The San Francisco call., 1907-02-07
SSarg Handicap Field
INDUCES in Fierce
Kick Fest
n-EsTERpAY,s wINNERs
By u. r. Jeffery

Dv 0s Ike Oe1fSry
Walter Miller. the crack Eastern
jockey. ran amuck at Emeryville again
yesterday. AS a result of his foul rid
Ing tactics Grace G. with whom he had
won the closing race Of the day. was
disqualified in favor Of Ocean Shore
whose jockey, Tommy Sandy, was ap-
plauded 10 the echo by the spectators
when he mounted the judges stand to
lodge his claim Of foul Miller again
experienced the unpleasant sensation
OF being vigorously ''booed" and hissed
ny the crowd. and the popular demon
stration in favor of the disqualification
OF his mount was the most Impressive
OF the season. From every quarter
arose the cry Foul" intermingled with
against Miller. 1t is evident that the
boy has fallen immeasurably in the
estimation OF the local racing public
because OF his rough riding.
The stewards, believing that the
case was one that called for punish
ment Of the boy in addition TO the dis
Qualification OF his mount. imposed on
Miller the stiff fine of 5000. They re-
sorted 10 the imposition of this heavy
penalty because they felt that stern
action was necessary to put a stop to
Millers frequent and fragrant viola
tions OF the rules of racing. For a time
after his recent suspension of a week
for similar offense he rode in fault
less fashion, but recently he has shown
tendency TO lapse into his rough
riding habit.
BUMPS OCEAN SHORE
Yesterdays foul was committed a few
yards from the finish. Ocean Shore, a
10 10 ! shot, that had been played down
10 s. had set a hot pace all the way
and led into the stretch by a length.
with st. Elmwood. the favorite. second.
a head in front Of Grace @. Miller
made q vigorous effort to get up with
his mount after passing the paddock.
Bearing over into the pacemaker he
bumped him off his stride This al
lowed Grace @ to reach the wire a
half length in front. Had there been
no Interference Ocean Shore would
have won
The stewards. after considering the
claim Of foul. reversed the positions of
the first two horses. St. Elmwood
barely saved third money from BIondy,
who had been interfered with on the
backstretch and came stoutly at the
end, afr@ having been knocked out of
the running by the mishap. Dollie Dol
lars showed nothing. A mighty cheer
went up IN the ring when the judges
decision was announced, but the book
makers did not relish it. the reversal of
the positions of the two horses being
disastrous to them
KICKING BEE AT THE POST
The excitement attendant upon the
outcome Of this race had been preceded
by incidents almost as exciting in
connection with the running of the
Ssarg handicap, the feature event of
the day. The seven high-class per-
formers that made up the field in this
Ind CO. orf4 hi L a0fr
ing" fest that delayed the start for
! seventeen minutes after they had gone
10 the post Although every horse in
the race except Del Fountains Beech
wood took a part In the bad acting,
Tony Faust was the chief offender
with Proper close second. The Hill
dreth colt acted meanly and sour and
repeatedly refused to line UP with the
others An assistant starter displayed
poor judgment by starting in TO abuse
the colt with a heavy whip, which made
the situation infinitely worse. Tony
reared so violently under the lash that
Jockey Miller was thrown. He pluck
lily held TO the reins and kept the colt
from dragging him along the track, to
the evident relief of the spectators
who showed their JOY over his escape
from injury with a liberal round OF
applause.
The employment Of more kindly and
Intelligent tactics succeeded where the
whip had failed and the field finally
broke away to 2 good start. although
not until every horse in the race had
been kicked. --ven the sedate Logis-
tiila caught the fever after Rubric had
kicked her severely. and lashed out
spiritedly with her heels when another
horse crowded her.
Rubric was the only horse that suf-
fered serious injury. The muscles OF
one of his shoulders were ruptured by
a vicious kick from Voladay and be
was pulled up by Jockey Sandy after
the start when II became evident that
he had been severely hurt
PROPER IN FORM AGAIN
Tony Faust was put on the schooling
list by Starter Lwyer as a result oi
his bad behavior. He wore himself out
at the post, in spite of which he ran q
close second to Proper. The latter
away flying. took the lead from the
lightly weighted Beechwood at the
hslf-mfle pole The victory of Jen-
nings' big son of Prestonpans was very
popular, as was attested by the ovation
that the horse was accorded when hf
galloped back to the stand. AS gooC
as TO / in the betting at one time, ht
closed at 3 under the pressure of a tre-
mendous plunge Proper apparently
enjoyed his light impost Of 116 pounds
and showed a return to his best form
Voladay. who had been scoring i'm
pressive victories over selling platers
finished stoutly closing third, from 9
slow beginning. Logistilla failed tC
make good with her customary sensa-
tionai stretch run after closing up or
her field at the three-quarter pole. The
kick which she received at the pos
NAV have had it's effect and the deer
going into which she was forced at the
head of the stretch also contributed tC
her indifferent showing. Beechwooc
ran a good race, considering the com
pany he was up against. Dusty Miller
was never in the running.
GATEWAY RUNS GAMELY
The fifth race was a royalty fought
contest between the greatly improved
Gateway, s. c. Hildreth's consistent
Van Ness and Magrane- The last named
ruled favorite at IL to 5, having beer
played down from 4. Van Ness was
the opening favorite. but was sadly
NEGLECTED and drifted away back Gate
Isay's price was hammered down from
10 less than f.
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