheers
saved the place from Crowsnade by
only head all three horses closing in
q furious drive.
TWO WINNING FANORITES
The outcome of the day s racing was
very disastrtpu for form players. two
odds-on favcrites. both held al virtu-
ally Drohibieive prices. being the only
successful choices The bookmakers
made 2 cleanup in spite Of the fact that
the crowd Was comparatively small on
account OF the extremely disagreeable
climatic conditions. The Berkeley hills
were snow clad and the temperature
remained Internationally low through
out the DAD The track was very mud
dy as a result Of the ong-continued
downpour 1 but had been Invested Of
the surplus water by the floating pro-
cess to (which superintendent Grant
had treaged Il on sunday.
NealOnf the highly thought Of son OF
Ssin, sc91red the first victory Of his
foDr-vaear form in the colOrs Of c.
. T. Durneu by winning the closing race
OF the day AT six furlOngs in canter.
The race was nothing more than an
exercise Rallop for him. after some OF
the horses that might have made him
run bit faster had been scratched out
Neslon was ridden by Walter Miller
end was coupled in the betting with
Ir.H.r al
ber's interest IN both horses. Some OF
the bookmaxers opened the entry At
%, but that place lasted about as long
az a takes TO tell about 81. and IA was
the prevailing price at which most OF
the wagers that the horse carried We're
put down
Grace ST. Clair set the pace by SUI
france 70 the head OF the stretch from
a good start. Miller then let out a link
with NealOn and the horse csntered
10 the wire nearly three lengths ahead
OF Grace St. Clair, who was about the
same distance IN front Of Sainrida.
Wee Lass. Lord OF the Vale. Johnny
Lyons and Jerry Sharp. the other con-
tenders. were never in the running
There was some play on Lord OF the
Vale. but the former Belmont crack
ran a poor race and is evidently far
from his Eastern form.
LADY HILDRETH Is FAST
s c. Hildreth continued his trium-
plant march in the twO-year-old d.
vision when his Golden Garter Para
bola FLY Lady Hildreth won the baby
event Of the card with the greatest
ease Billy Meyer. his Fresnp-Pleasant
Sail colt, with whom the winner was
coupled, running third. Hildreth pur-
chased both Of these juveniles at the
Sheepshead Bay sales last summer. II
looks as though he is TO be the whole
show in the Juvenile line. He has made
clean sweep so far, his youngsters
having won all four Of the baby races
that have been run since the opening
OF the year. The Hildreth twO-year-
olds. besides being royalty bred, are
exceptionally well developed and
schooled 2 condition for which former
Jockey William Spence, the Hildreth
stable foreman, is entitled 10 consider
able credit
Lady Hildreth, yesterdays victor
won in a gallop. Miller getting her
away in front and winning as far of as
he pleased. She Is credited with hav-
ing shown practically as much speed in
her workouts as has FirestOne, Hill
dreth's crack colt Information to that
effect having gained general circulation
at the track, the Hildreth entry went
10 the post ? 70 5 favOrite, after
opening at Z to 10, which was certainly
a snort price Tor tWO-year- odds thai
had never before faced the barrier
Charay. one Of the Keene entry, proved
the contender and was an easy second
Billy Meyer from a slow starter closed
well and was third by q length over
Adena. from the Griffin stable.
ROTROg WINS AT LONG ODDS
The fourth race was marred by bad
start and resulted in a great upset
RotrOu winning at the long price OF
20 10 j, after going TO the front at the
three-quarter pole. A Wright was up
leila Hill was probably the best horse
in the race. but GriswOld was Of Sc
little help that place was where she
landed, after coming from far back In
the stretch. Trapsetter took the show
from the firing NJ. A. Powell. who set
the early pace The Only Way was OF
poorly and failed TO make up the
ground lost al the start. Darthula. the
well-played favorife, stopped TO a walk
and finished absolutely last, after
showing q fash of early speed. She
IS far from being thesmare she was in
the East, and looks as bad as she runs