The San Francisco call., 1907-01-12
Assistant Starter Holds One Public Choice
at Post Until After Field Gets Awqy
YESTERDAYS WINNERS
BY j. r. Jeffery

Favorites again fsred badly az En-
eryville racetrack yesterday. the only
successful first choices being two thai
looked 10 be so certain Of winning thai
they were held in the betting at prac-
rfca-ly prohibitive prices These were
Han6uaiden. which closed at Is. and
Mellakarla- q IL shot OF the remain
ing four public choices, Sir Carter
failed 70 get away vel and was ap-
parently given an easy ride by Jockey
SANDY. Judge was as good as left al
the post through the agency of one
OF the assistant starters who was hang
ing on 20 him when the barrier went
I'D: Leila Hill had no chance with the
INADEQUATE ride she received az The
hands of Jockey Griswol6- and Lisaro
stopped as Il short after showing early
speed
The bowling over of the fsvorites
was not especially profitable for the
bookmaker and many OF them did little
better than break even on the cay
~. r. Engsrrom was again the notable
exception. with a balance OF SlEeo on
the right side. There was little feature
20 the racing. the classiest event OF the
day being marred by the leaving oi
one Of the COntenders al the post This
was ~. : Fountains BolOman, on whom
there had been a big plunge The horse
had no possible chance 10 finish IN the
money. with the start. Lisaro was q
receding fsvorite IL this race with
Brown up and was easily beaten by
the greatly improved Schreiber castoH
BanposaL Sandy had the mount on
tie daughter OF Bannockburn. laid
along with her behind Lisaro and Monte
Lucille. the pacemakers. TO the head
OF the stretch, saved ground on the
turn and ran over them al the end
he winner was as good as 5 70 ! IL
the betting and came in for some post
play. Lisaro was easily second and
Monte Lucille finished third The books
took remarkable liberties with Lisaro
and the betting had e screwy look
Trainer Tom Cook had a wager down
ou Ilsaro and thought be would surely
win
HANDMAIDEN WINS IN GALLOP
HsnGmaiden outclassed the field op-
posed to her In the opening race and
vor all the way IN q gallop by si1
lengths. Homer was the pilot Gra-
ham brought the 40 10 I shot Alaric
I'D st the end with a rush and nippec
out Silver Line. the second choice. for
place bV neck L Williams giving
the latter what looked like an easy
ride. Joyful was prominent in the
early running. but stopped badly. as
did Pescadera-
3zeada. the receding 1876 second
choice. won the second in a drive with
lRotrou after setting the pace practi-
caliF al the way Jim Pendergasr, who
raced oat with Elba in the early stages
showed ~ long ocds. Sir Carter, the
rarorite. was never prominent
Yellowstone. the longshot winner oi
fle tsv. outgamed Procrastinate in The
stretch drive and Won by length
1fe5 Eethorn iust did beat Angleta for
tll-d MONEY Judge the Well-playec
ravorite. ran e winning race after being
held at rhe post until after his field
nad gone. Jake ward showed some
early speed but quit when the real
racing began
LONE WOLF BREEZES HOME
Lone Wolf scored his first victory
n twelve months when he breezed tc
the wire ia the fourth al one and one
eighth miles several lengths in front
81 Trapsetter whom ne had been fol-
lowing closely all the way. Briar-
thorpe was third all the way and Tar
an Improved race. Sinner Simon stop
ped after showing some warrant for 9
uiar ca hsl and VIII probably make
Eood on some subsequent occasion II
-he near future Leila Hill, the well
supported favorite. was the victim o'
inadeQuate handling by Apprentice
GrisWold-
NetlaEzstla. odds-on fsvorite in ths
ffth. had L Williams up and stumbled
10 her knees sust as the barrier went
up She was last going around ths
first turn. but Williams made up ths
lost ground gradually. took the lead al
the three quarter pole and won by owes
q length Swagger closed stoutly after
4 long drive and was second. a Length
or more IN front Of Kogo. The other:
were beaten away OF Dotterel had
early speed. but stopped 10 nothing
when the pinch came.